Transport Despatcher Allocator

 Transport Dispatcher (Allocator) — Join the Team Keeping Airlines Flying!

Gate Gourmet | Full-Time Ready to be at the heart of aviation logistics?

Gate Gourmet is the world's largest independent airline catering provider — the powerhouse behind gategroup and its eleven global brands. We serve up 200+ million meals a year to over 270 airline customers across 120 airport locations worldwide. Now we're looking for a driven Transport Dispatcher (Allocator) to help keep our fleet moving and our flights flying on time!

 What You'll Be Doing

As our Transport Dispatcher, you'll be the go-to person making sure everything runs like clockwork airside and in the unit — leading your team, optimizing resources, and hitting the targets that keep airlines happy.

Your Mission:

•  Optimize manpower and fleet levels for a slick, efficient operation
•  Get flights dispatched and catered right on time — every time
•  Adapt fast to aircraft and customer changes, daily and seasonally
•  Keep customers in the loop with sharp operational updates
•  Solve problems fast, cost-effectively, and sustainably
•  Own your shift documentation (CCPs, temp checks, fleet checks, FTA portal, airside audits)
•  Delegate like a pro and keep your team firing on all cylinders
•  Manage supplier SLAs like a champion
•  Champion Food Safety, Health & Safety, Security and Environmental standards

Leading Your Team:

•  Set clear direction, leadership, and measurable KPIs
•  Monitor performance and keep raising the bar
•  Build a positive, motivated, high-performing team culture
•  Run engaging team meetings and keep communication flowing on OTP (On-Time Performance)

Planning Like a Pro:

•  Get hands-on with Gate Gourmet's tools — Transport dashboard, Vision, Pre-actor
•  Manage TACO breaks with precision

 What You Bring

• 2+ years of frontline management experience
• End-to-end knowledge of catering unit processes
• Airside operations and bylaws know-how
• Experience managing within airline catering or production environments
• Solid grasp of health & safety, food hygiene, and security regulations (DTLR)
• Confident PC skills (Word/Email/Excel)
• Bonus points for SAP invoice coding/posting experience
• A team player who thrives under their own initiative too
• Great communication skills, spoken and written English

 Requirements

• Right to work in the UK
• Willingness to undertake a CRC (Criminal Record Check)
• 5 years of checkable referencing history

 Why Gate Gourmet?

If excellence, passion, integrity, and accountability are values you live by, this is your moment. Join a global leader in airline catering and take your career to new heights — literally!

Don't miss out — APPLY TODAY! ✈️