Senior Cargo Planning Agent

Job title

Senior Cargo Planning Agent - Ahmedabad, India

Ref #

250000NI

Location

India - Ahmedabad

Job family

Corporate & Commercial

• Closing date: 05-Dec-2025

We are currently recruiting for the role of Senior Cargo Planning Agent based in Ahmedabad, India.

As a Senior Cargo Planning Agent you will be responsible to deliver tactical cargo flight planning activities that serve as the operational interface between Cargo Revenue Management and Cargo Operations. The role ensure accurate and timely release of freight booking list (FBL), recovery of offloaded shipments and rapid action during disruptions. By balancing commercial priorities with operational realities, the role protects revenue, optimizes uplift and upholds service commitments across the network

Responsibilities:

As part of your role, your responsibilities will be inclusive of, but not limited to the following:

• Review and validate flight booking details before FBL release (e.g. compatibility checks, advance booking optimization) to ensure uplift readiness.
• Verify listed air waybills are ready for flight planning and initiate rebooking if required, ensuring alignment to shipment priorities
• Release FBLs within agreed timeframe with operations or ground handling agent (GHA) providing accurate planning guidelines aligned with revenue and space optimization tools used by QR Cargo
• Revise FBLs when last – minute changes occur (aircraft downgrade, cancellations, load adjustments, etc.).
• Process recovery of offloaded shipments by reprotection on subsequent flights within agreed processing time to minimize impact on quality of service
• Ensure to maximize repair of offloaded shipments to subsequent flights within 24 hours of offload to avoid dilution of quality and revenue.
• Conduct first level of post-flight analysis to identify causes of sub-optimal planning (ULD imbalance impact, unused positions on constrained flights, etc.) and highlight anomalies to rectify.
• Escalate and prioritize shipments requiring special handling (e.g. VIP shipments, high-value shipments, etc.)
• Perform other department duties related to his / her position as directed by the Head of the Department

Be part of an extraordinary story

Your skills. Your imagination. Your ambition. Here, there are no boundaries to your potential and the impact you can make. You'll find infinite opportunities to grow and work on the biggest, most rewarding challenges that will build your skills and experience. You have the chance to be a part of our future, and build the life you want while being part of an international community.

Our best is here and still to come. To us, impossible is only a challenge. Join us as we dare to achieve what's never been done before.

Together, everything is possible

Qualifications Required:

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent with Minimum 1 years of job-related experience
• Strong knowledge and experience in any of the following areas – cargo planning, cargo capacity management and cargo operations, logistics/ supply chain and airline reservations
• Solid understanding of cargo operational and commercial processes
• Proven ability to adapt to new processes due to evolving operational and commercial needs
• Skilled in KPI monitoring and escalation management
• Working knowledge of MS Office and any air cargo systems.
• Analytical and problem-solving ability under time-sensitive conditions
• Ability to communicate effectively with multiple stakeholders across regions
• Good command of English language
• Comfortable to work in shifts including night shifts

About Qatar Airways Group

Our story started with four aircraft. Today, we deliver excellence across 12 different businesses coming together as one. We've grown fast, broken records and set trends that others follow. We don't slow down by the fear of failure. Instead, we dare to achieve what's never been done before.

So, whether you're creating a unique experience for our customers or innovating behind the scenes, every person contributes to our proud story. A story of spectacular growth and determination. Now is the time to bring your best ideas and passion to a place where your ambition will know no boundaries, and be part of a truly global community.

About Qatar Airways Group

Our story started with four aircraft. Today, we deliver excellence across 12 different businesses coming together as one. We've grown fast, broken records and set trends that others follow. We don't slow down by the fear of failure. Instead, we dare to achieve what's never been done before.

So whether you're creating a unique experience for our customers or innovating behind the scenes, every person contributes to our proud story. A story of spectacular growth and determination. Now is the time to bring your best ideas and passion to a place where your ambition will know no boundaries, and be part of a truly global community.