Management Trainee
JOIN THE WIZZ MANAGEMENT TRAINEE PROGRAM!
Wizz Air is offering a unique opportunity to young talents in the last 1-2 years of their university studies, passionate about the aviation, to fly into the world of Wizz Air.
You will get the opportunity to discover and experience full scope activities of one selected Function within Wizz Air’s Headquarters in Budapest, Hungary. You will be given the chance to rotate between functional departments or remain in one role, learning live from real industry experts, working on transformative, complex projects and can land yourself a full-time employment with Wizz Air.
Please note, that you will be the member of your selected department for the first 12 months of your traineeship, after this period you will have the chance to rotate to another department within the given function.
E-Commerce is responsible for owning and managing the website and mobile application and distribution platforms to increase ticket and ancillary revenue through continuous innovation and merchandizing while delivering the highest standards for user experience on the digital channels.
Responsibilities:
- Market and Customer Research: Assist in conducting market research and analyzing customer trends to identify potential opportunities for traffic acquisition campaigns.
- SEO and PPC Support: Support the SEO and PPC teams in day-to-day tasks such as web & app performance analysis and campaign performance review.
- Competitive Analysis: Contribute to competitive analysis by gathering and organizing data on competitor activities.
- Project Support: Provide support for ongoing digital marketing projects, including planning and reporting based on performance analysis
- Data Analysis: Assist in data analysis using Google Analytics and Google Ads, extracting relevant insights, and preparing basic reports.
- Reporting: Support the creation of weekly and monthly performance reports by gathering data and formatting information in Excel together with Data Analysis Team.
- Presentation Support: Contribute to the development of presentations by creating visuals and compiling data in PowerPoint.
- Learning and Development: Eagerly learn about digital marketing concepts, tools, and best practices.
Requirements:
- English fluency
- Graduating within 2 years from university
- Active student status at a Hungarian university for at least 1 more year
- Ability to work at least 20 hours/week
- Strong MS Office knowledge
- Previous traineeship experience is an advantage
- Cross-functional interest
- Excited about the world of aviation
- Work hard, play hard approach
- Look at WIZZ as a career opportunity, not just a job
- Eagerness to challenge, learn and grow
- Self-motivated and good working in a team
- Flexible and adaptable
The purpose of the sustainability team is to coordinate and support the implementation of Wizz Air's sustainability strategy across the Group, collaborating with all internal stakeholders connected to the environmental, social or governance pillar of ESG. The team is also managing the company's annual sustainability disclosures involving alignment and compliance with key ESG frameworks, and the company's greenhouse gas emissions inventory and reporting.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare regular updates on climate related policies affecting the business.
- Assist the team in the recurring benchmark analysis on sustainability best practices in the aviation sector.
- Support the team in the preparation and information collection for the annual sustainability report cycle. Ensure the proper documentation of all information collected.
- Help develop solutions to ensure the continuous improvement of the data granularity and accuracy of the company’s greenhouse gas emissions reporting on Scope 1, 2 and 3.
Requirements:
- English fluency
- Graduating within 2 years from university
- Active student status at a Hungarian university for at least 1 more year
- Ability to work at least 20 hours/week
- Strong MS Office knowledge
- Previous traineeship experience is an advantage
- Cross-functional interest
- Excited about the world of aviation
- Work hard, play hard approach
- Look at WIZZ as a career opportunity, not just a job
- Eagerness to challenge, learn and grow
- Self-motivated and good working in a team
- Flexible and adaptable
The Purchasing department works on full range of indirect procurement and service contract management related projects associated with the operation of airline, while reporting to the Head of Purchasing of Wizz Air Group. The primary focus of the Purchasing Trainee role is the administrational support of the running projects led by the Purchasing Managers.
The successful candidate will support and ensure that all procurement processes are carried out according to the company’s purchasing policy with the guidance of the Purchasing Managers. Important part of the role is managing all stages of competitive provider selection processes (Tenders). These stages include internal need assessments, Request for Proposal formulations, project management, financial assessment and risk analysis, provider selection, contract negotiation and decision paper preparation.
Managing the company’s contract inventory and filing systems are also part of the responsibilities, in order to ensure the updated and accurate contract handling of the Company.
Responsibilities:
- Conducting market research on and identifying potential providers
- Handling queries and questions of providers
- Compiling financial calculation and building Excel models for proposal evaluation
- Preparing end product and deliverable (presentation, executive summary materials, etc.
