Operations & Planning Manager

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**About the Company**

A Global Airport Services Provider which provides aircraft ground handling, cargo, travel, and flight catering services across five continents.

Join Australia's largest inflight catering and retail partner, food manufacturer and airport lounge management company. Chosen by many of the world's top airlines, operating 15 catering facilities across 9 cities, employing over 4,000 people, producing over 64 million meals, and servicing over 246 thousand flights each year.

**About the Role**

The client is currently recruiting for an experienced Operations & Resource Planning Manager to join the team.

This integral role includes managing labour assignments at the roster build stage. This includes the assignment of training activities and rostered duties - ensuring compliant rosters are achieved against industrial agreements. As well as overseeing the Operations Planning team.

In addition, you will be responsible for leading, coaching and developing the Operations & Resource Planning Team.

This position has six direct reports spread across two teams - Resource Planning and Operations Planning.

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly analytical, problem solving individual.

**Your main duties and responsibilities will include**:

- Managing labour requirements against roster publication cycles
- Managing team training requirements
- Implementing cost effective solutions with resource planning
- Ensuring all industrial work rules are achieved and nil breaches received
- Reviewing roster patterns and implement adjustments to provide improvement
- Analysing data to demonstrate trends to the various stakeholders and customers
- Make improvement recommendations for resource allocation
- Liaison with labour hire agencies supporting the ordering and hours invoiced
- Providing feedback to the Analytical Modelling & Strategy team to improve forecasting
- 5+ years' experience in a similar role within a large organisation
- Experience working in a high-pressure operational environment
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
- Highly analytical approach to problem solving and implementing solutions
- Strong Project Management focus with experience developing high-level strategic plans
- Effective negotiation and influencing skills, with ability to handle challenging situations with tact and diplomacy
- Financial management and budgeting experience
- Highly developed analytical planning and problem-solving skills
- Exceptional communication and organisation skills
- Ability to work with a diverse group of stakeholders in a high volume, high value environment
- Exceptional leadership and people management skills

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PERSOLKELLY strives for diversity, inclusion and equality of our people. We seek a workforce that is representative of the communities we work in. We encourage people of all cultures, gender, age, sexual orientation or abilities to apply.

**Who are we**

At PERSOLKELLY, our passion is - and always has been - putting you first.

We propel our people forward by supporting their careers in fresh ways, backed by our expertise and capability.

We're committed to creating a safe and inclusive environment which values and respects diverse styles, backgrounds, experience and perspectives.

We welcome and encourage women, people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent and people from diverse backgrounds to apply.

**So it's over to you. If you would like to join our team, please APPLY now.**

**To learn more about working with PERSOLKELLY, we encourage you to visit our website.