Air Freight Manager

Air Freight Manager Damco Sweden

Damco is the brand of the A.P.Moller - Maersk Group's logistics activities, and is one of the world's leading providers of freight forwarding and supply chain management services.For more than 20 years, Damco has been offering a broad range of transportation and logistics solutions to customers all over the world, and has over 9000 colleagues in 270 offices, covering more than 90 countries in Africa, Asia, North America, Europe, Middle East, and Latin America.In 2009, the company had a net turn-over of USD 2 billion, shipped more than half a million TEUs ocean freight, air freighted over 60,000 tons, and handled over 40 million CBMs for our supply chain management customers.Damco is an independent business activity within the A.P.Moller - Maersk Group.


Damco Sweden AB is now looking for a dedicated, enthusiastic Air Freight Manager located in Stockholm.We offer you a challenging position in a dynamic organization where you will be responsible for the expansion and build up of our Air freight product in Sweden.
You will be focusing on developing new business with both new and existing customers together with the Swedish sales team.You will also act as team leader for the production team which means developing and coaching the team members.The position reports to the Branch Manager Damco East.

We want you to be a responsible person with drive and ambition to sell to customers in all industries.A result-driven candidate who can take the challenges of a diverse market.Building and maintaining contact with prospects and customers and drive the development of Air and Sea/Air product in Sweden.
You are a team player who can bring further knowledge into the Air team, and drive the production forward.

The ideal candidate has:
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Experience within sales, preferably B2B sales.
- Good financial and operational understanding within international Air transportation.
- Good negotiation skills.
- Good leader skills.
- Passion, initiative, commitment, being responsible and self-drive.
- Experience from the Air freight business.
- Fluent in Swedish and English, both verbally and in writing

Your area of responsibility will amongst others be:
- Responsible for production and Air freight team.
- Support sales.
- Customer visits.
- Achieve budget and volumes targets.
- Maintain and build strong relationship with Damco offices globally.
- Build relationships with Airlines.
- Maintain good relationship with the existing customers to ensure growth.

A certain amount of traveling is expected.


We look forward to receiving your application.


Please apply through www.damco.com or www.maersk.com as soon as possible but no later than 12th of December 2010.Attach your CV and cover letter.

We do not accept applications via email.

We look forward to receiving your application.


For more info about the position please contact;
Lena Grünerwald, Branch Manager Damco East
Linus Ljungmark, , Country Manager Damco Sweden