Sr Manager - Strategic Sourcing Fleet & Ops
Frontier Airlines · Denver, Colorado, United States
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 developing junior team members.
Essential Functions
Supplier leadership
- Serve as the commercial owner and focal point for assigned OEM, Tech Ops, or Airport vendor portfolios, including Airbus, CFM, Pratt & Whitney, MROs, and/or major ground handlers
- Lead negotiations, contract amendments and resolve performance matters and other issues driving a high performance supplier base.
- Serve as a subject matter expert maintaining in-depth knowledge of major tech ops, airport ops and OEM agreements (as may be assigned) including economics, rights and responsibilities of the parties and service levels
- Proactively analyze and manage “what if” scenario impacts on these major agreements (e.g. changes to the airline’s fleet or operating footprint), in close cooperation with operating teams and FP&A
- Build and maintain relationships with supplier personnel
- Build and maintain relationships with key internal stakeholders
Financial analysis
- Own and direct the financial analysis supporting contracting decisions, either during RFP processes or to support ongoing management of or amendments to existing relationships
- Partner with FP&A to align transaction economics to the long-range business forecast and financial planning objectives
- Provide clear recommendations to the Director and the internal operating teams
Other functions
- Frequent reporting and presentations to senior management; responsible for producing Board-level presentations and communications with little oversight
- Attend industry-related conferences
- Ad-hoc financial analysis and corporate-finance related projects
- Participate in and contribute to budget process
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, mathematics, statistics or a related field
- 8+ years of experience performing fleet, contracts, technical sourcing or finance functions, preferably in an airline setting, OR experience in other roles with transferrable skills such as management consulting or finance
- At least 4 years of experience in a supervisory or managerial capacity leading cross-functional teams in a corporate environment.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel including advanced modelling capabilities
- Ability to build trust with internal and external counterparties
- Strong influence and negotiating skills
- Experience evaluating, executing, and managing contracts with outside parties
- Understanding of airline operations and supplier ecosystem (Tech Ops, Ground Ops, Maintenance etc.) strongly preferred
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills including exposure to senior Frontier executives and external audiences
- Proactive, able to manage multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment and adapt to evolving business needs
- Demonstrates organizational values of integrity, respect for people, diversity, appreciation, innovation, adherence to ethical standards, challenging the status quo, excellence in performance, commitment to shareholder value, teamwork, and continuous improvement
- Proven leadership skills with the ability to train, develop and manage in an efficient, productive, and respectful manner
Equipment Operated
Standard office equipment, including PC, copier, 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.
Positions Supervised
Analyst II, Sr. Analyst, potential future team members
Salary Range: $123,462 - $163,873
Please note this role has a closing date of on or before 11/30/26 midnight MST
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