Analyst/Sr Analyst, Material Planning Strategy and Analysis

Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

Why you'll love this job

• The Analyst, Material Planning Strategy and Analysis position is a key role in running a reliable operation. Through innovative analysis and methodologies, this role has the potential of significant operating cost savings and unrivaled airline operability.

• Identify Supply Chain inefficiencies, perform root cause analysis, and create innovative solutions by leveraging process improvement, reporting, and tools.

• Take the lead to present strategic and operational analysis along with recommendations to department leadership

What you'll do

As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.

• Develop analytical models and prepare presentations using data visualization software and tools to improve operational performance around aircraft spare parts

• Improve the operational metrics through design, development and monitoring of results from implemented solutions

• Collaborate with other departments including Line and Base Planning, Network Planning, Base Material Planning, AOG, and Stores to understand business processes and areas for improvement

• Create presentations and present findings with recommendations to influence key stakeholders and senior management

• Develop data tables and pipelines for use in applications and analysis

• Support other team members and Business Analysts with complex queries, methods, and recommendations

• Guide users to explain solutions and optimize user experience

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications - Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business Analytics, Data Science, Operations Research or other related field with 3 years related experience

Preferred Qualifications - Education & Prior Job Experience

• Experience in airline: operations, supply chain, analytics, or quantitative forecasting methodologies

• Master’s degree in related field

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Excellent quantitative and analytical skills with an aptitude for problem solving

• Ability to shift priorities in a fast paced, dynamic work environment and meet deadlines

• Proficient in SQL, knowledge/basic experience of data processing/manipulation

• Ability to extract/analyze large sets of data and make recommendations based on findings

• Experience with Microsoft Azure, Databricks, Data Lake

• Experience with data visualization in Power Bi and Tableau

• Excellent project management and organization skills, with attention to detail

• Proficient with Microsoft Office 365 software including Excel, Power Point, and Teams

• Preferred Skills: ETL, Python, Snowflake, Alteryx

What you'll get

• Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:

• Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.

• Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.

• Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.

• 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.

• Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more

Feel free to be yourself at American

From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Team Member Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.

Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.

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