Intro

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities, both at work and during your time off? Join our American Airlines family, and you’ll travel the world, grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you’ll tackle challenges with flexibility and grace, learning new skills and advancing your career while having the time of your life. Feel free to enrich both your personal and work life and hop on board! 

Why you'll love this job

• As a Procurement Excellence Analyst at American Airlines, you will be instrumental in transforming our procurement operations. This role demands a visionary with experience in source-to-pay process, and a strategic approach to procurement.
• The role is a part of the Procurement Strategy team within our Finance division.

What you'll do

As noted above, this list is intended to reflect the current job but there may be additional essential functions (and certainly non-essential job functions) that are not referenced. Management will modify the job or require other tasks be performed whenever it is deemed appropriate to do so, observing, of course, any legal obligations including any collective bargaining obligations.

• Lead and manage end‑to‑end procurement initiatives, including creation of detailed action plans, timelines, milestones, and delivery plans to ensure work is completed on time and within scope.
• Own project governance activities such as status reporting, risk, issue, and dependency tracking, and escalation management to ensure transparency and accountability.
• Orchestrate cross‑functional design discussions and key decision‑making forums to align stakeholders on requirements, tradeoffs, and implementation approaches.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by coordinating process design, solution evaluation, and execution across Procurement and Source‑to‑Pay teams.
• Partner closely with cross‑functional teams to ensure procurement initiatives are aligned to broader business priorities and operational objectives.
• Support the development and execution of the long‑term Procurement operating model, including reporting, tooling, and process evolution, through structured project delivery.
• Provide project management support for procurement best practices and emerging technologies across the Source‑to‑Pay lifecycle.
• Develop and promote standardized procurement practices by leading alignment workshops, documenting decisions, and supporting adoption across the organization.
• Deliver executive‑ready updates that clearly communicate progress, risks, decisions needed, and next steps for procurement initiatives.
• Proactively identify and address execution gaps, stepping in to support tactical or operational needs based on the mix of projects in flight and team capacity at any given time.

All you'll need for success

Minimum Qualifications - Education & Prior Job Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, Industrial Engineering, Strategy, Finance, Business Management, Data Analytics or other related field
• 3-4 years of experience in source-to-pay, spend analytics, procurement transformation, process improvement, and report development

Preferred Qualifications - Education & Prior Job Experience

• Advanced degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, Industrial Engineering, Data Analytics, or other related field
• Knowledge of Coupa or Source to Pay systems
• Advanced Excel skills, experience with dashboard tools, procurement systems, and SQL
• Project management and change management experience

Skills, Licenses & Certifications

• Demonstrated ability to drive change and influence cross-functional teams
• Ability to demonstrate an aptitude for problem solving and strong quantitative and analytical skills
• Ability to manage multiple and diverse projects with changing priorities
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

What you'll get

Feel free to take advantage of all that American Airlines has to offer: 

• Travel Perks: Ready to explore the world? You, your family and your friends can reach 365 destinations on more than 6,800 daily flights across our global network.
• Health Benefits: On day one, you’ll have access to your health, dental, prescription and vision benefits to help you stay well. And that’s just the start, we also offer virtual doctor visits, flexible spending accounts and more.
• Wellness Programs: We want you to be the best version of yourself – that’s why our wellness programs provide you with all the right tools, resources and support you need.
• 401(k) Program: Available upon hire and, depending on the workgroup, employer contributions to your 401(k) program are available after one year.
• Additional Benefits: Other great benefits include our Employee Assistance Program, pet insurance and discounts on hotels, cars, cruises and more.

Feel free to be yourself at American

From the team members we hire to the customers we serve, inclusion and diversity are the foundation of the dynamic workforce at American Airlines. Our 20+ Employee Business Resource Groups are focused on connecting our team members to our customers, suppliers, communities and shareholders, helping team members reach their full potential and creating an inclusive work environment to meet and exceed the needs of our diverse world.

Are you ready to feel a tremendous sense of pride and satisfaction as you do your part to keep the largest airline in the world running smoothly as we care for people on life’s journey? Feel free to be yourself at American.