CREW MANPOWER MANAGER
Lead Vueling’s crew manpower strategy, ensuring the right crew is in the right place at the right time. Optimize resources, support fleet transition, and balance efficiency with crew wellbeing.
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Let's start by getting to know us better!
At Vueling, we love things to happen. We always do our best to go one step further and do it better. We invite our people to celebrate their unique strengths, work as a team to overcome challenges and achieve their goals for the greater good.
Our team is made of great professionals. Great and passionate people who collaborate, support and complement each other's skills.
We are one of Europe's leading low-cost airlines, with special relevance in the Spanish domestic market, as well as in France and Italy.
Job Purpose
Define the crew manpower sizing necessary to operate Vueling’s production. Responsible for optimizing crew resources across all Vueling operations while ensuring the right balance of:
- Maximized cost efficiency
- Maximized productivity (IAG Targets)
- Operational robustness
- Crew quality of life
This position plays a key role in the Fleet Transition project. The role requires strategic foresight, agile planning, analytical excellence, and cross-functional coordination to align crew deployment, training capacity, and base transitions with operational timelines. Ensuring the right crew, with the right skills, are in the right place at the right time to support a seamless fleet integration.
Main Responsibilities - Tasks
- Build and maintain a manpower strategy.
- Work closely with the Re-Fleet Team to deliver the Crew Transition plan.
- Model complex transition scenarios under uncertainty.
- Define all manpower leavers forecast assumptions (part-time, attrition, etc.).
- Ensure continuous execution of the manpower strategy throughout the year, coordinating with relevant departments.
- Continuously monitor and optimize crew resource utilization, ensuring balance between operational robustness, cost, and crew quality of life.
- Convert headcount into FTE projections with precision and transparency.
- Develop manpower scenarios and identify capacity opportunities; analyze inefficiencies, ensure optimal application of company agreements, and proactively propose improvements.
- Define annual Crew Manpower targets and shape corresponding OKRs.
- Support Crew Standards and Labour Relations with assumptions, models, and analytical input for negotiations and conflict resolution.
Main Relationships
- Re-Fleet Transformation Team
- Network & Scheduling
- Flight Operations & Cabin Crew
- Training
- Finance, Fleet, and SPM
Education
- Degree in Aeronautical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration or Aeronautical Management.
Experience
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Operations, Network Management, Finance or Project Management roles focused on Continuous Improvement, ideally within the aviation sector.
Competencies
- Strategic Implementation: Ability to execute and align strategic plans with company objectives in evolving contexts.
- Negotiation & Consensus Building: Understands team motivations and dynamics to resolve conflicts constructively.
- Stakeholder management: Builds strong working relationships through emotional intelligence and active listening.
- Resilience & Adaptability: Maintains performance and decision quality under pressure and uncertainty, adapting strategies to shifting demands.
- Communication: Effective at conveying complex messages with clarity, fostering trust and alignment.
- Project Management: Proven ability to coordinate complex, cross-departmental projects.
- Analytical & Data-Driven: Strong quantitative mindset; capable of making sound decisions in uncertain or high-pressure environments.
- Financial Acumen: Deep understanding of cost management, forecasting, and business case development.
- Leadership & Team Development: Focused on cultivating teams that remain cohesive and high-performing through change and ambiguity.
- Technical Proficiency: Experienced in analytical modelling.
Languages
- English: C1
- Spanish: C1
Location
Viladecans, Barcelona
Level
People Manager 4
We are the only Top Employer airline in Europe
For the second year running, Vueling is the only European airline and the only low-cost airline in the world to obtain this certification. The Top Employers Institute programme certifies organisations based on the participation and results of their HR Best Practices Survey. This survey covers six HR domains consisting of 20 topics including People Strategy, Work Environment, Talent Acquisition, Learning, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Wellbeing and more.

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🟡 Our Culture
We thrive on teamwork and collaboration. Joining our team means being part of a cohesive unit that works together, shares knowledge, and supports each other.
Our positive working atmosphere is unique and essential to our productivity and growth. You'll be surrounded by diverse and dynamic professionals. We are passionate about what we do: Connecting People and Places! Learn more about our Mission, Vision, & Values.
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- Locations
- Viladecans - Barcelona
Viladecans - Barcelona
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Being part of IAG Group
At Vueling, we're not just any airline - we're part of the IAG group, which means you've got plenty of chances to grow and develop your career within the group. Join us at Vueling and be a part of this exciting journey.
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Our work environment
We know that a good working environment is vital to foster employee engagement, productivity and overall wellbeing. Our spaces reflect our energy and innovative spirit to provide a welcoming and pleasant working environment.
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Great Professionals. Great people.
Our team is not only made up of experts in their field, but also of people who inspire and uplift those around them. The perfect combination that makes a positive impact on our work
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Opportunities for training and development
We offer each person who joins our team the opportunity to grow, to develop, to learn. Because we believe in people, in their talent, we want to see them shine, being their best professional version.
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Our benefits
Flight benefits: Our team get ready to start flying by booking benefit flights as soon as joining us.
Variable compensation: To add to the fixed compensation, our team have variable compensation according to your role, company and individual performance.
Vueling Flex: We know life changes, so we are able to adjust our benefits each year to your personal and family situation – Health insurance, training, transportation and much more.
Vueling Discounts: We know there is also more to life than work. That's why we have access to our discount platform where we can find more than 400 offers in different categories such as travel, shopping, training, and many more!
Make it Healthy: Our programme focuses on our team and our well-being! It includes: Gym, Nutrition, Physiotherapy, Acupuncture, Psychology support, Medical service, etc.
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Diversity & Inclusion
With a team of more than 60 nationalities and more than 51% of the positions occupied by women, there is no doubt that we have the perfect scenario for growth and innovation.
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Commitment with sustainability
At our core, we are a sustainable-oriented company, dedicated to reducing our environmental impact. Through the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) and the efficiency of our fleet, we actively contribute to achieving our Net Zero 2050 goal.
At Vueling, we invite you to fly to your full potential through self-development and pursuing your professional passion. We invite you to celebrate your unique strengths, work as a team to overcome challenges and achieve your goals for the greater good.
We practice our values every day, create the best working environment and are ready to support you with what you need to shine and make us shine with you.
About Vueling
We're one of the top ten companies in Catalonia, and we're part of IAG, one of the world's leading aviation groups.
We are one of Europe’s leading low-cost airlines, with special relevance in the Spanish domestic market, as well as in France and Italy.
We fly direct to over 140 destinations in 30 countries in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
As part of IAG, we’ve led the way in setting a target of zero net emissions by 2050.
Our purpose is about more than just providing a transport service; it's about connecting to new adventures, reunions, firsts.
It's about who we are.