Planning Manager Airports

**Company Description**
Founded in the Queensland outback in 1920, Qantas has grown to be Australia’s largest regional, domestic, and international airline. Qantas has a range of subsidiary businesses that support the overall operations of the Group. The Qantas Group’s main business is the transportation of customers and freight using two complementary airline brands — Qantas and Jetstar — operating regional, domestic, and international services.
- ** Challenge yourself to drive efficiency and deliver innovative workforce solutions for Qantas**:

- ** Exciting role leading operational, transformational and strategic resource planning for our teams**:

- ** Four Full Time, Permanent opportunity based at Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth Airport**

We’re constantly evolving, and this means the opportunities for our people are endless. There’s opportunity to embrace personal development and career growth, own projects and make an impact.

The **Planning Manager Airports** responsible for leading and delivery of operational, transformational and strategic resource planning services. As the planning lead for the region, you will work across our customer service departments and deliver the workforce planning outcomes through identifying and implementation of resourcing efficiencies, managing cost within forecast, resource planning and budgeting and meeting group KPI’s, the provision of insights and influence needed to drive ongoing optimisation of rostering and resource deployment across the region, identification and of improvements and which create a more engaging experience for our people and ensuring compliance and adherence to EBAs of our workforce planning processes.

Reporting to the regional Head of Airports, you will lead strategic planning for the region, holding strategic portfolio and lead national Airports programs related to workforce utilisation, planning and effectiveness of the region, and as part of the broader national planning function. This role is a critical Industrial relations lead for the port, leading union and staff interactions and consultations with respect to resourcing matters and often national programs, as well as the recruitment lead for the region, anticipating forecasted requirements with support from WFP and ensuring the region is set up for success.

**To be successful in this role, you’ll have**:

- Significant experience in a strategic workforce planning role or similar
- Previous experience leading through peer and matrix relationships
- Experience managing a large cohort
- Strong business partnering skills including the ability to build strong relationships,
support partners with actionable insights and constructively challenge where
appropriate
- The ability to think ‘big picture’ - using experience and conceptual ability to cut
through complexity and bring new ideas to the business
- The determination to succeed and a track record of achieving targets
- Working knowledge of industrial relations practice and human resources policies and
procedures
- Proficient Excel skills
- A proven record of successfully managing change and implementing continuous
improvement activities
- Management experience in an operational environment
- Concise understanding of all aspects of operational, safety, security and emergency
procedures as applicable
- Broad understanding across all aspects of airline business, with specific airport related experience in operations, compliance, service and product

**Why Qantas?**

You’ll join a team where creativity and passion are encouraged. Our people come together to allow us to dream big and deliver successfully.

There are many different opportunities across our team, which means you’ll be able to grow both personally and professionally at Qantas. Your development is a priority for us - so that you can maintain the high standards our customers have come to expect and can continue to develop over time. You’ll be supported from day 1 with on-the-job training and coaching as well as our formal training opportunities. While you may start in this role, we’ve got a great track record of supporting our people to take their career in so many different directions, the destinations are endless.

**The Qantas employee benefits program offers amazing benefits that extend well beyond travel.**
- We love to travel: Enjoy heavily discounted air travel within Australia and across the globe, both for you and your family and friends, as well as exclusive deals on accommodation and holidays.
- We have flexible leave options: Make use of leave and flexible working opportunities including 18 weeks paid parental leave (plus superannuation payments on all paid and unpaid parental leave until your child turns 1) and additional purchased leave options for eligible employees.
- We’ll give you access to thousands of rewards: Through our partnerships we can offer you discounts across shopping, food and wine, insurance, health and wellbeing, leisure and entertainment. You