United Airlines Hiring for Senior Analyst – Transportation at Chicago, IL Full Time

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:

This position will lead Supply Chain Excellence Transportation Spend Projects. The position includes project phases – define, measure, analyze, improve and control as needed to deliver measurable business results throughout the enterprise. Position will advise implementation and maintenance of a Transportation Management System solution for the enterprise. Analyze cost and economics of movement of material on UA metal versus 3PLS and optimize portfolio of movements of parts through various modes of transportation and monitor spend.

• Assist in leading and running the Transportation Spend initiatives
• Implementation of the TMS supporting the warehousing operation in updating and maintaining COMAT movements
• Driving $2M in annual savings in order for the SCE to pay for itself
• Monitor cost, direct and optimize shipping priorities
• Coordination with Procurement and VM, Warehousing and Maintenance on timing, change management, and communication

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:

• Undergraduate degree in business, technical, or aviation related field or Project Management Certification
• 3+ years work experience, in the transportation field either with a 3PL or an airline
• Knowledge in understanding mode optimization and working with such tool
• Developing strategies to optimize transportation cost such as a TMS experience
• Process/system mapping and analysis
• Experience communicating, raising and providing solutions to senior leadership
• Strong business acumen & the ability to partner successfully across various teams
• Ability in collecting, analyzing & running quantitative data & crafting significant analyses to lead business improvement and cost reduction
• Develop superuser level expertise in supporting the TMS & develop business tools & solutions to support the department.
• Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint, Visio and Project proficiency
• Highly analytical, detail oriented & strong business sense, ability to lead ideas & creative solutions
• Ability to understand complex transportation modes & interplay between operational finance & technical decisions
• Financial skill & analytical experience delivering forecasting, budgeting & variance analysis on Freight spend
• Negotiate contracts and service agreements

What will help you propel from the pack:

• Advanced degree
• 3+ years experience in Managing Transportation Optimization and Spend for a major company with transportation spend exceeding $50M and/or major 3PL
• 3+ years experience in Transportation Spend Management, with TMS deployment in the Airline 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 [email protected] to request accommodation.