Role Introduction
Reports to: Customer Experience Manager – Aircraft Cabin
This position is responsible for non-seat cabin interiors products, such as galleys, lavatories, lighting, etc. He/she is required to work closely with multiple stakeholders such as Engineering as well as Catering and Inflight Service Delivery teams to improve the overall inflight experience, delivering a world-class cabin interior to Cathay Pacific passengers. He/she is expected to represent Customer Experience and Design throughout various phases of each programme, implementing critical design elements while balancing the required utilitarian requirements of each product segment. He/she will also be responsible for assisting with building robust and relevant cases for cabin investment and as such need to be commercially minded.
Key Responsibilities
- Implement and deliver inflight experience through inflight cabin products for new aircraft projects, retrofit as well as refresh programs.
- Ensure cross-fleet experience consistency and nose-to-tail relevance.
- Assist in defining product requirements and ensure consistency in product specification and inflight experience.
- Assist in engaging supplier and preparing product recommendations, project budget and related business case.
- Prepare product design brief and engage with industrial designers, suppliers and internal business units on the customisation, functionality, and aesthetic design of inflight cabin products.
- Work with industrial designer on design concepts and select colour & trim that best complements the Cathay brand. Ensure products developed met with needs of customers.
- Take ownership and become the focal point of the assigned programmes, answering internal and external queries whilst retaining design intentions.
- Oversee the design and implementation of key cabin design touchpoints across whole aircraft (galleys, lavatories, lighting, etc.)
- Be financially conscious and aim to deliver projects within budget and timeline.
- Monitor project progress and expenses and assist in providing regular reports to management.
- Keep close relationship with service delivery teams, e.g. Engineering (ENG), Inflight Service (ISD), and Catering (CCE) to ensure in-service product is well maintained and relevant.
Requirements
- University degree holder, preferable in design-related or business-related discipline
- Minimum 5 years’ relevant experience in aviation industry or commercial field, preferably with hands-on experience in interior product development, with working knowledge on supply chain management and customer experience management.
- Expertise in project management and vendor management. Proven experience in delivering premium customer experience is a plus.
- Knowledge of airline customer experience, inflight catering, inflight service as well as industry awareness.
- Have a customer-centric mind-set.
- Good planning and organising skills, as well as analytical and exploratory skills.
- Detailed-oriented, be aesthetically sensitive and have knowledge in colour and material.
- Be an independent thinker and able to make conscious decisions based on known information but also a team player.
- Be vocal and can influence people in different part of the organization.
- Must be willing to travel to meet with suppliers on-site (min. 4 times a year) and represent Cathay Pacific’s interest.
Personal & Application Information
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