Cargo Network Planning Analyst

Job description / Role

Cargo Network Planning Analyst - Qatar Airways - Doha

As a cargo network planning analyst, you will implement solutions to achieve the optimal cargo capacity for the company through clear and accurate business cases. You must take into account all financial (revenues, cost and profitability) and non-financial (long term strategy) key performance indicators. You will steer route profitability through continuous reviews and improvement scenarios.

You will have dialogue and negotiate with internal departments (corporate planning, air political and cargo schedule fitting) to continuously improve the overall cargo capabilities of the groups.

Accountabilities :

Linking with corporate planning :
• Prepare cargo inputs relevant to passenger air craft business cases.
• Support in improving overall decision making process by aiming for optimum.
• Ensure full disclosure and coordination of plans and initiatives between cargo and corporate planning.
• Updating corporate planning o cargo needs and requirements.

Link with air political:
• Prepare cargo inputs relevant to bilateral discussions.
• Distribute accurately all relevant information from air political to cargo department.

Scenario Planning :
• Identify and clarify base and variant scenarios, clarify all variables impacted by the scenarios.
• Assist supervisors in engaging all relevant stakeholders in the discussion and taking account of all feedback given and help identifying the key success factors and potential risks.
• Contribute in research, process and analyzing all numbers (tonnage, volumes, yields, cost, proration).
• Use all possible industry sources (CASS, world ACD, Seabury, HACTL reporting) while understanding their accuracy.

Requirements

You must have completed a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent however a master’s degree either in an engineering or a financial major would be preferred.

You should have a minimum 4 years of work experience, of which 2 are required in cargo departments. You should have good MS Office skills for this role. You should have understanding of statistics, financial reporting and scenario planning however knowledge of light programming skills, large database manipulation, hypothesis testing would be preferred.

About the Company

Qatar Airways is proud to be one of the youngest global airlines to serve all six continents, and thanks to our customers’ response to our offerings, we are also the world’s fastest-growing airline. We connect more than 150 destinations on the map every day, with a fleet of the latest-generation aircraft, and an unrivalled level of service from our home and hub, the Five-star airport, Hamad International Airport in Doha, the State of Qatar.

Travel today involves a mix of short, medium and long-haul segments, with more people travelling than ever before. With the breadth of network coverage today, virtually no destination is unreachable. This is why the commitment to service is paramount; as our guests are travelling farther and more frequently than ever before, the experience on board is an important part of the journey itself.

Since our launch in 1997, Qatar Airways has earned many awards and accolades, becoming one of an elite group of airlines worldwide to have earned a 5-star rating by Skytrax. Voted Airline of the Year by Skytrax in 2011, 2012, 2015 and most recently in 2017, Qatar Airways has won the confidence of the travelling public. We have accomplished these goals by focusing on the details – how we run the business, and how you experience our airline.