Manager - Cargo Operation Analytics

United Airlines•Chicago, IL

6d•$102,220 - $133,194•Hybrid

About The Position

Achieving our goals starts with supporting yours. Grow your career, access top-tier health and wellness benefits, build lasting connections with your team and our customers, and travel the world using our extensive route network. Come join us to create what’s next. Let’s define tomorrow, together. Find your future at United! We’re reinventing what our industry looks like, and what an airline can be – from the planes we fly to the people who fly them. When you join us, you’re joining a global team of 100,000+ connected by a shared passion with a wide spectrum of experience and skills to lead the way forward. Achieving our ambitions starts with supporting yours. Evolve your career and find your next opportunity. Get the care you need with industry-leading health plans and best-in-class programs to support your emotional, physical, and financial wellness. Expand your horizons with travel across the world’s biggest route network. Connect outside your team through employee-led Business Resource Groups. Create what’s next with us. Let’s define tomorrow together. We’re not just in the business of transporting people. We’re also in the business of moving cargo. As a major provider of air freight services, our Cargo team transports everyday electronics and automotive parts, to perishable goods, life-saving organs, vaccines and even baby formula. And in turn, we help keep businesses, communities, and global economies running. With so many career options – from Marketing to Finance, Logistics to Data Analytics, and more – you can build a career within a career and gain exposure to so many areas of our airline’s important role in the global supply chain. Join our team and watch your uniquely United career journey unfold.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics or related degree
4+ years’ experience in Business, Finance, Analytics, Logistics, or related field
Strong analytical software skills, including experience with some of the following programs/languages: SQL, Python, MATLAB, STAT, R, Alteryx, Spotfire, Tableau
Very strong MS Excel and PowerPoint Skills
Negotiation, effective communication, knowledge of contract language, building business relationships, work under time constraints
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Business, or related degree
5+ years’ experience in Business, Finance, Analytics, Logistics, or related field
Advanced skills in a variety of analytical software
Statistical forecasting knowledge and experience
Experience in automation/machine learning technology, like Alteryx or Power BI, Databricks and Snowflake

Responsibilities

Lead a team to influence Senior Leadership in United through analytical-derived insights provided to the operation and finance.
Increase adoption of analytics reporting, dashboards, and software across all of United Cargo
Oversee, forecast, and process payments for the $100M+ RFS and ULD budget
Own Service Level Agreement Metrics on $200M in cargo handling spend, enforcing operational standard on United partners
Manage ad-hoc analysis and reporting for the $250M+ United Cargo operation
Identify the right operational levers to pull to drive cost savings across the board.
Create new data sources from scratch, integrating countless data sets, managing data projects, and building reliable reporting for both internal and external customers.
Financial analysis, logistical analysis, cost oversight of $100M+ RFS and ULD budget, vendor management, operational performance metrics, and external vendor performance metrics.
Balance the many ad hoc projects that come up within Cargo, support with operations projects, and drive capital finance projects.