Senior Workforce Planner

Kia ora!

We have an opportunity available for a Senior Workforce Planner in our Workforce Planning & Optimisation team. This exciting role will be influential in helping identify and pursue opportunities for maximising productivity within the context of operating a safe, sustainable airline that delivers to its customers.

This role will be responsible for:

• Conduct in-depth analysis of workforce performance, identifying gaps, trends and areas for optimisation
• Design and maintain complex forecasting models to support long-term planning and decision-making
• Provide actionable insights and recommendations based on workforce analytics, highlighting potential cost savings, productivity enhancements, and process improvements
• Become an expert in relevant crewing systems and ensure best-practice use
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with relevant internal groups

Essential requirements:

• Problem solving mindset (proactive and outcome-based)
• Passion for data-driven decision-making and planning
• Advanced Excel skills, including Power Pivot/Power Query
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex data sets and derive actionable insights
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to gain credibility with and influence key stakeholders

Preferred:

• Experience in complex dynamic planning and scenario analysis
• Understand concepts of advanced statistical forecasting and optimisation models
• Mathematics/Statistical/Operations Research relevant experience and/or qualifications

Although experience in an airline planning environment could be useful, we are looking for experienced analytical problem solvers with a desire to learn, regardless of experience.  If this is you, please get in touch!

This is a great opportunity to join our team and have a positive influence in taking care of our customers through the delivery of optimal resources, today, tomorrow and in the future. Apply online with a CV.

At Air New Zealand, we are proudly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and believe in creating a truly inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves and thrive. Our people are our greatest asset – because while everything else we do in our operation can be replicated by our competitors, it is our people that truly set us apart. We are firm believers in celebrating the differences and diversity of thought our people bring to their roles.

Whāia te pae tawhiti kia tata. Ko te pae tata whakamaua, kia tina.

"Seek to bring distant horizons closer. Once near, seize them and make them your reality."