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Technical Operations/Maintenance
Technical Operations includes the maintenance, and overhaul of our aircraft. This includes aircraft maintenance technicians, engineers, planners, ground equipment and facilities teams, supply chain teams and more.
Job Overview And Responsibilities
Sr. Analyst - Inventory Forecasting supports spare part forecasting enhancements, including expendable and rotable components to support the Maintenance operations of United Airlines fleet. This role is part of the team accountable for identifying enhancement opportunities, improving spare parts forecasting, and streamlining the forecasting process. This position will collaborate with Digital Technology partners and Supply Chain groups, including inventory planning, vendor management, components/engines shops, warehousing, and logistics functions. The role will work closely with other Data Scientists working on identifying trends from parts usage data, transaction data and operations data, and providing suggestions to support the Supply Chain organization initiatives.
- Identify enhancement opportunities to improve forecasting model performance, implement and streamline the process
- Ensure alignment and prioritization with business objectives and initiatives – helping business groups make faster and better decisions
- Support strategic Supply Chain initiatives with analysis accompanied by actionable recommendations
- Continuously improve the forecasting capabilities
This position is offered on local terms and conditions. Expatriate assignments and sponsorship for employment visas, even on a time-limited visa status, will not be awarded. This position is for United Airlines Business Services Pvt. Ltd - a wholly owned subsidiary of United Airlines Inc.
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's degree
- Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field such as math, statistics, operations research, or engineering
- 3+ years of experience in data science, analytical/statistical modeling or process improvement-oriented role in supply chain, aviation, manufacturing, or other relevant industry
- Programming experience in a scripting language such as Python, R
- Experience with machine learning techniques like time series forecasting, regression etc.
- Familiarity with database models (e.g., RDBMS, Hadoop) with high-level proficiency integrating complex transactional data in relational databases using SQL
- Must be legally authorized to work in India for any employer without sponsorship
- Must be fluent in English (written and spoken)
- Successful completion of interview required to meet job qualification
- Reliable, punctual attendance is an essential function of the position
Preferred
- Master's degree
- Master’s degree in a quantitative field such as math, statistics, data science/machine learning
- At least one year of airline experience
- At least one year of supply chain experience
- Familiarity with deep learning techniques
- Strong background in one or more supply chain functions
- Exhibits an analytical approach to problem solving with attention to detail and a sense of urgency
- Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., TIBCO Spotfire, Tableau, Palantir Foundry, MS-Power BI or equivalent)
- Experience with analytical model development and deployment in a related business area
- Experience with continuous improvement methodologies
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