Sr Manager - Strategic Sourcing Fleet & Ops

Working at Frontier Airlines At Frontier, our mission is to Make Every Flight Count. That mission guides how we support our customers, our people and the operation every day. As a Frontier employee, your work connects to more than a single role. Whether you’re supporting flights, helping customers, maintaining aircraft, leading teams or working behind the scenes, you help create a travel experience that is safe, reliable and built around value. Our work is guided by our core values: customer first, safety always, operational excellence and one team. These values shape how we make decisions, support each other and deliver for the people who count on us. Support for work, life and travel Frontier offers benefits, programs and travel privileges designed to support eligible employees at work and beyond. Availability may vary by role, employment status, eligibility, location, schedule, applicable policies and current plan details. Depending on role and eligibility, available benefits and programs may include: Medical, dental and vision coverage 401(k) retirement savings options Paid holidays, vacation time and sick time Travel privileges on Frontier Airlines and participating partner airlines, based on current program rules and availability Buddy passes, based on eligibility and program rules Travel-related discounts and employee discounts on select products, services and vendors About Frontier Airlines Frontier Airlines is a Denver-based airline serving destinations across the United States and select international markets. Our people support every part of the travel journey, from airport operations and flight crews to aircraft maintenance, customer support, corporate teams and more. We’re focused on delivering meaningful value by making travel more accessible, practical and easy to personalize for our customers. Across the airline, our teams help support a safe, reliable and efficient operation while continuing to strengthen the experience for the people who choose Frontier. What Will You Be Doing? Strategic Sourcing is an important and impactful department within the airline that has high visibility with senior management and executives. This team is the airline’s commercial relationship owner for OEMs and major technical suppliers (such as Airbus, Pratt & Whitney, and CFM) as well as ground handling suppliers that impact overall fleet structure and operations. The team is charged with leading these long-term contractual relationships, managing the airline’s aircraft and engine purchase agreements, and is the commercial focal point for multi-year tech ops and airport ops agreements from concept through to execution and management. This position will take responsibility over key supplier relationships and/or business areas to evaluate long-range business needs against the current setup, propose, model and negotiate contract modifications, lead or contribute to RFPs in major fleet, tech ops and airport ops disciplines, track supplier performance and resolve commercial / contract issues. This position builds and maintains relationships with internal stakeholders as part of a matrixed organization and represents the airline externally in interactions and negotiations with the airline’s largest and most critical suppliers. This role is considered a subject matter expert on the airline’s fleet and major technical and airport operations contracts. This position combines commercial negotiation, long-range planning and strategy, financial analysis, and relationship and contract management across Frontier’s most critical fleet, technical operations and airport services suppliers. This position will also have exposure to real-time operational events and take a leading role in mitigation and problem solving. As a senior member of the team, the position will interact frequently with senior Frontier executives including departmental VPs/SVPs and the CFO. It will also be responsible for managing and de…

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