Overview

People. Passion. Pride. This is what has driven our teams since 1833.

Since that time, we have developed to become a critical partner in the global aviation industry, delivering time-critical logistics services at over 340 locations in 65 countries, across 6 continents.

But at the heart of our business is our people.

Role Purpose

Responsible for the effective management of the cargo business in Portugal to include facilities in Lisbon, Porto, Funchal and Porto Santo.

What you will be doing

Oversee performance and operational effectiveness of cargo station managers at key hubs, ensuring efficient management of significant cargo volumes with a focus on safety, compliance, and service excellence.
Provide overarching leadership and strategic direction for all cargo operations across Portugal, ensuring alignment with Menzies Aviation's global standards and business objectives.
Support commercial initiatives to grow the cargo business, including identifying new opportunities, building customer relationships, and contributing to commercial proposals in coordination with the VP Portugal and VP Cargo Europe.
Ensure all cargo operations meet or exceed regulatory and internal safety and security standards. Promote a safety-first culture and manage incident response and mitigation where required.

Would you like to see more detail on the accountabilities of the role? Please see the attached job description for further information

Safety, Security, WellBeing and Compliance:

You will have a responsibility and duty whilst at work to take reasonable care of the health, safety and wellbeing of yourself and others in accordance with provided information, training, and workplace health and safety rules or procedures. The company is committed to providing a safe working environment for all staff members. In all areas of our business there is a potential risk to the health, safety and welfare to everyone on our sites through the misuse of alcohol and drugs. As such the Company prohibits such misuse and carries out regular testing to enforce our Substance Misuse Policy.

Please see the attached job description for further details on safety, security, wellbeing & compliance.

What we are looking for

Strong leadership qualities and a desire to succeed.
Educated to university entrance level as a minimum and a candidate with degree level education would be preferred.
Be fluent Portuguese and have a high standard of spoken and written English language skills.
Previous management experience within an aviation business, particularly in a cargo environment.
Be able to communicate effectively to build relationships with a wide range of people from the front-line staff, supervisors, management and peers up to board level.

Diversity

MenziesAviation are a committed equal opportunity employer and encourage applications for suitably qualified and eligible applicants regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, and maternity. We strive to create an inclusive working environment, where the different knowledge, perspectives, experiences, and approaches of our global workforce are represented. Where everyone feels valued and can reach their full potential.

Please be aware that as part of our recruitment process, we may look to use a variety of resourcing tools to help us understand your skills and experience in relation to the role. Please feel free to contact to recruiter below, if there are any reasonable adjustments to our process that you would like us to consider.

As part of our recruitment process, we will always consider how candidates fit with our values which you can learn more about here.

Application Instructions

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