Station VP - LAX

Role Purpose

The Station VP is a key role for our Los Angeles Station and responsible for oversight of Menzies Aviation’s Operations. This role, working with the station leadership, ensures Menzies Aviation delivers safe, consistent and quality service in our Ground Handling, and the overall success of our operations. The VP will be responsible for ensuring compliance with all Regulatory, Airport, Customer and Internal standards, and delivering high quality services to multiple domestic and International Airlines. The successful candidate must have the ability to run a business in a challenging environment, while maintaining strict Menzies safety standards and Corporate Governance and meeting financial targets.

What you will be doing

• Fully responsible for all aspects of the station Ramp operations. Services offered at the station include Passenger & Ramp Handling, GSE Maintenance, and Aircraft Cleaning.
• Fully accountable for ensuring our customers’ operational needs are met, exceeding overall station goals and revenue targets.
• Fully accountable for the compliance with Corporate Governance, legal and quality aspects of Menzies’ business.
• Leading and working with the senior team to maintain and enhance appropriate, effective safety & security systems, risk assessments, periodical inspections & audits, operational training programs, planning, operational processes and service delivery.
• Regularly interacts with customers to promote the station and to measure the level of customer satisfaction. Uses customer feedback to constantly develop and improve capabilities and processes.
• Responsible for maximizing the stations’ performance by strategically aligning resources.

Safety, Security, Wellbeing and Compliance

You will have a responsibility and duty while at work to take reasonable care of the health, safety and wellbeing of yourself and others in accordance with provided information, training, and workplace health and safety rules or procedures. The company is committed to providing a safe working environment for all staff members. In all areas of our business there is a potential risk to the health, safety and welfare to everyone on our sites through the misuse of alcohol and drugs. As such the Company prohibits such misuse and carries out regular testing to enforce our Substance Misuse Policy.

 What we are looking for 

• Bachelor’s Degree required or postgraduate Degree preferred.
• Proven leadership and people management skills
• Experience in business development, sales, and commercial negotiation & pricing
• Wide ranging general management experience, with some years of senior management experience
• Extensive management and/or support service experience, preferably in a ground handling, aviation, or logistics environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, balanced with a high level of confidence to influence and present at all levels.

Diversity

Menzies Aviation are a committed equal opportunity employer and encourage applications for suitably qualified and eligible applicants regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, and maternity. We strive to create an inclusive working environment, where the different knowledge, perspectives, experiences, and approaches of our global workforce are represented. Where everyone feels valued and can reach their full potential.

Please be aware that as part of our recruitment process, we may look to use a variety of resourcing tools to help us understand your skills and experience in relation to the role. Please feel free to contact to recruiter below, if there are any reasonable adjustments to our process that you would like us to consider.

As part of our recruitment process, we will always consider how candidates fit with our values which you can learn more about here.

 Application Instructions

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