Network Planning Analyst - HDQ

Network Planning Analyst

As a Network Planning Analyst, you'll help translate network and industry data into clear, actionable insights that support Southwest's flight schedules and Network Planning strategies. You'll analyze and communicate critical schedule revisions, identify trends, and develop recommendations for executive Leaders, frontline Employees, and other key stakeholders. Through frequent collaboration across Network Planning and other Teams, you'll build a comprehensive understanding of Southwest's network and help align commercial and operational priorities. Your analytical thinking, creativity, and communication skills will contribute to strategic initiatives and schedule designs that support a reliable operation for our Employees and Customers.

Responsibilities include utilizing flight scheduling software, assisting with complex schedule revisions, monitoring checklists to create zero-defect flight schedules, utilizing various scheduling techniques to clear violations of operational constraints, identifying complex schedule changes, analyzing impact of changes to operational and commercial constraints, understanding the impact changes to the schedule have on the system and Customer, identifying opportunities to increase revenue and reduce costs in the schedule, creating individual week schedules in preparation for schedule publication, utilizing Amadeus products to check flight loads and validate schedules, assisting with complex, highly visible flight schedule reporting, applying knowledge and skills of analysis, business processes, tools, domains, project methodologies, requirements definitions, and testing to solve a range of problems, developing standard reports by building queries to pull and organize data from various sources, identifying problems, performing root cause analysis, investigating information, performing impact analysis, and formulating and executing plans to develop solutions, creating and presenting data analytics, both written and oral, to Manager, providing routine and ad hoc reporting regarding flight schedule revisions to Team, communicating business insights and analysis regarding flight schedule revisions, delivering timely, zero-defect data analysis, and performing other job duties as directed by Employee's Leaders.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities include ability to work well with others as part of a Team, ability to execute a high level of attention to detail, ability to partner with Technology and other work groups to enhance data quality and accessibility, ability to transform raw data into easily understood, presentable and actionable findings, ability to answer business questions using experience, logical reasoning and analytical skills, ability to handle multiple concurrent projects and prioritize accordingly, ability and desire to take ownership of individual and Team deliverables.

Education: High School Diploma or GED. Experience: Intermediate level experience, fully functioning broad knowledge in: Airline network planning including flight schedule alignment with commercial and operational impact, industry-leading capabilities, and aircraft scheduling techniques or related experience, Microsoft Excel or related spreadsheet programs, Microsoft Office suite, Written and verbal communication, Handling multiple concurrent projects and prioritizing accordingly. Preferred: Experience using data visualization tools such as Tableau or Power BI, Experience using Alteryx or similar data preparation and reporting tools, Experience developing executive-level presentations, briefing packets, and leadership materials, Familiarity with airline network schedule visualizations and presentation standards, Experience developing and maintaining resource libraries, reporting tools, or standardized templates, Knowledge of airline industry trends, competitive landscape, or network-related insights.

Physical Abilities: Ability to perform work duties from [limited space work station/desk/office area] for extended periods of time, Ability to communicate and interact with others in the English language to meet the demands of the job, Ability to use a computer and other office productivity tools with sufficient speed and accuracy to meet the demands of the job. Other Qualifications: Must maintain a well-groomed appearance per Company appearance standards as described in established guidelines, Must be a U.S. citizen or have authorization to work in the United States as defined by the Immigration Reform Act of 1986, Must be at least 18 years of age, Must be able to comply with Company attendance standards as described in established guidelines, Must meet confidentiality expectations as to confidential, proprietary and sensitive Company information.

Pay & Benefits: Competitive market salary from $81,200 per year to $90,200 per year* depending on qualifications and experience. For eligible Leadership and individual contributor roles, additional bonus opportunities are available and awarded at the discretion of the company. Benefits you'll love: Fly for free, as a privilege, on any open seat on all Southwest flights (your eligible dependents too), Southwest will help fund your 401(k) retirement savings with Company contributions up to 9.3% of your eligible earnings**, Potential for annual ProfitSharing contribution in the Southwest Retirement Savings Plan- when Southwest profits, you profit***, Competitive health insurance for you and your eligible dependents (including pets), Southwest offers health plan coverage options that start from the very first day of employment. You will have 30 days to select and enroll in your health plan with coverage retroactively available to your first day of employment.