Senior Planning and Procurement Manager

Description Senior Fleet Planning and Procurement Manager Luton | Full-time | Hybrid
30% bonus
• 7% pension
• Staff travel benefits

We support hybrid working, and you’ll spend 60% of your time each month in the office.

You turn complex fleet choices into clear, commercially smart decisions.

You bring deep airline fleet planning experience, analytical rigour and the confidence to challenge assumptions. If you want to shape how a major European airline plans, sources and manages its aircraft and engines, this is your opportunity.

The opportunity

Fleet Planning is an increasingly critical capability for easy

Jet as the scale, complexity and strategic importance of fleet-related decisions continue to grow. To support this evolution, we are investing in additional senior capability to strengthen and modernise the function.

Working closely with the Head of Fleet Planning and Procurement, this role offers a unique opportunity to shape both fleet strategy and the future of fleet planning itself. The successful candidate will help enhance analytical capability, evolve planning processes, strengthen decision-making and expand the insights that support strategic fleet decisions.

Supporting a fleet of more than 360 aircraft across easy

Jet's three airlines, the role will influence fleet strategy, capital allocation, supplier engagement and asset lifecycle management. You'll play a key role in building a more advanced, data-driven and technology-enabled fleet planning capability, balancing strategic thinking with practical delivery to drive continuous improvement across the organisation.

The team & culture

The Fleet Planning and Procurement team sits at the heart of easy

Jet's long-term commercial strategy, translating business opportunities into a robust, financially sustainable fleet plan and securing the aircraft and engines required to deliver it.

As a lean team with significant influence across the airline, we determine the optimal, composition and evolution of easy

Jet's fleet across the short, medium and long term. Working closely with colleagues across Strategy, Network, Finance, Flight Operations and Engineering & Maintenance, we ensure fleet decisions maximise operational flexibility, capital efficiency and shareholder value.

The team also leads strategic engagement with major aerospace suppliers including Airbus, CFM International and Honeywell Aerospace, supporting aircraft and engine sourcing activities, supplier negotiations and ongoing contract and relationship management. Our work regularly informs decision-making at Airline Management Board (AMB) and Board level.

The breadth, visibility and commercial significance of the team's responsibilities create a uniquely rewarding environment for ambitious professionals who thrive in complex, high-impact and fast-paced settings.

What you’ll be doing

Fleet planning, strategy and decision support:
· As part of the Fleet Planning team, develop and maintain short, medium and long-term fleet plans that optimise fleet utilisation, operational performance, capital deployment and long-term value creation.
· Build, evaluate and communicate fleet planning scenarios and recommendations that support strategic and commercial decision-making across the airline.
· Lead quantitative and qualitative analysis to identify and assess aircraft and engine acquisition opportunities, develop robust business cases for ownership and lifecycle economic decisions, and support fleet optimisation and simplification through the evaluation of aircraft exit, replacement and transition opportunities.
· Support easy

Jet's strategic planning process, including the development of long-term fleet assumptions and financial plans in partnership with Finance and other stakeholders.
· Provide…