- Securing the compliance with internal approval procedures
- Handling executed contracts and ensuring the Company’s contract inventory being up-to-date
- Supporting the creation and change of internal procedures and automation tools
Requirements:
- English fluency
- Graduating within 2 years from university
- Active student status at a Hungarian university for at least 1 more year
- Ability to work at least 20 hours/week
- Strong MS Office knowledge
- Previous traineeship experience is an advantage
- Cross-functional interest
- Excited about the world of aviation
- Work hard, play hard approach
- Look at WIZZ as a career opportunity, not just a job
- Eagerness to challenge, learn and grow
- Self-motivated and good working in a team
- Flexible and adaptable
The purpose of the position is to develop a strong foundation in project management by rotating across different departments, learning best practices, and contributing to the successful delivery of projects. Through this program, trainees will gain the skills, knowledge, and exposure necessary to take on leadership roles and manage complex projects, positioning them for a successful career within the company.
Responsibilities:
- Assist in project planning and execution, ensuring timely delivery of project milestones and alignment with business goals.
- Support cross-functional teams in tracking project progress, managing timelines, and identifying potential roadblocks.
- Conduct research and gather data to support project decision-making and help develop recommendations.
- Coordinate communication and documentation between project stakeholders to ensure clear and consistent updates.
- Analyze project performance metrics to provide insights for continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with senior project managers to implement best practices in project management, risk management, and resource allocation.
- Prepare reports and presentations summarizing project outcomes and lessons learned for leadership and stakeholders.
Requirements:
- English fluency
- Graduating within 2 years from university
- Active student status at a Hungarian university for at least 1 more year
- Ability to work at least 20 hours/week
- Strong MS Office knowledge
- Previous traineeship experience is an advantage
- Cross-functional interest
- Excited about the world of aviation
- Work hard, play hard approach
- Look at WIZZ as a career opportunity, not just a job
- Eagerness to challenge, learn and grow
- Self-motivated and good working in a team
- Flexible and adaptable
The mission of the Pricing department is to maximize ticket revenue via continuous development of demand forecast based dynamic pricing and tactical trading interventions reflecting to the latest market conditions.
Responsibilities:
- Perform trading performance analysis or any other ad-hoc tasks
- Group Booking pricing
- Ancillary price A/B testing
- Booking flow product placement/reordering testing
Requirements:
- English fluency
- Graduating within 2 years from university
- Active student status at a Hungarian university for at least 1 more year
- Ability to work at least 20 hours/week
- Strong MS Office knowledge
- Previous traineeship experience is an advantage
- Cross-functional interest
- Excited about the world of aviation
- Work hard, play hard approach
- Look at WIZZ as a career opportunity, not just a job
- Eagerness to challenge, learn and grow
- Self-motivated and good working in a team
- Flexible and adaptable
Integrated Planning is at the heart of the operations, and its mission is to ensure efficient long term planning and bring innovations to optimize crew and operational efficiency while maintaining maximum cost control across all operational departments.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with operational and commercial teams to forecast crew demand, aligning resources with the commercial flight schedules
- Assist recruitment team with end to end headcount forecast to deliver on time and efficient recruitment plans.
- Oversee crew availability and associated system development for swift response to operational changes.
- Implement advanced crew scheduling software and solutions to optimize crew assignments for high utilization and minimal disruptions.
- Monitor and control crew and disruption related cost. Deliver against financial targets that are set in the budget.
Requirements:
- English fluency
- Graduating within 2 years from university
- Active student status at a Hungarian university for at least 1 more year
- Ability to work at least 20 hours/week
- Strong MS Office knowledge
- Previous traineeship experience is an advantage
- Cross-functional interest
- Excited about the world of aviation
- Work hard, play hard approach
- Look at WIZZ as a career opportunity, not just a job
- Eagerness to challenge, learn and grow
- Self-motivated and good working in a team
- Flexible and adaptable
The Organizational Development Team is owning and responsible for developing, implementing and running key, talent and organization development projects and processes.
Responsibilities:
- Own Office Employee Onboarding program by end-to-end organization of sessions and management of the online onboarding programs
- Support the existing talent and training programs by planning, organization and communication.
- Create and provide inputs for management reports, conduct analytical researches
- Manage Anniversary Awards distribution
- Participate in other Organizational Development Team activities (organizational charts, headcount tracking, performance evaluation cycle support, etc.)
