Analyst/Sr Analyst, Material Planning

About the position

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!

Responsibilities

• 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.
• 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• 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.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in airline: operations, supply chain, or analytics.
• Master's degree in related field.

Benefits

• Travel Perks: You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
• Health Benefits: Access to health, dental, prescription and vision benefits from day one.
• Wellness Programs: Tools, resources and support to help you be the best version of yourself.
• 401(k) Program: Available upon hire with employer contributions after one year.
• Additional Benefits: Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance, and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more.