Analyst/Senior Analyst, Resource Planning and Strategy

Location: DFW Headquarters Building 8 (DFW-SV08)   
Additional Locations: None
Requisition ID: 71768 

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

• We are responsible for process standardization and capacity modelling.
• Additionally, we work closely with airport leadership and the Resource Operations team on providing inputs for staffing

The role is a part of the Airport and Cargo Resource Planning team within our Airport & Cargo Excellence group.

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.

• Develops and maintains airport staffing models to analyze staffing requirements and work closely with Financial Planning & Controller groups to provide accurate headcount forecasts
• Identifies, analyzes and recommends solutions to airport resource issues and build strategies to optimize staffing efficiencies
• Evaluates the financial and customer experience implications of strategic projects such as capital expenditures, contract proposals, process improvements, and technology changes as it relates to staffing
• Works closely with airport leadership to provide support and evaluate changes to staffing practices
• Uses qualitative and quantitative observations/data to develop capacity model requirements to be used to feed staffing models
• Basic understanding of lean six sigma and continuous improvement to identify process improvement opportunities
• Manages standardization of processes at the airports in alignment with the model(s)

All you'll need for success

• Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
  • 2+ years of related experience in an airline or aviation consulting firm as an analyst in operations, finance, or corporate development
  • BS/BA degree in a related field - preferably in engineering, business, mathematics, or economics
  • Expert in Excel and PowerPoint 
  • Motivated professional that is capable of managing a heavy workload while prioritizing complex tasks
  • An agile, self-starter with the ability to deal with ambiguity 
  • Adapts well in fast-paced/changing environments
  • Shows up every day with a high can-do attitude and energy
• Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
  • Ability to pull and manipulate large sets of data using SQL or Python Experience
  • Working with union or frontline level employees
• Skills, Licenses & Certifications
  • N/A

Language/Communication Skills

• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and written with all levels within the organization
• Physical ability necessary to safely and successfully perform the essential functions of the position, with or without any legally required reasonable accommodations that do not pose an undue hardship. Note: If the Company has reason to question an employee’s physical ability to safely and/or successfully perform the position’s essential job functions, the HR team generally will engage in an interactive process to determine whether a reasonable accommodation is appropriate.  HR (working with the operation) ordinarily first speaks with the team member directly and they mutually identify the physical demands of the job that are or may be impacted by the employee’s obvious or known condition.  Then, if necessary, HR would request medical documentation from the team member’s treating physician or others to confirm the employee’s ability to perform those essential job functions safely and successfully.

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 vis