Simon Spoor Email & Phone Number

Schiphol, Noord-Holland, Nederland

Nederland

Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, Nederland

Member of AFKL-group European Works CouncilMember of AFKL-group Strategic Committee

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• 2023 - ‘ICS2 business implementation’ - Leading the commercial and operational change resulting from new EU-Customs requirements. 2019-2023 - 'Acceptance Outstations Program' - Initiated and guided the program.
• A pilot at Frankfurt resulted in 20% average quality increase was translated to a generic roll-out plan and deployed at all stations trough out Europe.
• The program collaborated closely with customers and industry partners and initiated the Schiphol Airport ‘Smart Cargo Mainport Program’ and is supported by Dutch authorities, NLIP and Connect. ---2015 Initiated various.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Product Owner of the digital development for the replacement of all Air France and KLM truck management tooling.The new joint tool ‘eTruck’ is developed agile with an external party CGI, selected after Lean Agile Procurement (LAP) since April 2019. The application exists of four epics (Truck Scheduling, Truck Planning, Truck Ordering, Truck Invoice.

Schiphol Centrum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

Participating in AF/KL Cargo in Cabin initiatives, responsible for the outstations handling processes related to warehousing, ramp-handling, load-planning, loading and weight & balance. -The Cargo in Cabin initiative won the first prize at the KLM innovation awards 2022; category best operational innovation.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands / Paris Area, France

Business lead, CargoBUS Track 1 – Revenue Management. Responsible for developing a comprehensive change management program geared towards the training of worldwide commercial cargo personnel (≈1800 FTE) because of the implementation of a new integrated cargo system, AFLS (Accenture Freight and Logistics Software).

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• Commercial Integration program---Successfully managed the final and critical stage of the commercial integration of Martinair Cargo and Air France / KLM Cargo. Reached key milestones on delivery, completion time (1.5.
• Replacement of the Martinair Air Waybill with the KLM Air Waybill.
• Enabling full-freighter management principles within the Air France / KLM Cargo inventory systems.

Africa

• Directed area operations -aircraft handling, ramp handling, cargo handling- including the overall financial budget (€12,5 M) of the airlines’ business in Africa plus Istanbul and Almaty.
• Initiated and built strong relationships with customers, local authorities and airline service providers.
• Directed the local managers (13 FTE) in ensuring that the deliveries of companies’ objectives were being met.
• (Re) enforced strict abidance to safety regulations for operations in accordance with the highest industry standards.
• Successfully led the consolidation of the Air France / KLM and Martinair cargo warehouses in Johannesburg.
• Certified Loadmaster on B747-400 and MD11.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• Restructured the ground operations support departments (ticket office, staff travel, manuals/standards, controlling, training and project management) from 25 direct reports down to 10, without decreased staff morale or.
• Implemented the IATA-CIQ (Cargo2000) industry quality process and milestones in less than one year. First time achievement which was rewarded with a silver nomination in the launching year.
• Participated in the creation of the IATA-CIQ (Cargo2000) Industry Master Operating Plan.
• Realized intra-company synergies with Air France / KLM-group counterparts on compliance, training and aircraft leasing.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• Martinair and KLM Post Merger Integration.---
• Reporting to the CEO, leading the post-merger integration program of Martinair and KLM. Managing the progress amongst the Executive team and Business departments, by signaling opportunities and challenges enabling them.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• Restructured and increased performance of operations control team (35 FTE / €25 M).
• Selected and implemented a new IT solution (SABRE) for network development, operations control, fleet planning and crew planning.
• Re-designed and secured implementation of common work methods including a documented decision-making process.
• Responsible to develop and maintain the Emergency Response Management Organization.
• Initiated standardized interaction with the control departments of ground operations and maintenance.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

• Responsible for all additional (seasonal) fleet capacity by means of long- and short term aircraft leasing or ‘interchange agreements’. The leases were diverse in nature, served passenger and full freighter operations.
• Conducted detailed feasibility studies, including financial justification statements and business cases to select different options.
• Engaged in contract negotiation, building my expertise in international air-transport law and regulations when developing partnerships with other airlines.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Responsible for the execution of the flight program. Coordinated all daily operational processes plus the assessed new commercial opportunities related to this flight program.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Pro-active monitoring of all aircraft movements and local conditions/developments, act to prevent or minimize the effect of disruptions and find opportunities to optimize the companies' bottom line.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Created flight crew briefing packages which contained flight plans, weather and all other relevant information inorder to operate an aircraft between destinations on a safe and economical way, considering the carriage of projected payload.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

Facilitating all operational aspects of ‘damp’-leases with Air New Zealand and Aer Lingus aircraft on behalf of Air Aruba Europe. The aircraft were based in Amsterdam and operated the routes between The Netherlands, The Netherlands Antilles and the USA.

The Hague Area, Netherlands

Arranging events where business meets government officials / Public Relations and Public Affairs.My primary Account was Air Aruba Europe.