Airfreight Station Manager- West
Compton, CA - USA
Job Summary
Airfreight Station Manager West (Los Angeles)
About the role
We are seeking an experienced Airfreight Station Manager to lead our Los Angeles air freight station one of our most complex and highvolume air gateways in North America.
This is a fully onsite senior leadership role with broad operational scope significant people leadership responsibility and full financial accountability.
The Station Manager is responsible to deliver measurable outcomes across service productivity financial controls customer growth continuous improvement and culture.
What youll be doing
You will lead largescale complex air freight operations while ensuring consistent execution and performance.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Owning full P&L responsibility for the LA station
- Leading highvolume air freight operations from shipment opening to closure
- Driving productivity cost discipline and operational excellence at scale
- Ensuring compliance with standard processes KPIs and governance requirements
- Leading continuous improvement programs and operational change initiatives
- Supporting customer growth through close partnership with sales and direct engagement
- Acting as a leader of leaders guiding managers and supervisors across teams
- Embedding a culture of accountability inclusion and performance ownership
What were looking for
You are likely to be successful if you bring:
- 10 years of logistics or freight forwarding experience
- 35 years in senior operational leadership roles
- Proven experience managing large teams and complex air freight environments
- Strong financial analytical and decisionmaking capability
- Experience driving standardization and operational improvement
- Clear confident communication across senior stakeholders
- CargoWise experience preferred
- Bachelors degree preferred or equivalent experience
Why this role
- Leadership ownership of a strategically critical air freight gateway
- Influence across operational financial and customer outcomes
- Opportunity to lead at scale in a highly visible role
- Collaboration within a mature and experienced air leadership network
Important to know
- This is a 100% onsite role
- Flexibility required to support operational and customer needs
- Limited travel may be required (<10%)
Starting Salary: $90000 - $115000 USD*
Benefits: Full-time employees are eligible for Health Insurance Paid Time Off and 401k Match.
Notice to applicants applying to positions in the United States: You must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S .
*The above stated pay range is the anticipated starting salary range for the position. The Company may adjust this range in light of prevailing market conditions and other factors such as location. The Company will work directly with the selected candidate(s) on the final starting salary in accordance with all applicable laws.
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Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Maersk Line is a Danish international container shipping company and the largest operating subsidiary of the Maersk Group, a Danish business conglomerate. It is the world's largest container shipping company by both fleet size and cargo capacity, serving 374 offices in 116 countries