Frontier Airlines

Manager - MX Demand Planning & Analysis

Frontier Airlines$90K — $119K *
Transportation
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in business, operations, supply chain, or related field
  • 5 years of direct demand planning analytic experience
  • 2 years of supervisory experience
  • Experience with aviation maintenance planning processes and software
  • Knowledge of operations planning and inventory management procedures

Responsibilities

  • Establish planning frameworks for labor, material, tooling, and facility requirements
  • Oversee labor and material demand forecasts
  • Ensure alignment of forecasts with maintenance schedules and operational constraints
  • Strategically manage deferred maintenance items
  • Monitor and adjust forecasts based on business changes
  • Drive continuous improvement in planning processes
  • Coach and develop team members for enhanced planning accuracy

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company match
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Employee travel benefits
  • Professional development opportunities
Full Job Description
What Will You Be Doing?

The Manager, Maintenance Demand Planning and Analysis provides overall responsibility, strategic direction, and accountability for maintenance demand planning, deferred maintenance strategy, and analytical performance management. This role is responsible for developing and executing strategies that integrate fleet forecasts, maintenance programs, operational constraints, and financial objectives. The Manager leads a team responsible for short- and long-term demand forecasting, deferral planning, and resource optimization, ensuring maintenance events are proactively planned and executed to support operational reliability and regulatory compliance. As a key cross-functional leader, this role drives optimization of the maintenance program through trend analysis, proactive management of supply chain volatility, and oversight of deferred maintenance limits. The Manager ensures the timely restoration of aircraft to type design while meeting regulatory, operational, and company objectives.

  • Essential Functions
  • Establish planning frameworks that integrate labor, material, tooling, and facility requirements that support operational and planning demands.
  • Oversee short- and long-range labor, material, tools, and facility demand forecasts.
  • Ensure demand forecasts align with:

    • Short- and long-range maintenance visit schedules
    • Deferred maintenance workloads and capture plans
    • Fleet utilization, routing, and operational constraints
    • Material contractual requirements, as applicable

  • Ensure deferred maintenance items (MEL, CDL, NEF, TDI, TSWS, ODM) are strategically managed.
  • Ensure deferred maintenance plans meet FAA regulations (14 CFR 121.628 and applicable guidance), remain within deferral limits, and company standards, and support the restoration of aircraft to full type design.
  • Monitor and adjust for changes in forecasts, budgets, fleet strategies, and business direction.
  • Drive continuous improvement in planning processes, tools, data quality, and coordination methods.
  • Coach, mentor, and develop team members to improve planning accuracy, regulatory knowledge, and operation effectiveness.
  • Evaluate and modify, as required, all existing planned maintenance events being accomplished by Frontier Airlines' maintenance personnel and/or approved maintenance providers.
  • Evaluate, trend, and analyze task yield, labor, ground time, and routine and non-routine workload to maintain and achieve span and budget targets.
  • Manage a planning team to ensure clear responsibilities are in place that each team member understands. Implement daily and long-term goals for the team and ensure effective communication through calls and stand-up meetings to coordinate activities.
  • Assist with budget preparations for the Maintenance Planning department.
  • Administer and manage all departmental self-audits.
  • Help set up, audit, and maintain the online maintenance planning system in the FMIS to include training, technical knowledge, and practical instruction for Maintenance Planning
  • Manage and maintain Planning department rosters and vacation schedules to ensure proper shift coverage is supportive of the team and operation and maintained.
  • Ensure that department personnel, including this position, are properly trained, qualified, and current to perform assigned tasks and in accordance with company manual requirements.
  • Participate in continuous briefings of daily fleet-wide mechanical status to members of management.
  • Facilitate communication between teams in the organization to efficiently problem solve collaboratively


Other Functions

  • Perform other duties as assigned by Director of Maintenance Planning


Qualifications

  • Required - Bachelor's degree in business, operations, supply chain, or another relevant field
  • Required - 5 years direct demand planning analytic experience
  • Required - 2 years of supervisory experience or demonstrated skills in this area.
  • Required - Experience with aviation maintenance planning processes and software
  • Required - Demonstrated knowledge of operations planning, inventory management, and procedures.


Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Proven ability to plan, organize and administrate workloads to direct reports.
  • Working knowledge of airline maintenance operations and technical knowledge of aircraft and maintenance programs
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong computer skills and proficiency with MS Office Suite, MIS (MX Information System), Operational Control System.
  • Capable of handling confidential material with discretion
  • Ability to foster a positive work environment that encourages teamwork, collaboration, and mutual respect.
  • Must demonstrate behavior that portrays the company core values of Safety, Respect, Trust, Collaboration, Value, and Passion while communicating with personnel and acting on behalf of the company.


Equipment Operated

Standard office equipment, including PC, copier, fax machine, printer.

Work Environment

  • Typical office environment, adequately heated and cooled.


Physical Effort

Generally, not required.

Supervision Received

General Direction: The incumbent normally receives little instruction on day-to-day work and receives general instructions on new assignments.

Salary Range: $90,094 -119,583 - Please note: this role will close on or before 9/30/26.

Positions Supervised

Deferred Maintenance Coordinator

Demand Planning Analyst

Workplace Policies

Disclaimer: The above statements are intended only to describe the general nature and level of work required of the referenced position; they are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of individuals in this position. Please be advised that duties and expectations of this position may be subject to change.

About Frontier Airlines

Frontier Airlines is a low-cost airline that operates flights to over 100 destinations in the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Frontier Airlines is known for its low fares and customer-friendly policies, such as allowing passengers to bring one personal item and one carry-on bag for free. The airline has a fleet of over 100 aircraft and is constantly expanding its route network.
Learn more about Frontier Airlines
Size
4,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1994

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