Manager - Supply Chain Strategy and Transformation - United Airlines

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 Manager – Supply Chain Management and Strategy will lead strategic initiatives across inventory management and supply chain. The manager will build and handle project budgets, tracking expenses and ensuring cost control. The manager will be responsible for various strategic projects like increase in parts investments due to new fleet or fleet expansion.

• Lead key strategic projects for supply chain including supply chain parts investments, implementing inventory policies, crafting and tracking supply chain metrics as well as benchmarking against industry standards
• Builds and handles project budgets, tracking expenses and ensuring cost control
• Conducts regular budget reviews to maintain cost control and support financial goals
• Analyzes and establishes system protection levels that support operations at the least total cost
• Conducts thorough analysis and prepares detailed reports on performance against plan
• Identifies trends, variances, and areas for improvement, providing actionable insights and recommendations to support decision-making
• Improves operational reliability by minimizing aircraft out of service events, delays and cancellations related to the unavailability of spare aircraft parts
• Evaluates demand sources, supplier capabilities, strength and weaknesses of existing Supply Chain and models

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!

What’s needed to succeed (Minimum Qualifications):

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Supply chain, business, finance, operational management, operations research or engineering
• Microsoft office, knowledge of relational database models, strong modeling skills, proficient in MS PowerPoint and Excel
• Strong people skills and ability to develop internal and external relationships
• Strong technical, interpersonal, verbal and presentation skills
• Strategic problem solver with a track record of implementing innovative solutions
• Strong project management skills with the ability to prioritize multiple and opposing priorities
• Keen sense of curiosity, high learning agility, business, comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change, encouraging leader with a bias towards action and team focused
• 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):

• Master's degree or equivalent experience
• Lean Six Sigma Green/Black Belt certification

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.