The Business Development department is responsible for driving the strategic growth of Lufthansa Cargo and ensuring its long-term competitiveness. It identifies market opportunities, develops innovative business models, and supports key projects in areas such as strategy, fleet management, and organizational development. Additionally, the department oversees M&A and Subsidiary Management.

The Business Development department is responsible for driving the strategic growth of Lufthansa Cargo and ensuring its long-term competitiveness. It identifies market opportunities, develops innovative business models, and supports key projects in areas such as strategy, fleet management, and organizational development. Additionally, the department oversees M&A and Subsidiary Management.

Tasks

Your tasks at a glance:

  • You shape the strategic direction and growth targets of Lufthansa Cargo by analyzing market and location potentials, market data, and trends, identifying business opportunities at an early stage, and developing decision papers for top management up to board level
  • You derive strategic initiatives and recommendations from in-depth analyses, manage them
    within a complex stakeholder environment, and drive topics through to decision
  • You evaluate and structure M&A options for Lufthansa Cargo and its subsidiaries
  • You drive strategic fleet planning in close coordination with Group units and bring key topics to decision readiness 
  • You act as a sparring partner for management in refining the corporate strategy

Behind the scenes

Join Lufthansa Cargo and experience the unique #CargoSpirit!

Would you like to be part of an international team that values innovation, team spirit and personal responsibility? Then become part of Lufthansa Cargo and shape the future of logistics with us!

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Big, bigger Lufthansa Cargo Hub Frankfurt!

The Lufthansa Cargo Center in Frankfurt is not only Lufthansa Cargo's largest airfreight hub, but also the largest in Europe! Almost 80% of the air freight transported worldwide passes through our hub. So if you want to be part of something really big, come and join us!

Lufthansa Cargo Center Frankfurt

The Lufthansa Cargo Center in Frankfurt is not only Lufthansa Cargo's largest airfreight hub, but also the largest in Europe! Almost 80% of the air freight transported worldwide passes through our hub. So if you want to be part of something really big, come and join us!

Change the future of air freight with us

Join our team and promote environmental awareness, social responsibility and sustainable business practices in air freight. Together we are shaping a sustainable future and making a difference!

Benefits

Company pension plan

Flight privileges

Cafeteria

Development programs / Training options

Company pension plan, Flight privileges, Cafeteria , Development programs / Training options

Requirements

What you need to bring:

  • Completed Master’s degree (e.g. business administration, industrial engineering or similar), or MBA 
  • 6 years of relevant professional experience in strategy, business development or comparable fields as well as proven leadership experience 
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and influencing skills; confident presence
  • Strong strategic and conceptual thinking with a cross-functional, results-driven mindset
  • High creativity, innovation and decisiveness in dynamic environments 
  • Business fluency in English and German

Company

About Lufthansa Cargo AG

Lufthansa Cargo Aktiengesellschaft, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is a subsidiary of Deutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft. Lufthansa Cargo ranks among the world’s leading air freight carriers and currently employs about 4,150 people worldwide. Lufthansa Cargo focuses on the airport-to-airport business. The cargo carrier serves around 300 destinations in more than 100 countries with its own fleet of freighters, the belly capacities of passenger aircraft operated by the Lufthansa Group and an extensive road feeder service network. The bulk of the cargo volume is routed through Frankfurt Airport.
www.lufthansa-cargo.de
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