Senior Analyst - Engine & Components Supplier Strategy

Description

There's never been a more exciting time to join United Airlines. We're on a path towards becoming the best airline in the history of aviation. Our shared purpose - Connecting People, Uniting the World - is about more than getting people from one place to another. It also means that as a global company that operates in hundreds of locations around the world with millions of customers and tens of thousands of employees, we have a unique responsibility to uplift and provide opportunities in the places where we work, live and fly, and we can only do that with a truly diverse and inclusive workforce. And we're growing - in the years ahead, we'll hire tens of thousands of people across every area of the airline. Our careers include a competitive benefits package aimed at keeping you happy, healthy and well-traveled. From employee-run "Business Resource Group" communities to world-class benefits like parental leave, 401k and privileges like space available travel, United is truly a one-of-a-kind place to work. Are you ready to travel the world?

At United, we have some of the best aircraft in the world. Our Technical Operations team is full of aircraft maintenance technicians, engineers, planners, ground equipment and facilities professionals, and supply chain teams that help make sure they're well taken care of and ready to get our customers to their desired destinations. If you're ready to work on our planes, join our Tech Ops experts and help keep our fleet in tip-top shape.

Key Responsibilities:

The Sr. Analyst of Engine and Components for Supplier Strategy works with leadership to establish United's short and long-term supplier strategy plan. This role will work to establish a plan that is balanced and cost efficient. The Sr. Analyst will help develop a plan and timeline for parts and components from both in-house and outside suppliers. Having a strong analytical background to take into consideration impact of global politics on supply chain, current supplier performance, forecasts of parts and components, creation of standard metrics, supplier engagement, alternative suppliers, and other items to be defined with leadership and the team. The Sr Analyst will collect communications and project plans to convey path forward.

• Work with leadership team to support development of short-term to long-term supplier strategy to ensure United is in partnership with right suppliers (and alternative suppliers) that can support United's growing demand. Help integrate plan across Tech Ops
• Engage with suppliers at a working level to ensure performance to agree upon Service Level
• Agreements (SLAs); proactively surface key challenges with suppliers and work with equivalent peers and leadership teams to mitigate current and future challenge
• Review and evaluate United's internal and suppliers' processes in order to establish improvements
• Ability to develop better tracking and management with suppliers (include automation where possible)
• Analyze data in all aspects of the vendor network
• Improve quality metrics and dashboards to pre-empt shortfalls, identify potential vulnerabilities and build the alternative plans to resolve issues
• Build presentations to share project status and metrics with varying levels of leadership

United values diverse experiences, perspectives, and we encourage everyone who meets the minimum qualifications to apply. While having the "desired" qualifications make for a stronger candidate, we encourage applicants who may not feel they check ALL of those boxes! We are always looking for individuals who will bring something new to the table!

Qualifications

What's needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Supply Chain, Engineering, Technical Project Management, Aviation, or related field
• 2 years supply chain or related experience
• 4 years project management experience
• Communication skills (written and verbal)
• Sophisticated Excel, Tableau, or VBA skills
• Strong MS Office skills
• Data analytics experience
• Ability to work in both an execution phase and tactical environment with recommendations from management
• 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 a crucial function of the position

What will help you propel from the pack (Preferred Qualifications):

• 2 years aviation experience
• 2 years technical experience
• Power Platform experience
• PMP Certification
• Adaptable to changing work objectives
• Ability to balance multiple projects through creation of structure
• Program management experience

United Airlines is an equal opportunity employer. United Airlines recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status and other protected status as required by applicable law. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions. Please contact JobAccommodations@united.com to request accommodation.

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