We are pleased to announce an exciting role of Senior Manager Crew Planning and Rostering

Job Purpose

This role has end to end accountability of planning, forecasting and rostering of all crew resources at Qatar Airways (crew pairings, rostering, training planning and forecasting).Drive the use of tools to increase accuracy of forecasting, automation of task allocation with an aim to increasing crew productivity whilst maintaining a balance between crew engagement and operational coverage.

Accountabilities

• Collaborate with finance to prepare annual budget for crew. Taking into account any productivity improvements which need to be included in the budget.
• Accountable for the delivery of the long term strategic plan as it relates to crew resourcing.
• Contribute to and drive strategic initiatives for Crew Resources department, including proposing business cases, and proposed changes to policies to ensure a balance between cost, productivity, operational coverage and crew engagement.
• Liaise with regulatory affairs and senior management to ensure regulatory compliance and adherence to  company standards.
• Exercise influence with stakeholders to identify, and assist with implementation of initiatives related to crew productivity.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to establish and drive projects that reduce cost, improve productivity & enhance existing systems and processes, or to meet changes in business strategy.
• Contribute towards the product roadmaps for all systems within Crew Resources department.
• Work alongside corporate planning team to influence the long term schedule plan based on crew utilization
• Direct development of key performance measures to provide input and guidance to improve allocation and utilization of Crew resources.
• Communicate impact of changes to policies and procedures, providing recommendations, alternatives approaches and mitigating strategies.
• Responsible for production of executive briefing material and supporting documents for communication to senior management.
• Ensures issues and risks relating to resource plans are communicated and shared with senior management
• Track department performance against budget.
• Develop and present agreed operational dashboards as it relates to roster production – ensure the crew tracking area is aware of challenges in published rosters.
• Contribute towards the establishment of the Crew Resources strategic plan.
• Monitor and present on productivity dashboards to relevant stakeholders (crew cost, crew per blk hour, blk hours).
• Identify areas of improvement within the crew resources team with the aim of improving the level of automation.
• Use technology to its fullest and ensure adoption across the division. This includes the identification of any new technology in line with market trends, which may enable strategic outcomes.
• Perform other department duties related to his/her position as directed by the Head of the Department.

Qualifications(Senior Manager Crew Planning & Rostering Job 2024)

1. Bachelors Degree or Equivalent
2. 10 years of job related experience
3. Previous airline experience.
4. Previous experience in workforce management / establishment planning / manpower planning.
5. Previous experience in pairing optimization.
6. Previous experience in strategic planning.