End-to-End Planning Executive
Job Description
It’s something we’ve been doing for over 100 years, ever since we launched the world’s first international scheduled air service between London and Paris.
This originality has been in our blood since day one. It’s the spirit we share with the people that fly with us, our partners, and our colleagues.
So, whether you are a reassuring voice on the end of a phone, a smile at the door, under a wing keeping the turbines spinning or landing us gently in far-flung places, a job at British Airways is yours to make.
We know great things can happen when you’re inspired to think big and bring your ambition to work every day, which is why, at British Airways the sky is never the limit.
The role: End-to-End Planning Executive
Working at the heart of the business, this role is critical to support the transformation of planning within British Airways Network Planning and help drive the closer integration of planning across the airline. You will be expected to lead and develop seasonal planning within the company’s End to End Planning governance, ensuring delivery against defined activities and progress versus key milestones.
Please note, this role is not approved for an international assignment
What You’ll Do
- Co-ordinate Network Planning Seasonal development within a clearly communicated timeline ensuring goals, parameters, risks and opportunities are captured and tracked against milestones.
- Prepare and facilitate key governance forums within End-to-End Planning including Schedule Design Forum and Seasonal Planning, co-ordinating timelines and dependencies, setting agendas, developing relevant content and presentations, chairing meetings, leading discussions and tracking actions
- Collaborate across Network and Fleet, Ops, Commercial & E&M stakeholders to gather inputs, solicit feedback, socialise ideas, and drive alignment across functions
- Act as conduit between different stakeholders to facilitate trade-off discussions and help to unblock issues.
- Design and facilitate relevant workshops or break-outs (when required) to evolve end-to-end planning, generate new ideas, support the development of new concepts, tools and models and address pain points
- Ensure thorough documentation of timelines, processes, governance, analyses and decision-making
- Support Network Planning areas with specific pieces of work as required, particularly where there is a strong cross functional / project management element.
- There is an expectation that you will undertake adhoc work on an exceptional basis or provide relevant cover for other team tasks
Skills / Capabilities
What you’ll bring to British Airways:
- I have exceptional verbal, written and presentation skills (and highly skilled in Powerpoint)
- I have exceptional planning, organisational and prioritisation skills
- I have excellent collaborative skills and am a highly effective networker with the ability to translate complex issues so these can be understood by others
- I can communicate effectively to different and senior audiences
- I can interpret and challenge analyses
- I am extremely resilient, work calmly and effectively under constant time pressure, and seek to maintain an exemplary standard.
Core traits
- I pay attention to detail and pride myself on accurate and clear communications
- I am a collaborator across the organisation
- I am agile and forward thinking
- I think positively and look to convert problems into opportunities
- I am comfortable with ambiguity
- I like team environments and find it rewarding to help others
- I am flexible and ready to move between assignments to match the business and priorities
Your Experience
- I have a strong understanding of network planning processes (across scheduling, operations, commercial and engineering)
- I have experience in a cross functional and collaborative environment
- I have experience leading change
- I can think holistically and creatively to solve multidimensional problems
- I have a proven ability to quickly get to grips with complex processes and influence outcomes
Inclusion & Diversity
At British Airways we all have a part to play in creating an inclusive place to work. Diverse representation among our people is really important to us and we recognise that all our colleagues are uniquely different and bring their own originality, creativity and identity to work.
Inclusion and diversity is a key driver of innovation and we’re committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they can be themselves. We’re looking for people from all backgrounds and cultures to join us and be a part of our journey to become a Better BA as we continue to connect Britain with the world and the world with Britain.