Requirements:
- English fluency
- Graduating within 2 years from university
- Active student status at a Hungarian university for at least 1 more year
- Ability to work at least 20 hours/week
- Strong MS Office knowledge
- Previous traineeship experience is an advantage
- Cross-functional interest
- Excited about the world of aviation
- Work hard, play hard approach
- Look at WIZZ as a career opportunity, not just a job
- Eagerness to challenge, learn and grow
- Self-motivated and good working in a team
- Flexible and adaptable
The mission of Operations Control department (OCC) is to provide control over the flights planned for a period of 3 days prior to their departure until completion, and to coordinate the work of every stakeholder involved in the safe and economical operation of those flights. Also, to decide and disseminate information concerning any decisions and measures taken in the case of irregularity.
OCC is the heart of WIZZ operational oversight through exceptional service delivered by a highly motivated, cross functional and future focused team with the single goal of continuous operations performance improvement in a safe and cost focused, sustainable manner.
Responsibilities:
- Deep dive in OCC related developments by testing, understanding and brainstorming about the ongoing projects
- Support OCC team in administrational tasks
- Create regular and ad hoc reports
- Participate in Facility and Wellbeing related tasks
Requirements:
- English fluency
- Graduating within 2 years from university
- Active student status at a Hungarian university for at least 1 more year
- Ability to work at least 20 hours/week
- Strong MS Office knowledge
- Previous traineeship experience is an advantage
- Cross-functional interest
- Excited about the world of aviation
- Work hard, play hard approach
- Look at WIZZ as a career opportunity, not just a job
- Eagerness to challenge, learn and grow
- Self-motivated and good working in a team
- Flexible and adaptable
The mission of the Scheduling and Slots department is to create an ultra-low-cost flight schedule that aligns with the airport terminal and runway capacities. Our goal is to optimize the utilization of the airline assets, maximizing the revenue potential while meeting the requirements from the Airline Operations departments (Crew Planning, Ground Operations, Maintenance and Operations Control).
Responsibilities:
- Develop schedule scenarios for new route launches and aircraft additions in collaboration with the Network Development team.
- Regularly assess schedule feasibility to ensure compliance with rules and regulations.
- Coordinate airport slot times to secure adequate capacity and resources for our flight schedule
- Support the scheduling objectives by producing rigorous analyses of operational performance, airport capacity and competitor schedules.
- Load the new schedules and schedules updates into the reservation and operations systems.
Requirements:
- English fluency
- Graduating within 2 years from university
- Active student status at a Hungarian university for at least 1 more year
- Ability to work at least 20 hours/week
- Strong MS Office knowledge
- Previous traineeship experience is an advantage
- Cross-functional interest
- Excited about the world of aviation
- Work hard, play hard approach
- Look at WIZZ as a career opportunity, not just a job
- Eagerness to challenge, learn and grow
- Self-motivated and good working in a team
- Flexible and adaptable
The Management Trainee supports the Fuel Efficiency Manager to be able to manage the Group Operation (all Wizz Air Airline) Fuel Efficiency program, including research, development and implementation of fuel efficiency initiatives and ensure communication and cooperation with AOC’s Flight Operations and other relevant departments.
Responsibilities:
The Fuel Efficiency Management Trainee’s main responsibility to support the Fuel Efficiency manager to deliver the following:
- Assist in developing initiatives to improve fuel efficiency, aiming to reduce both operational costs and environmental impact.
- Support coordination with AOC’s Flight Operations Management to implement fuel-saving initiatives.
- Help monitor compliance and track fuel-saving KPIs, reporting on progress regularly.
- Assist in addressing deviations in fuel-saving efforts by coordinating with the respective AOC’s Flight Operations teams.
- Conduct research and assist with benchmarking to ensure the program remains up-to-date with the latest technologies and industry trends.
- Support in reporting the status and value delivered by fuel efficiency projects, and contribute to planning upcoming projects.
- Assist with tasks related to reviewing, updating, and implementing fuel policies.
Requirements:
- English fluency
- Graduating within 2 years from university
- Active student status at a Hungarian university for at least 1 more year
- Ability to work at least 20 hours/week
- Strong MS Office knowledge
- Previous traineeship experience is an advantage
- Cross-functional interest
- Excited about the world of aviation
- Work hard, play hard approach
- Look at WIZZ as a career opportunity, not just a job
- Eagerness to challenge, learn and grow
- Self-motivated and good working in a team
- Flexible and adaptable
The Fleet Acquisition Team is responsible for managing the procurement of new aircraft to expand or update the airline's fleet. This includes evaluating aircraft models based on factors like performance, fuel efficiency, and capacity, negotiating purchase or lease agreements with manufacturers, and coordinating the delivery and integration of new planes into the airline's operations.
