Job Description
Intern roles on our Global Network & Alliances team exist in the areas of Network Planning, Scheduling, Alliances, and Strategy/Analytics. Close to your start date, you will be placed into one of these areas based on your background, skills, and preferences, and United’s business needs at that time.
Your main responsibilities in this role include the following:
Duties and Responsibilities
Manage a portfolio of markets by forecasting and executing tactical and strategic recommendations including seasonal adjustments, aircraft changes, and launching new markets
Build cross-functional working relationships throughout the commercial organization to align Pricing, Revenue Management, Cargo, Sales, Marketing, and other teams around a unified strategy and improve decision making in all related domains
Proactively research, develop and present insights with an owner mentality to senior leadership
Scheduling
Ensure aircraft routing, turn time, and ground time requirements align with United’s operational teams
Analyze aircraft flows, turn times, equipment type compatibility at each station, gating constraints, crew availability, and other parameters
Optimize United's schedule for profitability and operability while accounting for other stakeholder priorities, including safety, customer service, airport operations, aircraft maintenance, catering, inflight crew, aircraft performance and others
Alliances
Evaluate global strategic partnership opportunities within our Analysis, Commercial and Operations teams
Analyze financial value of partnerships and identify areas to improve revenue and the customer experience
Negotiate with existing and potential partners, draft contracts and coordinate with stakeholders across various departments in the company
Strategy & Analytics
Develop long-term strategic plans for United’s fleet, network, and competitive positioning
Evaluate and make recommendations to senior leadership on aircraft purchases, retirements or reconfigurations
Create rigorous, data-driven analytical tools to support optimization of schedules, fleeting, and overall capacity levels
Develop presentation materials for use in executive team and Board of Director meetings
Job Requirements
Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s Degree program; planned graduation date between Dec and July
Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to handle simultaneous projects and adapt to a fast-paced, changing environment
Strong verbal and written communication skills and strong interpersonal skills
Proven proficiency in Microsoft Office, specifically PowerPoint and Excel, including key functions such as INDEX(MATCH), SUMIFS, XLOOKUP, and
Pivot tables
Intellectual curiosity, desire to learn, ability to take initiative
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship
Analytical / quantitative major, e.g., Engineering, natural sciences, economics/business/finance, statistics, mathematics, etc. encouraged
Knowledge of Network Planning principles
Comfort with SQL
Preferred Qualifications
Job Details
Company: United Airlines
Employment Type: Internship
Job Location: Chicago, IL, United States
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