Supply Planning Manager (Chapter Lead – Supply Planning In-flight)
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Kia ora!
At Air New Zealand, we are building back better as we connect friends and whānau all over Aotearoa to each other and reconnect Kiwis to the world. To help accelerate creating these connections, we are doing things a little differently by reaping the benefits of operating in an agile way, calling this Full Potential. This new way of working will help us deliver the greatest flying experience on Earth for our customers, make Air New Zealand the preferred place to work, and enable us to continually adapt and innovate through making decisions faster.
As we continue to unlock the full potential of our people and our airline, we are looking for a Supply Planning Manager to lead our In-Flight supply planning team, driving alignment and development across the function. In this role, you’ll drive strategic initiatives and best practices in supply planning, ensuring alignment to meet customer needs.
As a Supply Planning Manager (Chapter Lead- Supply Planning In-flight), you’ll focus on capability building, defining the vision for the function, and managing and developing team members. We’re looking for a passionate leader with an open mindset, ready to empower and collaborate, shape culture, and align with the function’s strategic goals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead & manage the end-to-end supply planning process (In-Flight)
- Lead process transformation for Supply Planning, collaborating across Teams
- Develop, mentor and coach the team of supply planning professionals
- Lead the design and development of Supply Planning processes, standards & routines, including Supply Review & associated Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) processes and tools across Air NZ
- Lead the evaluation and implementation of advanced digital supply planning tools and systems, ensuring alignment with the Planning Lead’s strategy
- Drive Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) to enhance supplier partnerships and performance.
About you:
- Extensive working experience in Supply Planning and supply chain management within a complex environment, ideally with a strong focus on S&OP
- Proven experience leading and managing high performing teams
- The ability to lead change management across planning functions and diverse teams
- Strong leadership, communication, presentational skills, with the ability to inspire, mentor, and develop a high-performing team.
This is a very exciting time at Air New Zealand, and you will be directly involved in shaping our future. If you believe you have what it takes to join us on the journey, please apply online. Advertising closes on the 25th February 2025.
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. We encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds, including those with a disability, additional health and mental health needs, and/or are neurodiverse to apply for our roles.
If you have encountered any accessibility barriers and require further information or reasonable accommodations to our recruitment process, please reach out to the recruiter listed on this job advert so they are able to support you to freely participate equitably in our recruitment and selection process.
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."
- Airline Operations, Procurement & Supply Chain
Location
Auckland, NZ
Closing Date
17/11/2024
- Permanent Full time
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