Responsibilities:
- Participate in tenders for supplier selection, and contracting projects
- Participate in conducting financial analysis and evaluation related to selection tenders and contracting projects
- Participate in the delivery process of new aircraft and engines, support redelivery projects by lease expiries
- Register details of major fleet contracts in Master files and Databases
- Handling invoices and support fleet accounting processes
- Support the financial planning and budgeting process in internal systems
- Participate in process improvement, system development projects and contract development initiatives in the Fleet Acquisition domain
Requirements:
- English fluency
- Graduating within 2 years from university
- Active student status at a Hungarian university for at least 1 more year
- Ability to work at least 20 hours/week
- Strong MS Office knowledge
- Previous traineeship experience is an advantage
- Cross-functional interest
- Excited about the world of aviation
- Work hard, play hard approach
- Look at WIZZ as a career opportunity, not just a job
- Eagerness to challenge, learn and grow
- Self-motivated and good working in a team
- Flexible and adaptable
Group Training Department is responsible for training new pilots and cabin crew under the Wizz Air organizations of ATO (Approved Training Organizations) and CCTO (Cabin Crew Training Organization).
Responsibilities:
- Configuration set up and amendment.
- Ensure that TMS meets its standard configuration (notifications, metadata properties).
- Ensure that standard configuration has been amended with the changes caused by new developments.
- Act as 1st level of technical support before submitting support tickets to vendors.
Tasks in relation to workflows automation platform:
- Administration of workspaces belonging to Group Training (including modifications and analytics set up).
- Additional boards configuration.
- Connecting Group Training boards with other departments’ boards. End-to-end process set-up and management.
Process development:
- Assist with standardizing and simplifying workflows.
- Identify workflows that can be automated.
Marketing is responsible for raising brand awareness in our focus regions through regional campaigns, social media, running event sponsorships, and marketing stunts. We are also responsible for the brand and our onboard magazine.
Responsibilities:
- Support with day to day execution of digital and social campaigns.
- Collaborate with our agencies to ensure brand consistency.
- Keeping our brand hub up to date and organised according to our guidelines.
The Organizational Development Team is owning and responsible for developing, implementing and running key, talent and organization development projects and processes.
Responsibilities:
- Own Office Employee Onboarding program by end-to-end organization of sessions and management of the online onboarding programs.
- Support the existing talent and training programs by planning, organization and communication.
- Create and provide inputs for management reports, conduct analytical researches.
- Participate in other Organizational Development and Recruitment Teams activities (organizational charts, headcount tracking, recruitment events, anniversary awards distribution).
The Purchasing department works on a full range of indirect procurement and service contract management related projects associated with the operation of the airline, while reporting to the Head of Purchasing of Wizz Air Group. The primary focus of the Purchasing Trainee role is the administrational support of the running projects led by the Purchasing Managers.
The successful candidate will support and ensure that all procurement processes are carried out according to the company’s purchasing policy with the guidance of the Purchasing Managers. An important part of the role is managing all stages of competitive provider selection processes (Tenders). These stages include internal need assessments, Request for Proposal formulations, project management, financial assessment and risk analysis, provider selection, contract negotiation and decision paper preparation.
Managing the company’s contract inventory and filing systems are also part of the responsibilities, in order to ensure the updated and accurate contract handling of the Company.
Responsibilities:
Specific job tasks include, but are not limited to some set of the following activities:
- Conducting market research on and identifying potential providers.
- Handling queries and questions of providers.
- Compiling financial calculations and building Excel models for proposal evaluation.
- Preparing end product and deliverables (presentation, executive summary materials, etc.).
- Securing the compliance with internal approval procedures.
- Handling executed contracts and ensuring the Company’s contract inventory is up-to-date.
- Supporting the creation and change of internal procedures and automation.
The mission of the Network Development team is to shape the current and future route network of Wizz Air. Deciding which new geographies to explore and add to the network and optimizing the existing route portfolio.
Responsibilities:
- Help the managers to create new route performance assessments.
- Review market trends and create comprehensive reports distributed to management.
- Develop ad-hoc analysis to support the development of the route network.
- Analysing the performance of the existing route portfolio making recommendations for optimization.
- Benchmark competitor capacity changes and synthetise findings to capture trends and opportunities.
The Airport Development department acts as the airline's strategic bridge to airports, supporting negotiations with stakeholders, managing contract administration, and analyzing airport traffic trends. By providing comprehensive data and reports, the department plays a crucial role in securing strategic partnerships and optimizing airport operations.
