Business Planning Lead

• Develop and maintain an optimised, data -driven network timetable that balances customer demand, operational capacity / inventory, and commercial objectives.
  
• Partner with the Finance and Strategy teams to align service patterns with financial forecasting andlong -term strategic goals.Support the Business
  
• Planning team on short - and medium -term scheduling analysis to support scenario planning, disruption recovery, and special event operations.
  
• Lead end -to -end network and timetable planning, including route design, frequency, and stop
  
• Optimisation to maximise asset efficiency and service reliability.
  
• Drive continuous improvement in scheduling and vessel utilisation, including targeted skip -stop services during peak periods.
  
• Identify and assess opportunities for new routes that enhance customer capacity, operational resilience, and commercial outcomes.
  
• Provide insight and recommendations to executive leadership on medium - to long -term network development and capacity investment.
  
• Work with Business Intelligence to monitor and evaluate schedule performance using data insights to recommend improvements and increase system reliability.
  
• Use performance metrics to identify scheduling inefficiencies and develop solutions in collaboration with the Business Planning Manager.
  
• Support the CFO in the preparation of board -level reports and business cases for capital and strategic initiatives.
  
• Provide independent review of business cases, including financial assumptions, risk analysis, benefits realisation, and resource requirements, to support informed approval decisions.
  

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