Fuel Supply Programs Manager

About Sun Country Airlines

We're not your average airline. We're agile, resilient, and full of unique opportunity. Here, you can grow as part of an ambitious team that safely and collectively supports each other, our travelers, and our community. Together, we're making travel more attainable.

With more than 40 years of Minnesota roots, we're a unique hybrid low-cost carrier offering diverse services including scheduled flights to destinations across the U.S., Canada, Central America, and the Caribbean, as well as charter and cargo operations around the world. At Sun Country, you'll be part of a growing airline and an enthusiastic team focused on connecting our community with their favorite people and places.

Sun Country Airlines provides the resources and support our employees need to succeed. Besides working at a great and growing company, as a Fuel Supply Programs Manager you'll enjoy these benefits and more:

• Comprehensive benefit package including dental and vision
• PPO and high deductible health plans
• Health savings accounts (HSA and FSA)
• Dependent Care
• Starting day one free standby and discounted travel privileges for employees, family, & friends
• 401(k) match
• Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program including counseling for employees and their family
• Fitness incentive and Stop Smoking Support

COMPENSATION

Pay or shift range: $85,000- $100,000 USD annually. This is the base compensation hiring range for this role.

JOB SUMMARY

The Fuel Supply Programs Manager is responsible for Sun Country's fuel procurement and supply management. The Fuel team oversees Sun Country's single largest expense, ensuring efficacy, cost competitiveness, and continuous process improvement of the fuel life cycle.

This critical position works cross functionally with the operations, maintenance, charter, financial planning, and legal functions.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Negotiate and execute annual jet fuel supply contracts for all locations ensuring our continued competitive advantage
• Partner with charter team to optimize fuel supply contracts
• Actively identify, analyze and drive supply, facility and logistics cost savings opportunities from the well to the wing of our aircraft
• Actively seek to enhance, and deliver forward monthly fuel consumption forecasts to our suppliers for each of Sun Country's destinations
• Evaluate system implementation opportunities to enhance efficiencies and automate the refinery to wing-tip data flow
• Partner with FP&A to ensure accurate forecasting and review actuals
• Collaborate with fuel service providers and the operations teams to ensure physical fuel supply 24x7 securing our ability to fly
• Interact and build relationships with over 20+ fuel suppliers and service providers
• Balance the benefits and risks to working capital and fuel supply surety while executing the optimal physical fuel inventory management program
• Deliver value by negotiating into-plane, consortia, and fueling contracts for all stations
• Represent Sun Country's interest in fuel consortia discussions
• Own cargo-related supply and into-wing discussion in collaborative manner with a focus on continuous improvement
• Complete project/analysis requests; regularly partner with internal and external parties
• Partner with accounting to be point of contact for their physical fuel invoice reconciliation process to ensure the accuracy of all fuel related invoices

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

None

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, business, engineering, or another analytical field
• Minimum of five years' experience in an analytical role
• Excellent PC skills with MS Excel, and PowerPoint

PREFERRED SKILLS

• Working knowledge of airline operations or commodity trading
• Excellent analytical skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to work with all levels of the company
• SQL programming experience a plus

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands or finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus

AAP/EEO STATEMENT

Sun County Airlines respects and values every employee's contribution to our business. We believe that an important part of our strength comes from our people and their array of perspectives.

It is the policy of Sun Country Airlines to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

OTHER DUTIES

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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