Sales Trading & Performance Analyst

Job Description:

Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday

Location: Hybrid remote working with 3 days a week in our VHQ Crawley, West Sussex

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: Monday, 7th April 2025

In a nutshell

At Virgin Atlantic Airways, we believe that everyone can take on the world, and its our vision to become the most loved travel company. As we embark on this next exciting stage of our journey, were harnessing our spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation to challenge the status quo.

We love to lead the way with fresh ideas. Bringing new approaches to the industry and remaining a loud and proud voice for positive change - be it on issues of sustainability, people, or our communities. So, if youre ready to take your career to new heights, read on!

In this exciting role as Sales Trading & Performance Analyst youll be responsible for the data and insights for our TMC and Consumer channels globally. This data and insights span all timeframes – daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly/annually. You will complement our new business, corporate sales development as well as our trading and performance teams

Day to day

Using critical thinking and hands-on analytics skills to break down complex business problems and generate insights to help drive decision making
Supporting the identification of opportunities for growth and reasons for the decline of travel spending, communicating this to respective teams effectively and devising mitigation techniques
Spotting POS and channel trends efficiently and effectively to deploy necessary relevant action/s in a swift and timely manner
Build PowerBI reports using Databricks and setting up relevant automation to respective parties depicting areas of attention, slicing the data where needed to business requirements
Using Python/R packages to optimal business use and supporting business wide data initiatives
Crafting innovative data solutions using “out of the box” approaches, techniques, and tools and presenting to stakeholders through engaging powerpoints depicting trends
Develop and maintain coding scripts and automation tools to streamline workflows and increase productivity

About you

Do you have airline industry knowledge and the ability to make high-impact decisions based on quantitative and qualitative factors? Do you have a strong eye for business, alongside strong organisational & communicational skills? then this could be the role for you!

In addition to the above, were looking for the following:

Bachelors degree in Economics, Statistics, Math, Engineering, Finance, Computer Science, Information Systems or other quantitative field
SQL / PowerBI / Databricks / Azure Data Factory / Advanced++ Excel / PowerPoint / MS Teams / Power Apps desirable
Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence and impact at all levels whilst managing multiple priorities with varying timelines.
Experience in data analysis and dashboard development, preferably within the airline or travel industry. Adept at interpreting MI to identify trends and identify / implement actions to address opportunities
Applied knowledge in Sales, Airfares, Revenue and Inventory Management, Alliance partnerships and reward programs is desirable
Confident presenting to senior management and external organisations
A proven track record of delivery through collaboration in a revenue or operations-focused role
Familiarity with data programming strongly desirable (R, Python) and using with Databricks. Proficiency in developing automation scripts, workflows, and tools using Python libraries and frameworks.
Ability to collaborate and engage with others - building proactive working relationships with colleagues, key partners, and other stakeholders. Strong attention to detail and strategic thinker with the ability to communicate complex quantitative concepts in a clear, precise and actionable manner

Does the above sound like you? Do you have the ability to help develop strategic direction and deliver against the resulting plan at a departmental level? Then wed love to hear from you.

Our recipe for leadership

At Virgin Atlantic, our leaders empower teams to thrive through collaboration, innovation, and excellence. Explore our Leadership Recipe and discover the 20 core ingredients that define what it means to lead with us, driving our mission to be the most loved travel company and achieve sustainable profit. Want to learn more? Click here

Be yourself

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do our colleagues. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. At Virgin Atlantic, we believe everyone can take on the world - no matter your age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, religion, or beliefs. We celebrate difference and everything that makes our colleagues unique by upholding an inclusive environment in which we can all thrive. So that everyone at Virgin Atlantic can be themselves and know they belong.

To make your journey with us accessible and individual to you, we encourage you to let us know if you’d like a little extra help with your application, or if you have any individual requirements at any stage along your recruitment journey. We are here to support you, so please reach out to our team, (recruitmentfly.virgin.com) feeling confident that we’ve got your individual considerations covered.

Job Ident #: 2651

Company Details

Virgin Atlantic

Fleming Way
Crawley, England United Kingdom, International RH10 9DF International
www.virginatlantic.com/us/en

Virgin Atlantic uses a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing wide-body aircraft and operates to destinations in North America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East and Asia from its main hub at London–Heathrow, and its secondary hub at Manchester

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Job Info

Location

Crawley , England, United Kingdom

Type

Permanent

Company Details

Virgin Atlantic

Fleming Way
Crawley, England United Kingdom, International RH10 9DF International
www.virginatlantic.com/us/en