American Airlines

Analyst/Sr Analyst, Material Planning

Posted on: 30 Mar 2022

Fort Worth, TX

Job Description

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

Identifies Supply Chain inefficiencies, performs root cause analysis, creates solutions including process improvement, reporting, and tools.
Present strategic and operational analysis along with recommendations to both department leadership and supervisors/planers who implement changes

What you'll do

Develop models and present using data visualization software and tools to increase operational performance around aircraft spare parts within operating budget
Design, create and monitor results from solutions that are implemented
Interact with other departments including Line and Base Planning, Network Planning, Base Material Planning, AOG, and Stores to understand business processes and areas for improvement
Develop presentations and present findings with recommendations to key stakeholders and senior management
Develop data tables and pipelines for use in applications and analysis
Assist and support other team members and Business Analysts with complex queries, methods, and recommendations
Manage backlogs using Agile and/or Scrum methodologies
Work with users to explain solutions and optimize user experience
Ability to extract/analyze large sets of data and make recommendations based on findings 

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline including Supply Chain, Business Analytics, Operations Research or other related field with 3 years related experience
3 years job related experience

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

Experience in airline: operations, supply chain, or analytics
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 languages
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

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

American Airlines

Fort Worth, TX

American Airlines, Inc. (AA or AAL) is a major American airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is the world's largest airline when measured by fleet size, scheduled passengers carried, and revenue passenger mile. American, together with its regional partners, operates an extensive international and domestic network with almost 6,800 flights per day to nearly 350 destinations in more than 50 countries. American Airlines is a founding member of the Oneworld alliance, the third-largest airline alliance in the world. Regional service is operated by independent and subsidiary carriers under the brand name American Eagle.

American Airlines and American Eagle operate out of 10 hubs, with Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) being its largest. The airline handles more than 200 million passengers annually with an average of more than 500,000 passengers daily. As of 2019, the company employs nearly 130,000 people.

American Airlines operates its primary and the largest maintenance and repair operations (MRO) base in Tulsa in addition to the maintenance locations at its hubs.