Head of Aircraft Services
Job Type :
Direct
Hours :
Full Time
Required Years of Experience :
Minimum of 7 year’s related experience
Required Education :
Master’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Engineering or Industrial Engineering or equivalent aviation maintenance experience.
Travel :
No
Relocation :
No
Job Industry :
Airline - Aviation
Job Description :
Develop, execute, manage and coordinate new business opportunities that are strategically aligned with company goals. Manage Mobile Aircraft Services operations the Head of Mobile Aircraft Services. Creates communication streams and cross-functional teams across several departments to achieve successful project realization as part of the daily work in continuous alignment with central strategic functions within global network.
• Provides operative leadership of Mobile Aircraft Services Department.
• Manages disciplinary and operational leadership of Field Supervisors and Field Experts in close collaboration with executive office team to align with strategic development plans .
• Manages the customer relationship together with assigned Sales team.
• Performs strategic capacity planning of Department.
• Performs strategic development of the Department and Mobile Aircraft Services Product portfolio.
• Manage performance, discipline, hiring, recognition and development of all Field Experts and Field Supervisors.
• Supervise, lead and drive (complex) business projects including budgetary responsibility.
• Participates as a member of the Senior Management Team of the company in decision making processes.
• Be a liaison and cooperate with central functions / Segment HQ.
• Actively seeks new business opportunities to create additional revenue streams.
• Identifies strengths and areas for process improvement, establishing links between business strategies and improvement initiatives.
• Cooperates closely with central function units , other facilities and segments
Required Qualifications :
• Production Experience desirable, especially Line Maintenance
• First leadership experience is a mandatory requirement
• Able to act with own initiative and judgment
• Strong entrepreneurial drive and passion
• Excellent analytical and conceptual skills
• Excellent self-organization and drive
• Excellent ability to quickly structure complex tasks and make objective judgements
• Excellent intercultural competence and negotiation skills
• Excellent conflict management skills
• Ability to keep attention to detail under stress
• Fluent in English, Spanish (verbal, written); German desirable
• Excellent computer literacy
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including redaction of documents and proposals
• Ability to prioritize, plan and multitask effectively • Excellent presentation skills • Excellent MS Office skills (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• High willingness, availability and ability to travel abroad
