Inflight Catering Futures Leader

British Airways; Longford; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

British Airways is seeking a Senior Manager, Catering Futures to define the future inflight catering strategy and operating model. You will own the long-term plan and work with senior leaders across BA and IAG to shape the next generation of onboard meals.

This role blends strategic thinking with delivery, requiring commercial acumen, stakeholder management and strong presentation skills. It offers opportunities to transform operations in a global airline and influence budgeting and investments.

Qualifications

• Experience leading large, complex supply chains with KPI-driven results.
• Strong commercial/financial leadership with senior stakeholders.
• Adaptive communicator who distills information effectively.
• Proven track record setting strategic direction and solving cross-functional issues.
• Supplier, procurement and contract-management expertise.
• Experience managing third‑party contracts and SLAs.
• Advanced project and change-management capability.
• Ability to build relationships across product, operations and finance.
• PowerPoint expert for structured presentations.
• Understanding of airline services or hospitality and regulatory landscape.

Responsibilities

• Combine strategy with commercial judgement to deliver.
• Assess global catering trends with senior leaders across BA and IAG and shape future direction.
• Develop the investment case for catering provision.
• Collaborate with IAG Procurement to evaluate proposals and terms.
• Shape long-term catering budgets and required investments.
• Build relationships with global partners across catering and inventory.

Skills

Large supply chains

Commercial leadership

Stakeholder management

PowerPoint expert

Contract management

Supplier management

Change management

Presentation skills

Hospitality/airline domain

Job description

British Airways is seeking a Senior Manager, Catering Futures to define the future inflight catering strategy and operating model. You will own the long-term plan and work with senior leaders across BA and IAG to shape the next generation of onboard meals.

This role blends strategic thinking with delivery, requiring commercial acumen, stakeholder management and strong presentation skills. It offers opportunities to transform operations in a global airline and influence budgeting and investments.