Manager, Business Analytics

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Job Description:

Airbus Helicopters is looking for a Manager, Business Analytics to join our Lakota Helicopter Fleet Management team based in Grand Prairie, TX.

In this role, you will manage the business analytics team and its performance in accordance with the Lakota Contract Logistics Support (CLS). This includes forecast analysts, business analysts, cost analysts, SAP analysts, overhaul readiness support and fleet reliability data. This position engages with the customer at a working level.

A suburb just outside the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area is home to Airbus Helicopters U.S. regional headquarters, where we have more than 1,000 employees. Check out one of the seven professional sports teams that also call Dallas home - you may even see a special, custom Airbus helicopter dedicated to the Dallas Cowboys flying during home games.

• Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan ("ESOP")
• Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.
• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan ("EAP") and other supplemental benefit coverages.
• Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.

Business Analytics Management: 55%

• Develop and standardize forecasting, cost analyst and business analyst tools to provide current financial implication reporting and provide reports for Lakota leadership team execution

• Responsible for managing, coordinating and driving internal analytic needs and external contractual deliverables (i.e. Forecasting sustainment demands, understanding cost drivers and cost improvement projects, accurate WBS tracking, handling exclusions, travel, flight hour reconciliations, etc.)

• Lead the preparation and distribution of status reports for internal/external customers.

• Provide cross functional support to ensure Lakota material readiness and fulfilling all contractual requirements. (i.e. MRO, Purchasing, tech support, CSR's, PLL's, etc)

• Collaborate and assist in preparation of overall assessments of suppliers, quarterly forecast template along with risk mitigations and data sharing with internal customer. Support and assist the Lakota Program Manager and Sr. Director of CLS with managing customer expectations. Be prepared to brief/update Program management Office and company leadership on program specifics and changes.

• Ensure business analytic data is useful and incorporated into the daily business.

Program integration: 35%

• Build customer rapport; adapt a clear, simple and efficient mode of both directions closed loop communication internally and externally.

• Participate in all CLS, Meetings, as the need arises and other reviews in order to ensure that the Lakota team is working across functional silos to ensure customer support and overall CLS execution.

• Brief and negotiate outcomes with customer personnel as needed.

• Develop and maintain effective network and working relationship with extended Lakota team (other Airbus functions, customer, and supplier).

• Facilitate planning, developing, coordinating and participating in AHI and US Government events.

• Establish a strong international Airbus network to ensure internal customers receive Lakota inputs and pioneer global forecasting to meet program needs.

Customer Engagement: 10%

• Leverage network as appropriate to promote the Lakota

• Liaise with US Army program office counterparts as needed to complete contractual scope, including weekly customer IPTs and quarterly PMRs.

Your Boarding Pass:

• A Bachelor's degree in Data or Statistical Analytics, Mathematics, and/or Business, or a related field.

• Five (5) or more years experience as a statistical and/or data analyst utilizing data analytic tools

• Five (5) or more years experience working within cross functional teams / matrix organizations

• Three (3) or more years leadership experience or fulfilling team leader responsibilities

• One (1) or more years of military program experience

• Ability to obtain a CAC (Common Access Card)

• Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written form in English

• Professional written, presentation and verbal communication, in English.

• Expert in MS Office including Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint or Google Suite Equivalent

• Strong SAP, MRP System experience

• Strong Data Analytic software tools

• Up to 15% Domestic and International Travel involved with this role

Preferred Education/Skills:

• Master's degree in Data or Statistics Analytics, Mathematics, and or Business or related field

• Familiar with UH-72A Lakota operations

• Familiar with BK117 C-2 platform

• Skywise experience

• Onsite or remote: 90%
• Vision: able to see and read computer screens and other electronic equipment with screens, able to read documents, reports and engineering drawings. Daily
• Hearing: able to participate in conversations in person and via teleconference or phone and to hear sounds on the production floor including safety warnings or alarms. Daily
• Speaking: able to speak in conversations and meetings, deliver information and participate in communications. Daily
• Equipment Operation (personal computer, telephone, copies, fax machine, and related office equipment and using electronic identification card to enter building floors and internal doors): able to operate most office and personal electronic equipment and some tools including production tools such as hydraulic lifts. Daily
• Carrying: able to carry documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 10lbs/5kgs. Daily
• Lifting: able to lift documents, tools, drawings, electronic equipment up to 10lbs/5kgs. Daily
• Pushing / Pulling: able to push and pull small office furniture and some equipment and tools. Occasionally
• Sitting: able to sit for long periods of time in meetings, working on the computer. Daily
• Squatting / Kneeling: able to squat or kneel to retrieve or replace items stored on low shelving. Occasionally
• Standing: able to stand for discussions in offices or on the production floor. Daily
• Travel: able to travel independently and at short notice. Frequently
• Walking (include routine walking such as to a shared printer to retrieve documents): able to walk through office and production areas including uneven surfaces. Occasionally
• PPE required: Steel-toed shoes are required for all shop floor visits, appropriate hearing/eye protection may also be required when visiting the shop floor.

US Person status under ITAR definition (meaning you have: U.S. Citizen status, green card holder status or person covered under our existing ITAR license) is required for this opportunity.

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