Responsibilities:
- Gather market intelligence from the field for the rest of the organization: competitive entries/exits, market news, etc.
- Build negotiation skills by attending meetings with various stakeholders alongside the Airport Development managers and the Head of Airport development.
- Support managers with administrative tasks related to contracting, contract inventory, and invoice control.
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and yearly marketing reports for partners.
- Prepare statistics on traffic development at airports.
- Monitor contractual obligations of existing deals.
- Support automatization tasks and performing system testing.
The mission of the Forecasting & Revenue Systems department is to maximize ticket revenue via continuous development of demand forecast based dynamic pricing and tactical trading interventions reflecting to the latest market conditions.
Responsibilities:
- Supporting Ancillary PRM Manager with ancillary pricing tool implementations and A/B testing.
- Supporting Ticket PRM Manager with analysing overbooking, group and allotment pricing processes.
- Support PRM System Managers with evaluating the test performance of AI based pricing initiatives.
- Supporting Forecasting Managers with running outlier checks on route level.
Treasury, Tax and Investor Relations department is vital to the financial health and success of Wizz Air. Treasury involves the management of liquidity and financial risks in a business. Its priority is to ensure the business has the cash it needs to manage its day-to-day business obligations, while also helping develop its long term financial strategy and policies. They minimize tax liabilities and communicate the financial health of the company to investors.
Responsibilities:
- Review various financial data sets to enhance correctness and compliance.
- Play a role in the implementation of system developments.
- Ensure daily payment operations and maintain banking relationships.
- Partner with internal teams and vendors for issue resolution.
- Support the short- and medium-term cash forecasts.
- Help create reports on cash flow forecasts.
- Prepare and hold presentations related to projects.
Working in the heart of Digital organization, the Digital Engineering & Architecture team is responsible for ensuring stable and sustainable solutions are being delivered within Wizz Air. The main focus of the Engineering Management team is on the customer-facing e-commerce website (wizzair.com) and mobile app developments aiming for customer journey excellence. The Architecture team plays a key role in driving specific analysis, designs, plans, and implementations of enterprise-grade solutions matching the business requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Shape the future of technology landscape by staying on top of industry trends (cloud practices, solutions, tools, etc.).
- Formulate engineering principles and guidelines, adapting best-in-class methodologies across the organization.
- Contribute to wizzair.com development program in various topics (organizational setup, ownership of small developments, etc.).
- Create proper metrics (delivery performance, etc.) and KPIs to measure the success of website-related development activities.
- … and many more. We are open to match your ambitions with our competence area to reach the best possible outcome.
The mission of the Pricing department is to maximize ticket revenue via continuous development of demand forecast-based dynamic pricing and tactical trading interventions reflecting the latest market conditions.
Responsibilities:
- Special event calendar mapping dashboard report.
- Further optimizing group and allotment pricing algorithm.
- Ancillary price A/B testing.
- Booking flow product placement/reordering testing.
The organisation is responsible for the observance and development of Safety and Compliance standards in line with the regulatory framework. The development, fostering, and promotion of the Safety and Compliance Management System is a key area of focus, particularly with the integration and onboarding of high numbers of new joiners.
Responsibilities:
- Participation in the development of Aviation Safety Management System and Compliance Monitoring Function to ensure safe aircraft operation.
- Monitoring and follow-up of open action items.
- Define and maintain statistics and dashboards regarding audits and inspections, analyze trends, and provide recommendations for improvement.
- Support airline and aircraft document storage:
- Collect, prepare, and maintain aircraft documents (in relation to fleet changes).
- Monitor the contracted operator data validity (in relation to leasing activities).
- Collect and maintain safety reports, monitor safety performance of leasing operators.
- Design and maintain training and qualification database, collect and store training records and personal files.
- Administrative tasks and ad-hoc support for Safety and Compliance team members as required.
WIZZ500 represents such a growth ambition that Wizz Air could easily shape the whole industry in Europe and beyond. The aim of the department is to protect the interest and support the growth of Wizz Air in the changing regulatory environment, be a thought leader in sustainability, and lead the debate at EU and key countries.
Responsibilities:
- Support the daily operation of the team by preparing memos and minutes of weekly team meetings.
- Help with cross-functional data collection.
- Contribute to doing research and preparing briefs or bios for meetings.
- Monitor and prepare recurring reports about upcoming elections in Wizz Air’s key markets.
- Prepare or revise presentations for the team.
- Understand European Union (e.g. Green Deal) and country-specific sustainability and climate change regulation and development.
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