What we offer:

• Base salary and employee bonus scheme
• Unlimited number of significantly discounted and confirmed seating tickets, giving access to a continuously growing network of destinations
• Relocation package (if applicable) – expense budget, Temporary accommodation, Administration support
• Life insurance
• Fast career progression, internal mobility and talent management supported by training opportunities (Wizz Academy and bespoke trainings).
• True international and multi-cultural work environment, passionate, driven and diverse teams.

Route Planning:

• Assessing new markets based on strategic fit, financial performance and growth potential
• Recommending new routes and bases to add to the network
• Developing financial forecasts for potential new routes and bases
• Building and maintaining financial evaluation tools as required
• Working with the Revenue Management team and Airport Development team to determine amendments to existing routes, frequencies and airports
• Assessing competition in terms of strategic plans, capacity changes, strengths / weaknesses and recommending actions based on the risks and opportunities
• Assessing and interpreting market, economic and industry trends and the impact on route choice
• Managing the airport mix to ensure it does not exceed budgeted costs
• Managing regulatory affairs of the network. Securing seasonal route permits and new route designations.
• Building relationships with airports and third parties (regions, tourism bodies, Civil Aviation Authorities etc.)
• Maximize profitability by optimizing capacity and weekly frequencies, ensuring the right product is offered to the market
• Managing capacity on a portfolio of routes comprising several countries and bases
• Deliver monthly capacity plan updates to management

Scheduling:

• Work cross functionally with Revenue Management and Trading teams to enhance each schedule’s revenue potential, and asses the feasibility of network or capacity changes.
• Liaise with Ground Operations, Flight Operations, Operations Control, Maintenance and Crew Planning teams to ensure the feasibility of the schedules and minimise the cost of the operation.
• Load and manage flight capacity into the operational and reservation systems, collaborating with Customer Experience team in the management of schedule changes.
• Secure airport slots for each season schedule.
• Manage the current slot historic rights and secure new ones, protecting WIZZ future positions in congested airports.
• Provide analysis on airport capacity and strategies to maximise growth opportunities in congested airports.

Requirements:

• University degree in business, economics, engineering, sciences or other analytical field.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a similar role (Network, strategy, Scheduling, etc.) and working with and interpreting data and analytics.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Proficient in MS Excel/PowerPoint. Additional technical skills a plus: PowerBI, SQL, etc.
• Strong presentation skills
• Fluent spoken / written English
• Team player, able to work in cross-functional projects efficiently
• Ability to work under pressure and comfortable with uncertain and rapidly changing business environment
• Proactive, willing to take initiative and shoulder responsibility
• Passionate for optimisation and data. You can draw data driven conclusions through analysis and modelling
• Ability to live and work in Luton, United Kingdom
• Limited travel required (approximately 10% of working time)