Manager, Business Transformation

American Airlines Inc.; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel Perks

Health benefits

Wellness programs

401(k) program

Additional benefits

Job summary

American Airlines Inc. | Fort Worth, TX is seeking a Manager, Business Transformation to act as an internal consulting partner to Supply Chain leaders. You will size opportunities, develop business cases, and implement practical plans to improve material availability, reliability, productivity, and cost performance.

You will partner with executives to structure problems, analyze data, and translate findings into actionable roadmaps, KPIs, and measurable value across Tech Ops Supply Chain.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering, or related field.
• 4+ years in strategy, transformation, consulting, supply chain, finance, corporate planning, or related roles, including cross-functional leadership.
• MBA (preferred) and/or direct management experience.
• Experience in aviation, airline operations, MRO, Tech Ops, or complex supply chains.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Supply Chain leaders to understand priorities, processes, gaps, and opportunities.
• Structure problems, build the fact base, analyze data, develop options, and recommend actions.
• Collaborate with executives to identify and prioritize initiatives aligning with strategy.
• Define scope, objectives, timelines, and track progress against goals.
• Translate recommendations into clear plans, align stakeholders, and track milestones.
• Monitor performance against KPIs and adjust as needed.
• Develop business cases and roadmaps with benefits and milestones.
• Gather requirements from stakeholders to draft clear specifications for delivery.
• Prepare executive materials outlining findings, tradeoffs, and decisions.
• Collaborate with leaders to drive measurable supply chain improvements.

Skills

Project management

Strategic planning

Communication

Self-starter

Fast learner

Financial modeling

Creative thinking

Emotional intelligence

Teamwork

Adaptability

Advanced Excel

Tableau

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or related field

MBA (preferred)

Tools

Excel

Tableau

PowerPoint

Job description

Location:DFW Headquarters Building 8 (DFW-SV08)
Cities:Fort Worth - TX
Requisition ID:89273

Job Description

Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and duringyour time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board!

Why you'll love this job

• The Manager, Business Transformation will serve as an internal consulting partner to Supply Chain leaders, helping turn complex business challenges into clear recommendations, business cases, and practical plans. This role will analyze and size opportunities to improve material availability, service reliability, productivity, and cost performance, and help leaders prioritize initiatives and measure results.

• This role is part of the Supply Chain Transformation & Strategy team within Tech Ops Supply Chain.

What you'll do

As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.

• Partner with Supply Chain leaders to understand business priorities, operational processes, performance gaps, and strategic opportunities
• Structure ambiguous business problems, build the fact base, analyze data, develop options, and recommend practical actions for leaders
• Collaborate with business units & executive leadership to identify and prioritize initiatives that align with overall strategy
• Define project scope, objectives, and timelines for initiatives and track progress against goals
• Partner with initiative owners to translate recommendations into clear plans, align stakeholders, and track milestones, dependencies, risks, and expected value
• Monitor and evaluate performance against established KPIs and recommend adjustments as needed
• Develop or support business cases and implementation roadmaps that clearly define the opportunity, options, expected benefits, and key milestones
• Collaborate with technical and operations teams to gather requirements and feedback from key business stakeholders to develop clear, and detailed specifications to drive delivery of measurable process improvement goals
• Prepare executive and board presentation materials that clearly explain findings, recommendations, tradeoffs, and decisions needed
• Collaborate with leaders to identify and prioritize opportunities to improve Supply Chain performance and deliver measurable business value

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications - Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Finance, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience/training
• 4+ years of experience in strategy, transformation, consulting, supply chain, finance, corporate planning, program/portfolio management, or related roles, including experience leading or supporting cross-functional work and leadership materials

Preferred Qualifications - Education & Prior Job Experience

• MBA
• Prior management experience with direct reports
• Experience in aviation, airline operations, MRO, Tech Ops, or complex supply chain environments

Skills, Licenses, & Certifications

• Excellent project management skills with experience driving strategic initiatives and delivering results

• Strategic planner with the ability to plan and execute upon a defined task or strategy

• Outstanding written and interpersonal communication skills; ability to synthesize and convey complex business concepts effectively

• Self-starter comfortable working with autonomy, and can successfully prioritize and manage multiple assignments

• Fast learner with a desire to move with urgency, accountability, and intent

• Knowledge and understanding of financial statements, financial modeling, and financial reporting

• Innovative and creative thinker with demonstrated ability to express complex ideas in a clear and concise manner

• Strong emotional intelligence and the ability quickly build internal and external relationships

• Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment

• Low ego individual with a collaborative and convening work style

• Advanced Excel / Tableau skills and PowerPoint skills to produce board materials and data visualizations

What you'll get

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer:

• Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
• Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
• Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
• 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
• Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more

Feel free to be yourself at American

From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Team Member Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.

Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on lifeâs journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.

Cities:Fort Worth - TX
Requisition ID:89273