Trainee Air Cargo Charter Broker

Volanteus Ltd is a renowned aircraft charter company, offering bespoke charter flights to meet their client’s needs. The company has been rapidly expanding its business in recent years, and are delighted to offer this new opportunity within our newly created Cargo Team.

This is a great opportunity for an individual to break into the world of cargo charter sales as a trainee broker. This role is based out of our Philadelphia office and is not a remote position.

Whether you have previous sales experience, have worked in a customer facing role, or just have a keen interest in sales and are motivated by constant development, this could be the position for you!

Role

Working with the Cargo Charter Department as a trainee cargo broker, you will be responsible for organizing and arranging group charters. Day to day duties will include but are not limited to:

Supporting other members of the cargo charter department with flight administration

Researching and identifying clients to create new business opportunities

Proactively targeting potential clients through outbound sales calls, emails, meetings

Following up on flight inquiries – converting any potential clients into Volanteus clients

Develop and maintain relationships with clients to ensure repeat business

Working within the Cargo Team, your main responsibilities would be to ensure that cargo charter flights are managed from initial inquiry, quotation, booking of aircraft, to the completion of the charter

Build and maintain personal relationships with clients & airlines

Assisting brokers with ad-hoc tasks

The role requires flexible working hours; you will be required to work outside of standard business hours on occasion

Training & Support

You will spend your first year learning the industry, mentored by our Director of Cargo, whom you will support in any required capacity.

The Individual

Customer focused, ambitious, and driven

Resilient with a positive attitude and willingness to learn

Fluent in English

Has previous Aviation / Airport experience - desired

Able to multitask and work in a fast-paced environment

Flexible and willing to work outside of hours

Must be willing and able to travel, often at short notice