Short-Term Scheduling & Slots Manager

Job Description - Short-Term Scheduling & Slots Manager (17250)

Short-Term Scheduling & Slots Manager ( 17250 )

Short-Term Scheduling & Slots Manager

We are easy

Jet – a FTSE listed, £multi-billion low-cost airline that serves tens of millions of customers every single year. If you're reading this, you have probably already been an easy

Jet customer, and you'll know that there is no more iconic (or Orange!) travel brand in Europe.

We fly more than 1,207 routes, connecting 38 countries across Europe, and employ more than 18,000 colleagues. We're on a mission to make low-cost travel easy – and whatever your role here, you'll connect millions of people to what they love using Europe's best airline network, great value fares, and friendly service.

What makes us easy

Jet? Our Promise Behaviours - we are Safe, Bold, Welcoming and Challenging. Four Behaviours. One Spirit. One easy

Jet.

• Have experience within aviation, airline scheduling, network planning, operations, slots management or a similarly complex commercial environment.
• Enjoy balancing commercial opportunities with operational realities to optimise performance.
• Have strong analytical skills and can use data to influence decisions and drive improvements.
• Are passionate about leading and developing high-performing teams.
• Can be in our fantastic Luton head office 3 x per week.

Our Scheduling team plays a critical role in ensuring millions of customers can travel across our network every year. Working at the heart of the airline, the team connects Commercial, Operations, Crew Planning, Airport Operations and Customer teams to deliver a schedule that is operationally robust, commercially effective and fully compliant with industry regulations.

• Leading the management and optimisation of easy
  
  Jet's slot portfolio throughout the full seasonal lifecycle.
• Ensuring compliance with slot regulations, IATA slot usage guidelines and critical airport requirements to protect valuable historic slot rights.
• Monitoring schedule performance, including night movement utilisation and schedule feasibility, identifying trends and implementing solutions.
• Leading and developing a high performing team, creating a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Driving delivery of airline KPIs through analytical decision making and process optimisation.
• Publishing and distributing schedule changes to internal and external stakeholders, ensuring accurate and timely communication.
• Working closely with Commercial, Network, Operations, Crew Planning and Customer teams to evaluate, prioritise and implement schedule changes.
• Identifying opportunities to improve systems, tools, processes and reporting capabilities.
• Providing insights and feedback to long-term scheduling teams to support future network and schedule development.
• Building strong internal and external relationships to maximise slot opportunities and support near-term commercial growth.

• Experience with in aviation, airline scheduling, network planning, slots, operations or a similarly complex operational environment.
• Experience leading, developing and motivating teams.
• Understanding of airline scheduling principles and operational constraints, or the ability to quickly develop specialist knowledge.
• Knowledge of airport slot management, IATA processes and regulatory requirements would be highly advantageous.
• Strong analytical and problem solving capabilities, with the ability to translate data into meaningful business insight.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with data visualisation or analytical tools such as Tableau.
• Ability to balance competing commercial and operational priorities and make sound decisions.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills.
  
  A proactive, resilient and continuous improvement mindset.
• Flexibility to travel occasionally and adjust working patterns to support operational requirements.

• Up to 20% maximum bonus.
• PMI.
• 7% pension contributions.
• Excellent staff travel benefits.
• 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays.
• Annual credit towards an easy
  
  Jet holiday.
• Various flexible benefits and extras.

This full-time role will be based in Luton and will be 40 hours per week. We support hybrid working and we spend 60% of our time per month in the office.

At easy

Jet, we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive workplace that reflects the diverse customers we serve across Europe. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds. If you require specific adjustments or support during the application or recruitment process, such as extra time for assessments or accessible interview locations, please contact us at  We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to ensure accessibility and accommodation.

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