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In 2022, Swissport International AG provided best-in-class airport ground services for some 186 million airline passengers (2021: 97 million) and handled roughly 4.8 million tons of air freight (2021: 5.1 million) at 117 air cargo centers worldwide. The world’s leader in airport ground services and air cargo handling, with currently around 50,000 employees, was active at 292 airports in 45 countries on six continents.
Whether in passenger service, baggage, or aircraft handling – as a Swissport employee, you may contribute to a positive travel experience for passengers. Swissport is offering you the opportunity to develop steadily and push forward your own professional career. Join us and make a significant impact at Swissport as a
VICE PRESIDENT OF RESOURCE & PRODUCTIVITY PLANNING (M/W/D)
PENSUM I 100%
WORK LOCATION I ZÜRICH OR FRANKFURT
As Vice President of Resource and Productivity Planning for the Center of Excellence (RM CoE), you will be a key member of our region executive management team (DACHI). You will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of resource management, including workforce planning, rostering, and workforce analysis and statistics. You will serve as the primary contact and coordinator between the region, countries, support functions, and the global company structure. This is a strategic leadership position with a focus on optimizing resources, ensuring quality and timeliness, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.
Your Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Ensure the quality and timeliness of RM CoE end-to-end processes and outputs, including operational budgeting, forecasting, long-term and short-term planning, roster production and publication, roster maintenance, operational calculations, and operational improvements.
- Control resources and productivity Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) at station level.
- Drive forecasting capabilities on future production and propose operational improvements based on scenario simulations.
- Manage and develop the RM CoE team (55 members; thereof 6 direct reports), ensuring optimal planning and rostering based on financial, operational, quality, and safety targets.
- Drive continuous improvement for services and processess within the RM CoE and establish goals for the team and the Center,
- Act as a member of the executive leadership team, driving the Center’s agenda and ensuring alignment with senior stakeholders and peers
- Onboarding of new stations and change management of processes
- Lead or participate in regional, cross-regional, and global projects, transformation initiatives, and technology implementations.
Qualifications and Competencies:
- Higher education with a degree in a related field or equivalent related experience.
- Several years of experience in a leadership role with direct reports and within a matrix organization.
- High understanding of business processes related to resource management.
- Strong strategic and conceptual thinking skills, including experience with digital and process transformation projects.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with financial acumen and understanding of KPIs.
- Knowledge the RM technology is considered as an advantage (GS Planning, SP-Xpert, Webroster, Autoroster, PowerBI, TOMS, Pentaho, DCM, FSC).
- Sound judgment and decision-making ability with a high sense of responsibility.
- Clear communication and delegation of tasks, responsibilities, and competencies.
- Fluent command of German and English as the corporate language, knowledge of French, and Italian is an advantage.
Apply now to join our team and make an impact on our organization’s success. With “LinkedIn Easy Apply” you can easily show your interest and test with follow- up questions whether you are a fit for the position. We will only need your documents after an initial short exchange. Hope to see you soon!
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