Budapest, HU, H-1103
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Wizz Air is a leading European low-cost airline. Our mission is to provide affordable and reliable air travel to everyone, everywhere, while minimizing our environmental impact. We are proud to foster a diverse and inclusive team of over 8,000 employees from more than 100 nationalities, who share our values of inclusivity, positivity, dedication, integrity, and sustainability.
As a rapidly expanding airline, we offer exciting career opportunities across a range of functions, from flight operations to engineering, customer experience, finance, and more. We provide extensive training and development opportunities to help our employees grow and succeed in their roles. Joining Wizz Air means joining a team that is passionate about aviation, dedicated to excellence, and committed to making air travel accessible and sustainable for all. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding career in the aviation industry, we welcome you to explore our job opportunities and become a part of our success story.
Network Planning Manager
Based in Budapest
Purpose of the position:
The Network Planning Manager reports to the Head of Network Development. The role’s responsibility is to maximize the airline’s profitability by effectively managing capacity of Wizz Air’s existing route network, proactively capturing trends in demand, competition, cost and market-specific events. The Network Planning Manager also has responsibility to expand the network on his/her assigned markets through new routes, strategic planning and seasonal loadings, and shall create various analyses and business recommendations to management. The manager needs to also deliver monthly capacity plan updates to stakeholder departments, thereby contributing to an efficient business planning cycle.
Responsibilities:
- Maximize profitability by optimizing capacity, weekly frequencies and schedule, ensuring the right product is offered to the market
- Managing capacity on a portfolio of routes comprising several countries and bases
- Deliver monthly capacity plan updates to stakeholders and management
- Assessing new markets based on strategic fit, financial performance and growth potential
- Recommending new routes and bases to add to the network, developing related financial forecasts
- Building and maintaining financial evaluation tools as required
- Work closely together Network, Revenue Forecasting, Revenue Management, Scheduling, Controlling and Airport Development teams to ensure cross-functional alignment of network planning decisions.
- Assessing competition in terms of strategic plans, capacity changes, strengths / weaknesses and recommending actions based on the risks and opportunities
- Assessing and interpreting market, economic and industry trends and the impact on route choice
- Managing the airport cost mix to ensure it does not exceed budgeted costs
- Work closely with Government Affairs department on regulatory affairs of the network.
- To be successful in the role the manager needs to continuously look for improvements and developments in the current tools and processes of the Network area, therefore an innovative and process-driven mindset is essential.
Requirements:
- Completed university or college degree is a must
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Business mindset and ability to synthesize information into recommendations
- Good oral and written presentations skills
- Team work and strong interpersonal skills
- Fluent spoken / written English
- Ability to live and work in Budapest, Hungary
- Flexibility to travel as required away from Head Office
Working Conditions: work is performed both in office environments, outdoors, and will occasionally be performed at dangerous work areas (including but not limited to airside territories of airports, hangars, maintenance warehouses, on board of aircrafts, IT server rooms …). Employee may occasionally for shorter periods be exposed to chemicals/hazardous substances (toner ink, aviation fuel and other fluids), working in front of a monitor, loud noise, heat, cold, vibration, slips, trips and falls, electricity, sharp objects, machines at work.
Substitution: can substitute Network Development Managers, Network Planning Managers. Can be substituted by other Network Development Managers, Network Planning Managers.
Work time: full time
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When applying, please only provide valid information regarding your educational background and certificates, as the original documents will be requested during the hiring process.
We look forward to meeting you and learning more about your skills and experience. Join the Wizz Air team and discover the world of opportunities.
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