Swissport International

Station Pre-Planner - Heathrow Airport

Posted Date 7 days ago(15/01/2025 18:36)
Job ID
2025-5408
Category
Support Function
Contract
Permanent Full-Time
Location : Name
Heathrow (Ground Handling)

Overview

ROLE SUMMARY

 

Reporting to the Station Manager, the pre-planner will be primarily responsible to provide detailed and accurate pre-plans a minimum 4 days in advance to the operational team and operational supervision/management. Inclusive of live updating of Dayforce and RealTime inline with all commercially agreed standards and within budgeted staff shift hours allowable. Full communication expectation with Ramp Managers/supervisors, Planning Department and Station management.

 

Fundamentally, the key aspects of this role are to ensure the pre-plans are built in an efficient way, in-line or improving on budget / re-forecasted expectations while maintaining key stakeholder engagement and meeting business demand. All within the required timeframes, highlighting any shortages ahead of time and work to rectify the shortages by means of shift changes, shift extensions and as a final resort, to utilise the overtime facility SWP provides in exceptional circumstances where all other avenues mentioned above have been exhausted.

 

Responsibilities

Job Responsibilities

 

The following responsibilities are associated with this job role:

 

  • Provide an accurate and detailed pre-plan for the whole day, always keeping 4 days in advance.
  • Maintain the pre-plan going forward, amending any sickness, leave or overtime in Dayforce and RealTime.
  • Building of functional teams within RealTime based on staff skills and customer requirements.
  • Control of overtime and shift changes in line with company budgets
  • Email daily reports to the Ramp Managers detailing projected coverage, highlighting any areas for concern in an appropriate time frame to enable corrective actions.
  • Provide full weekend coverage by close of play each Wednesday to the Ramp Managers
  • Supervise the team of Allocators providing cover for the department when required.
  • Maintaining a safe working environment, ensuring that unsafe acts, equipment, or environment is reported to the Operations Supervisor and Training Department
  • Ensure that you follow all Swissport Health and Safety requirements in order to protect yourself, co-workers, third parties, aircraft and equipment.
  • Maintain daily communications with TOMs.
  • Communicate with planning department.
  • Live updating within RealTime and Dayforce

Qualifications

KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS

  • Development, issuance and monitoring of allocation and pre-planning content to meet operational demand in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS

  • Demonstrable experience in managing, monitoring and evaluating allocation efficiency.
  • Solid demonstratable experience of dynamic allocation and pre-planning in a demanding, fast paced, heavily regulated environment that focuses on service delivery.
  • Strong people skills and an ability to forge excellent working relationships with a wide range of internal stakeholders.
  • Well-developed organisational, decision making and analytical skills.
  • Ability to use metrics to demonstrate Return on Investment (ROI) / Return on Equity (ROE)
  • Proficient in Microsoft Suite / IT skills

 Qualifications and Competencies

  • Minimum of 1 years’ experience in a similar role and/or minimum of 1 years’ experience in ground handling operations.
  • High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office
  • Experience with Realtime system is a strong advantage
  • Experience of working in a performance management culture driven by KPIs.
  • Excellent written and verbal English communication skills; clearly able to articulate position with clarity at all levels.
  • Results oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to constructively challenge the status quo and manage change.
  • Self-starter with a high degree of motivation and pro-activeness.
  • Ability to communicate with management and staff of all levels.
  • Ability to prioritise workload.
  • Experience of allocation process.
  • Ability to communicate confidently, reading an audiences requirements.
  • Ability self motivate.
  • Ability to supervise a team.
  • Ability to achieve deadlines.

The list is not exhaustive and is not intended to restrict the scope of the job but clearly define a starting point and may vary depending on location and local customer requirements.

 Career Progression

Progression may include supervision and managerial roles both inside and outside of the allocation services. Roles outside of Allocation Services may include first-level management.

 

 COMPANY TRAINING MODULES (to include) 

  • In accordance with Swissport Global and Western Europe standard training selector and Swissport Western Europe Planning technical requirements.

 

GDPR

 

  • Swissport has strict obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (“the GDPR”). Compliance is therefore a responsibility embedded in all roles. Specifically, however, you are required to actively support and assist the business with compliance, both in your daily duties and in respect of ad hoc projects and activities. You are expected to demonstrate good practice to direct reports, and actively promote a culture of compliance.

 

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

 

Swissport and its employees have a strict duty under the Equality Act 2010, not to be discriminatory in their treatment of colleagues and customers, on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. Compliance with equality and diversity principles is therefore a responsibility embedded in all roles. Specifically, you are required to:

    • comply with equality and diversity policies and treat all colleagues and customers with dignity and respect (including in virtual and digital environments);
    • respond positively, inclusively, and supportively to the different needs of colleagues and customers by reason of their protected characteristics;
    • report and act upon all instances of discrimination, harassment, and bullying;
    • proactively support direct reports to understand their responsibility for equality and diversity, including identifying and facilitating development where required. Ensure performance is measured against key performance indicators, to mitigate the risk of discrimination;
    • proactively comply with, model, promote, and embed equality and diversity principles, in daily duties, project work, and strategic planning, to promote a culture of zero tolerance, an environment in which colleagues and customers feel safe and respected, and champion the value the business affords to equality and diversity;
    • ensure changes to policies and practices are screened for compliance with equality and diversity principles, and embed compliance as a key performance indicator in strategic planning and project work;
    • evaluate operational decisions to assess the impact on policies, procedures, and strategies with reference to equality and diversity.

 

 

[NOTE: This is not exhaustive and may vary depending on location and operational / local customer requirements.]

 

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