Senior Analyst, Supply Chain Performance (Ft Worth, TX, US)

Location: AA Headquarters 1 (DFW-HDQ1) 
Additional Locations: None
Requisition ID: 31579 

Overview

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Looking for a job where a passion for innovation, a culture of teamwork, and opportunities for growth are valued and rewarded? You’ve come to the right place.

 

You don’t have to be an airline aficionado to join American Airlines. It takes more than cool planes to keep us ahead of the curve, and thanks to our team of behind the scenes professionals, we do just that. As the largest airline in the world, American Airlines is in the business of serving the global travel needs of our customers. At the core of the Company is our commitment to each customer and each employee. We are dedicated to developing and delivering what our customers value and are willing to pay for. Customer-centric planning, innovative marketing, and an exceptional customer experience are supported by a cadre of talented people. 

 

What does it take to join us? We’re glad you asked! We expect exceptional skills in your discipline and a dedication to being the best as we relentlessly pursue our goal of being not just the largest airline in the world, but also the best airline in the world.

 

Fortunately, we’re building on almost a century of innovation and firsts in our industry – and we plan to continue that tradition of excellence.

About The Job

The Senior Analyst in Supply Chain Performance is responsible for creating reports, charts and dashboards to support Aircraft Maintenance Supply Chain operations. This position will interact with multiple workgroups within the Maintenance and Engineering organization to identify reporting requirements and design reports needed to drive operational activity and chart metrics that are needed to monitor progress or compliance.

The Senior Analyst will be working with a range of relational databases, including Teradata, Oracle and SQL Server, to create reporting data sources through complex SQL queries. Information from these data sources is summarized and manipulated to build reports in Cognos and interactive dashboards in Tableau.

The selected candidate will have an Operations Management mindset. This means he or she will take steps to understand:

• • the overall goals of the Maintenance and Engineering Supply Chain
  • The factors that impact the organization’s goals
  • The organization’s processes and how they contribute to each goal
  • The factors that facilitate or hinder each process
  • The systems that are used in each process and the database tables that are associated with each system

The selected candidate will use their operational understanding to identify measures and dimensions of interest in operational data sets and will highlight data insights that translate into opportunities for operational improvement. This position is ideal for self-motivated professionals with a serious interest in both Data Analytics and Operations Management.   

About The Job (Continued)

Specifically, you'll do the following:

• Support the development and implementation of robust IT analytics, business intelligence reporting, dashboards and metrics for supply chain systems
• Analyze, troubleshoot and determine data error root causes to ensure data accuracy and integrity
• Apply data mining and statistical analysis to understand transactional trends
• Partner with internal departments to support implementation and tracking of process improvements
• Supports supply chain system integration initiatives

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Information Systems, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration or related field
• Must have an Operations Management mindset and strong critical thinking skills
• 3 years of experience writing complex SQL queries for relational databases such as Teradata, Oracle, SQL Server, or MySQL
• Must have demonstrated proficiency creating dashboards in Tableau or Power BI
• Experience with reporting systems, such as Cognos or SSRS, would be a plus
• Must be able to automate MS Access and Excel using VBA
• The ideal candidate will have basic proficiency in HTML, CSS3 and JavaScript and will be able to perform complex data manipulation using a general purpose programming language, such as Java, C#, Python, or R
• Must have the desire to explore and adopt new data analytics technologies

Additional Locations: None
Requisition ID: 31579 

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