Manager, Planning Job at American Airlines, Fort Worth, TX

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  • American Airlines
  • Fort Worth, TX

Job Description

Intro

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!

Why you'll love this job

As a Manager of Planning on the Supply Chain Transformation team, you will lead a team of analysts and planners responsible for driving meaningful improvements across our demand and supply planning processes. Your team’s work will directly influence inventory performance, parts availability, supplier reliability, and overall operational efficiency.

 

In this role, you’ll guide the development of insights, tools, and planning strategies that modernize how we manage materials across Tech Ops and Integrated Operations. You’ll translate complex challenges into data ‑ driven solutions, support key transformation initiatives, and ensure your team delivers measurable impact on cost, reliability, and execution. If you enjoy leading people, improving processes, and shaping the future of our supply chain, this role offers an exciting opportunity to make a lasting difference.

What you'll do

  • ​Leads a team of analysts/planners responsible for developing/executing/maintaining and monitoring shop repair scheduling, bill of works, metric development and analysis, and material planning
  • Identifies new opportunities to leverage available tools, processes, best practices, and reporting
  • Develops analysts/planners to ensure a high level of job proficiency and prepare them for future roles with increased responsibility
  • Develops and identifies project timelines, goals, and stakeholders
  • Works with department managers to identify business challenges and create solutions to address challenges
  • Updates senior leadership on project milestones
  • Completes justifications for projects and initiatives
  • Uses various data sources to identify areas of optimization and performance improvement for department
  • Seeks out action plans and identifies corrective action for department
  • Resolves department issues and sets deadlines for activities
  • Improves communication within teams
  • Provides guidance/coaching/mentorship to analysts/planners & empowers them to make effective, timely decisions
  • Focuses on customer needs & requirements

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

  • ​Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Economics, Accounting or other business related field or equivalent experience/training
  • 4 years experience within Airline Operations

Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience

  • ​Certification in Lean Six Sigma
  • 5 years’of experience within Supply Chain/Logistics/Operations preferred

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

  • ​Ability to modify existing processes by correcting problems, resolving issues and updating existing work methods
  • Employee First - Customer first attitude
  • Forward thinking, big picture, visionary
  • Strong aptitude for working with other departments including Finance, Base Operations, and others
  • Manage multiple projects simultaneously
  • Proven experience in leading and motivating others
  • Takes ownership and promotes collaboration/teamwork
  • Effectively and professionally manage pressure with serious time commitment
  • Lead, empower, and motivate employees
  • Influence decision making using facts/data/trends and validate assumptions
  • Strong financial acumen
  • Follows instructions, processes and procedures
  • Ability to correct and resolve issues/problems in processes with the help of existing procedures, norms and processes

     

What you'll get

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer: 

  • Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
  • Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more. 
  • Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
  • 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
  • Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more

Feel free to be yourself at American

From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.

Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.

Job Tags

Flexible hours

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