James McBride

Experienced resource and workforce planning professional

London, England, United Kingdom

About

Experience

  • Workforce Planning at Public Sector Contractor
    Feb 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • British Airways (15 yrs 11 mos)
    • Flight Crew Resource Planner
      Feb 2019 - Nov 2023 · 4 yrs 10 mos

    • Airport Capacity Planner
      May 2014 - Feb 2019 · 4 yrs 10 mos

      • Design, develop and communicate BA’s LHR stand plans from creation (+18 months out) to handover to the operation, accounting for 250 aircraft 2,500 round trips per week. • Work with planning and delivery teams across the airline to ensure BA’s schedules optimise the use of airport capacity and meet the commercial priorities. • Deliver the agreed standards of customer service, operational performance and health & safety. • Maximise the value of the BA slot portfolio by improving schedule quality each season • Ensure all airport capacity assumptions are realistic and clearly communicated and risks are fully assessed • Ensure management teams are fully briefed on airport capacity issues • Influence strategic debates and attend industry meetings related to airport capacity • Contribute to the continued development of critical airport capacity systems and tools

    • Revenue Management Executive
      Sep 2011 - Apr 2014 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      • Responsible for the delivery of annual Revenue targets in excess of £300m for specific routes, managed via regular performance reviews to identify pricing and inventory actions to protect revenue during any risk dates and exploit revenue opportunities in the event of unexpected demand. • Delivery of day to day Engineering, Planning and Special Event activities, to ensure flights are correctly set-up for the following year to optimise revenue. • Maximise revenue benefits by managing overbooking within corporate offload/downgrade targets. • Regularly review BA product/competitive positioning in the market, using competitor intelligence and analysis to protect and/or increase market share. • Contribution to ongoing development of Best Practice and Continuous Improvement work streams, by working alongside P&I, Market Development and Added Value departments in project teams

  • Cable & Wireless (10 yrs 6 mos)
    • Service Manager
      Sep 2000 - Jul 2006 · 5 yrs 11 mos

      Single point of contact for all operational issues for multi national customers, which included the management of service delivery projects & liaising with both internal & external parties to remedy/manage performance. Built working relationship with customers to monitor ongoing performance of service, agree and implement plans for the continuous improvement of performance, reliability & customer satisfaction.

    • International Facility Planner
      Nov 1997 - Aug 2000 · 2 yrs 10 mos

      Managed international capacity, on a Global basis, ensured it was available in a timely manner. Negotiated plans & timescales for future network upgrades with Foreign Telecoms operators.Writing business cases to secure funding for any additional telecommunication assets and responsible for the planning and deployment of assets into the International network

    • UK Network Planner
      Feb 1996 - Oct 1997 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Planned & implemented network augments to maintain the design Grade Of Service, adhere to Service Level Agreements & revenue targets. Single point of accountability for all aspects of routes, call routings and national numbering plan activities to optimise network efficiency, improve service & reduce costs

  • Contract Surveyor at Satchwell Control Systems
    Aug 1992 - Jan 1996 · 3 yrs 6 mos

    Managed both Customers & Suppliers in delivering environmental control & surveillance systems, responsible for reviewing and agreeing contracts, handling & pricing variations to the original contract and/or scope of works. Prepared monthly payment applications to customers and managed Sub-Contractors accounts against specific projects and budgets.