Business Improvement Manager (Air Systems and Operations)

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Brand: Global Supply
Work type: Full time
Location: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia, New Zealand
Categories: Wholesale & Product, Leisure Travel & Retail, Information & Technology

About the Opportunity

This is a unique role that requires a dynamic individual with a combined passion for Air Fulfilment, Content Distribution and Process Improvement.

You will collaborate with key stakeholders across Flight Centre Travel Group (FCTG) Supply and our global partners, to identify areas within our business where processes, operations, or strategies can be enhanced to improve efficiency, productivity, and overall performance. You will analyse existing workflows, gather data, and collaborate with stakeholders to identify opportunities for improvement.

Business Improvement Managers develop and implement strategies, initiatives, and programs to address these opportunities, aiming to optimise resources, reduce costs, and increase profitability. They also monitor and evaluate the impact of their initiatives, adjusting strategies as needed to ensure continuous improvement.

Your goal is to drive positive change and foster a culture of innovation and excellence within our fulfillment and content distribution functions.

 

What you will be doing:

  • Offshore management – relationship and resource management and proactively monitoring performance and SLAs.
  • Responsible for the continuous improvement of business and operational processes within Air Systems team, including our offshore partners
  • System admin & maintenance - facilitate and may participate in testing of systems and release management
  • Automation management - manages RPA (Robotics Process Automation) & Chatbots to ensure maximum uptake
  • Designing and deploying systems or processes which maximise consultant productivity, automation, and efficiency across the business, including our offshore partners
  • May lead small to medium-sized projects using project methodologies
  • May also be involved in large projects or programs of work as a team member
  • Communicate regular priority and status updates to relevant stakeholders
  • Work with subject matter experts, technical specialists to effectively transition new work to offshore partners
  • Analyse, validate and document current and future state requirements and processes
  • Identification and communication of risk and issues
  • Work with the change team to articulate and communicate stakeholder impacts
  • Provide expertise for the purpose of participating in on- training
  • Work with training to review and provide feedback on the training materials
  • Work with change specialists and business leaders to champion change and integrate the processes back into the business

 

What you will need:

Essential

  • Minimum 5 years' travel industry experience
  • 3 years working in system admin roles or with off-shore partners
  • Strong understanding of Air Fulfilment (Ticketing), content distribution systems and booking flows
  • Experience with new product development, product delivery, customer/product analysis
  • Process design and/or business analysis

 Added Advantage

  • Multi GDS knowledge
  • Project management experience using methodologies and practices
  • Airline industry experience
  • Senior leadership or experience in an influential role is desirable

 

Hours: The business hours are Monday to Friday from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm – plus some reasonable outside of standard office hours to service global business partners

Location: The team is based in South Brisbane HQ, but can be based in any AU/NZ city with a FCTG HQ

 

What you will enjoy:

  • Culture: You will be employed by a company that takes pride in their employees and offers a team culture like no other in the industry - Flight Centre Travel Group Australia is proud to be a certified Great Place To Work® Australia New Zealand Pty Ltd
  • Development: individualised Learning & Development pathway options
  • Exclusive Staff Discounts: accessible via our employee-only portal with 350+ of Australia’s leading retailers, health and wellness discounts, financial planning advice, employee share plan and more
  • Travel Discounts: including family and friends, on flights, hotels, tours, cruises, travel insurance and more
  • Flexibility: Monday to Friday week, business hours with flexible options available
  • Brightness of future: career opportunities in a network of brands and businesses across the globe - we promote from within  
  • Corporate Health Discounts: access exclusive discounts on health insurance plans for you and your family with our partner, BUPA.  
  • Social: regular awards nights, social team-building and industry events, with the opportunity to attend global conferences (Lisbon in 2024, Los Angeles in 2025)  
  • Sustainability: the protection of our environment is essential to the future of tourism, as a leading travel group, we have made efforts to affect positive change to the environment
We Value You!

Flight Centre Travel Group is committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace that supports your unique identity to create better, safer experiences for everyone. We encourage you to come as you are, to foster inclusivity and collaboration. We celebrate you! 

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Our Talent Acquisition Team kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. Flight Centre Travel Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Applications close: E. Australia Standard Time

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