Job Purpose
- Fuel represents 30–40% of an airline’s operating cost and is a key driver of profitability, operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and sustainability performance.
- The Manager Fuel Management is responsible for the end-to-end strategic management of aviation fuel across the airline’s entire network, including fuel contracts, supplier governance, fuel data analytics, tankering optimisation, invoice control, regulatory compliance (JIG/ICAO/IATASACAA), and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) implementation.
- This role is responsible for airline fuel cost optimisation, risk management, contract governance, and cross-department operational efficiency in collaboration with Flight Operations, Dispatch, Fleet, Finance, Procurement, and Sustainability teams.
- Please note: This position involves extensive traveling.
Principal Accountabilities
Fuel Strategy and Cost Optimisation:
- Develop and implement the airline’s fuel management and tankering strategy across the route network
- Analyse fuel consumption trends by aircraft type, route, and operational practice
- Work with Flight Operations to optimise fuel policies (CI, contingency, reserves, routing)
Fuel Procurement & Contract Management:
- Lead negotiation and management of fuel supply agreements with fuel suppliers and into-plane operators globally
- Conduct annual fuel tender processes and supplier benchmarking
- Manage fuel price exposure and provide input into Treasury hedging strategies
- Establish fuel purchasing governance across the network
Fuel Data Analytics & Monitoring:
- Develop fuel performance dashboards per route, aircraft, and crew practice
- Identify fuel inefficiencies and cost-saving opportunities
- Monitor fuel uplift accuracy and detect invoice leakages
Budgeting & Cost Analysis:
- Develop, monitor, and report on the company's fuel budget, and identify opportunities for cost savings through supply, facility, and logistical improvements
Fuel Invoice Reconciliation & Risk Control:
- Oversee verification and reconciliation of all fuel invoices
- Detect and eliminate fuel billing discrepancies and losses
- Implement fuel audit controls and reporting mechanisms
Market Analysis:
- Perform technical and fundamental analysis of global trends impacting jet fuel prices, supply, and hedging strategies
Regulatory & Quality Compliance:
- Ensure compliance with JIG, IATA, ICAO, ISO, and SACAA fuel standards
- Conduct supplier audits and hydrant system compliance reviews. Maintain airline fuel policy and governance documentation
Cross-Functional Collaboration:
- Work with Fleet, Flight Ops, Dispatch, Finance, Procurement, and Sustainability
- Support aircraft performance and route economics initiatives
Sustainability & SAF Implementation:
- Lead the airline’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel strategy and implementation
- Support CORSIA, EU ETS, and carbon reporting requirements
- Monitor environmental impact of fuel operations
Analytical & Financial Skills:
- Proficiency in financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting, and analysing complex data is critical
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Aviation Management, or related field
- Knowledge of international fuel standards (IATA, ICAO, JIG, ISO) and national regulatory requirements
- 8-10 years’ experience in Aviation fuel management, aviation fuel procurement, or Airline Operations (aviation/transport industry preferred)
- Experience with fuel data analysis, cost modelling, and performance monitoring
- Exposure to fuel hedging principles and fuel price risk management
- Experience with SAF and carbon compliance frameworks is advantageous
Knowledge and Skills
- Financial management
- Quality assurance
- Leadership and supervision skills
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Project management
- Communication & collaboration skills
- IT proficiency
- Business communication skills
- Report writing skills
- Attention to detail skills
Attributes
- Strong knowledge of fuel operations
- Regulatory compliance
- Technical understanding
- Financial acumen
- Integrity & accountability
- Safety-focused mindset
Deadline:23rd February,2026
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Job Purpose
- The purpose of the role is to assist in translating the commercial vision, based on an understanding of the airlines’ strategy, to formulate short and long-term strategies to maximize all commercial opportunities. Provide intelligence and insights by conducting feasibility studies into new routes, assist in revenue budgeting, monitoring the financial performance of existing routes and networks as well as formulating remedial action driven by data and industry best practice analysis to deliver revenue targets and a competitive advantage.
- The incumbent must assist in creating and maintaining effective tools, dashboards, reports, and insight to aid informed decision making.
Principal Accountabilities
- Provide input into the design of the Commercial Analysis Strategy taking into account specialist expertise, best practice, benchmarking and market standards etc.
- Implements department strategy within area of responsibility
- Assist in performing market scans to ascertain trends, new developments, opportunities and threats that arise from the market environment
- Assist in conducting competitor analysis per region/route in terms of airlines, market share, schedules, product, fleet, average fare, class of travel, etc.
- Compile reports on monthly route performance
- Conduct feasibility studies into new routes
- Mine flight and passenger data to discover insights that can assist with strategy development and remedial action
- Assist in the development of business intelligence dashboards for improved decision-making
- Recommends policies, processes, action plans and systems to support implementation of the strategy
- Analyse cost drivers and provide recommendations on profitability of Commercial Analysis
- Support the management and control of budget in area of responsibility
- Provide recommendations to actively support cost and headcount containment
- Assist in developing the Airline’s annual passenger revenue budget i.t.o. route and point of sales
- Utilises resources in area of responsibility
- Optimise technology to enhance internal and external customer expectations
- Implements processes to deliver customer value
- Drives customer centricity within areas of control
- Maintain effective internal and external stakeholder relationships through appropriate relationship building and networking
- Enforce Governance and Risk Management policies, processes and systems
- Deliver on regular and timeous reporting of information to key stakeholders
- Drive continuous optimisation programmes and initiatives
- Engage in trend analysis, benchmarking, research, best practice to support optimisation of Commercial Analysis
- Manages projects to contribute to the optimisation of Commercial
- Provide commercial intelligence to measure and improve the Airline’s competitiveness and trading performance
- Support the trading teams with analysis and insight on the Airline’s initiatives and interventions evaluation for regular analysis of data
- Ensure compilation of performance reports with supporting documents; make recommendations to improve the content and insight
- Manage analyses of the Airline’s data contained in various database systems and communicate capabilities to relevant stakeholders
- Assist with data mining, extraction, manipulation and analysis to produce analytical tools
- Use state of the art visualisation tools for insight presentations, support and reporting to the wider Commercial department and the business
- Make recommendations on how to achieve the revenue/strategic objectives
- Review the effectiveness of commercial strategies and recommend best practice options for improvement
- Manage route, network, alliances and Revenue Management and Pricing reporting
Qualifications & Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Business, Statistics, Science, IT or related field at NQF level 7
- At least 3-5 years’ experience in analytics, insight or consulting
- Microsoft PowerBI experience essential (PL-300 certification required)
- SQL, Excel and Database management skills advantageous
- Significant experience in delivering analysis to a high standard and working to deadlines in a fast paced, dynamic environment
Knowledge and Skills
- Expert knowledge in computer applications to deliver insight
- Knowledge of aviation market dynamics, strategy and competitive behaviour
- Commercial acumen
- Financial acumen
- Analytical skills
- Influencing skills
- Collaboration skills
- Presentation skills
- Communication skills (written and verbal)
- Negotiation skills
- Project management
Attributes
- Engages in crucial conversations
- Manages projects
- Facilitates change and innovation
- Implements and aligns to vision
- Delivers value
- Values team diversity
- Role models behaviours and values
Deadline:20th February,2026
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