Director, Aerospace

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $146.8k - $172.7k / year

⏰ Full Time

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ICAT Logistics

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1993

📦 Logistics

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ICAT Logistics is a company focused on logistics and transportation services. Based on the company name and the provided website assets (CSS and layout code), it appears to operate in freight, supply-chain or transport-related activities, though specific services (e. g. , freight forwarding, warehousing, last-mile delivery) are not detailed in the supplied text. The available material is primarily website styling and does not include explicit product, service, or market details, so this description is conservative and based on the company name and the context of the provided site content.

📋 Description

• Develop and execute air transportation strategy supporting freight forwarding, expedited, project cargo, and time-critical logistics • Align aviation capacity planning with customer SLAs, commercial demand, seasonality, and peak-volume events • Optimize scheduled air cargo, passenger belly capacity, BSAs, ACMI, and charter lift • Lead relationships with airlines, charter operators, brokers, and aviation service providers • Negotiate airfreight contracts, BSAs, charter agreements, and ad hoc lift solutions • Monitor carrier performance, reliability, costs, service quality, and compliance • Manage aviation disruptions, recovery planning, and service failures • Partner with operations, gateway, and customer service teams on end-to-end air cargo execution • Oversee charter planning and execution, including aircraft selection, routing, payload optimization, and ground handling • Ensure compliance with aviation and air cargo regulations and oversee security and dangerous-goods programs • Manage aviation cost structures and support pricing, quoting, margin strategy, budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning • Collaborate with Procurement, Operations, Sales, Security, Compliance, and Technology teams • Support sales pursuits and key customer engagements requiring customized aviation solutions • Lead, train, mentor, and manage staff; conduct meetings, reviews, appraisals, and disciplinary actions • Improve efficiency using TMS, BI dashboards, and RPA/BOT tools • Manage department KPIs, financial goals, budget, invoicing and variance policies, hiring, onboarding, and team development • Serve as senior aviation authority and liaison with regulators, carriers, and industry organizations

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred • 8+ years of experience in aviation, air cargo, freight forwarding, or logistics • 5+ years of leading others • Deep understanding of global air cargo operations, airline networks, and charter markets • Strong knowledge of aviation and air cargo regulatory frameworks • Proven experience managing airline and charter relationships • Proven commercial, financial, and analytical skills • Proven track record of building relationships and gaining credibility with customers and vendors • Proven analytical and problem-solving skills in a logistics environment • Experience with charter operations, project cargo, or time-critical logistics preferred • Familiarity with IATA processes, air waybills, and air cargo security programs preferred • Prior leadership role within a freight forwarder, 3PL, airline cargo division, or aviation services provider preferred • Aviation-related certifications or formal aviation education preferred • Intermediate skills with Microsoft Office products • Ability to plan priorities, meet deadlines, multitask, communicate effectively, motivate people, and work in a fast-paced, time-sensitive environment • Ability to lead, mentor, train, and manage a diverse workforce • Demonstrated client-centric approach, integrity, adaptability, and accountability • Willingness to travel up to 30% • Supervisory experience and ability to recruit, hire, coach, conduct appraisals, and execute disciplinary actions

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