Analyst - Forecast Modeling

United Airlines •

Elk Grove Village, Illinois, United States

Position Type: Permanent

Job Description:
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Technical Operations/Maintenance

Technical Operations includes the maintenance, and overhaul of our aircraft. This includes aircraft maintenance technicians, engineers, planners, ground equipment and facilities teams, supply chain teams and more.

Job overview and responsibilities

The Analyst - Forecasting Modeling, is responsible for the planning and execution of spare parts inventory forecasting activities supporting the United Airlines Supply Chain organization. This position will interact with multiple supply chain areas, i.e. inventory management, vendor management, components and engines shops, warehousing, and logistics functions. This analyst will support on the development and maintenance of the spare parts inventory forecasting processes and analytical tools, strategic analysis, process improvement support, and other related decision support tools. This role will interact very closely with the Data Science team and be responsible for the execution of the scheduled and ad-hoc forecasting models, and their ongoing maintenance as applicable.

Maintain, enhance and otherwise support the models for the spare parts inventory forecast and ensure they continue to stay valuable and relevant
Support strategic Supply Chain initiatives with analysis accompanied by actionable recommendations
Collaborate with stakeholders (both frontline and executive-level) to identify processes strategies, or decisions that can be improved by leveraging analytic insight
Monitor forecasting model performance metrics and identify operational and financial improvement opportunities
Individually develop and execute toward project plans
Continuous improvement of the forecasting tools

This position is offered on local terms and conditions. Expatriate assignments and sponsorship for employment visas, even on a time-limited visa status, will not be awarded. This position is for United Airlines Business Services Pvt. Ltd - a wholly owned subsidiary of United Airlines Inc.

Qualifications

Required

Bachelors degree in a quantitative field such as math, statistics, operations research or engineering required
Specialization in Supply Chain Management, Applied Statistics, Forecasting
One to three years of experience in an analytics or process improvement-oriented role required
Proved ability to develop forecasting models
Baseline understanding of supply chain functions including sourcing/procurement, vendor management, inventory planning, warehousing, and logistics.
Familiarity with Line and Base maintenance planning and operations
Familiarity with relational database models and SQL
Familiarity with Statistical Forecasting techniques, i.e. ARIMA, Exponential Smoothing, Crostons and Unobserved Component method
Familiarity with forecasting performance metrics, i.e. MPE, MAPE, WMAPE
Experience using traditional statistical and industrial engineering techniques (e.g. inference testing, statistical process control, economic order model and process flow analysis)
Familiarity with spare parts demand forecasting techniques
Familiarity with Supply Chain models
Familiarity with Maintenance Planning process
Executive presence (written and verbal communication)
Experience communicating and visualizing complex analysis to specific audiences and at the appropriate level of abstraction
Ability to develop phased implementation plans and comfort creating and executing them
Ability to identify opportunities in existing processes where analytic insight can support improvements in quality, service and/or reductions in cost
Must be legally authorized to work in India for any employer without sponsorship
Must be fluent in English (written and spoken)
Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position

Preferred

Masters degree in a quantitative field such as math, statistics, data science/machine learning, operations research and/or MBA preferred
Six Sigma Black Belt certification preferred
Project management experience preferred
MITx SC Certification, CSCP, CPIM
Previous experience in operations research, industrial engineering or related field involving solving complex business problems preferred
Familiarity with ERP forecasting capabilities
Experience developing and deploying forecasting models using scripting programming languages such as R, SAS and Python
Familiarity with SAS Enterprise Guide and Forecast Studio
At least two years of airline experience preferred
Two to five years of supply chain experience preferred
Familiarity with maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) functions
Familiarity with the airline industry
Strong background in one or more supply chain functions
Familiarity with ERP systems
Familiarity with Multi-Echelon techniques (METRIC)
Familiarity with data science and machine learning techniques
Background in both traditional (waterfall) and agile project management methodologies
Applied understanding of process improvement methodologies such as lean and six sigma
Familiarity with Line and Maintenance Planning
Familiarity with MRO planning
Familiarity with the application of Forecast Value Added (FVA) approach
Programming experience in a scripting language such as Python or R
Basic experience manipulating datasets using the Apache Spark dataframe API
Familiarity with Simulation techniques, i.e. Monte Carlo, Discrete Event Simulation
Familiarity with optimization modeling tools and techniques

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Job Ident #: GGN00001675

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