This job was originally posted in Spanish and automatically translated to English.

Requirements

University degree (preferably in Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, or related fields)
At least 2-3 years of experience in positions with a high analytical load, business insight, and coordination with various stakeholders
Ability to analyze commercial data and translate it into actionable business recommendations
High level of English C1
Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
Experience in Distribution, consulting, commercial strategy, revenue management, travel, airlines, or B2B sectors is valued

Job Description

Our Company

We are Spain's largest airline and a leader between Europe and Latin America; we belong to the IAG group and are part of the oneworld alliance. Our goal is to always be the best option for travel for our customers, ensuring they feel that their safety and the quality and experience of their journey are our top priorities. In addition to the airline, we have aircraft maintenance as a complementary business.

At Iberia, we value that our professionals serve as role models for customers, but also within the team. We expect all new joiners to exemplify these behaviors.

Your Role:

As a Cost Control Specialist for the Commercial Area (Distribution Costs and Commercial Costs Specialist), you will be responsible for analyzing and optimizing Iberia's Distribution and Sales economic model, with the aim of maximizing the efficiency and profitability of the company's costs.

In addition, you will be in charge of consolidating commercial and distribution costs so that we can obtain cost information by channel and carry out efficiency analyses between them.

The role combines financial analysis, business insight, and participation in strategic initiatives. You will analyze the economic performance of Distribution and Sales commercial costs, including key KPIs to identify optimization opportunities. You must deeply understand the drivers of the distribution model (volume, channel mix, partner agreements) to drive initiatives that improve channel efficiency and accelerate the transition to more efficient distribution models.

Furthermore, you will participate in defining and monitoring the area's economic planning (Financial Plan, Budget, and Reforecasts), ensuring accurate cost and revenue estimation and alignment with the company's distribution strategy.

The role has a strong cross-functional component, collaborating closely with areas such as NDC, Finance, Sales, Revenue Management, Data, and IT, as well as with stakeholders like IAG and GDS.

Finally, you will prepare analyses and presentations that provide visibility and facilitate decision-making, with a direct impact on improving the company's efficiency and results.

Your Challenges:

  • Lead the financial planning of Distribution costs and revenues (Business Plan, Budget, and Reforecasts), anticipating scenarios and supporting strategic decision-making in an environment of distribution model transformation, as well as monitoring and analyzing monthly results, providing an end-to-end view of the financial impact and its contribution to the company's profitability.
  • Continuously analyze the area's performance, including key distribution KPIs such as net GDS unit costs, identifying actionable insights and optimization opportunities for better profitability. For commercial costs by channel and sales commercial costs, analyze performance and help generate information for strategy teams' decision-making.
  • Manage the area's budget (Opex and Capex), monitoring targets, budget control, and savings plans, with a direct impact on the company's results.
  • Prepare analyses and presentations that provide visibility on Distribution performance and costs by channel and sales commercial costs, thereby facilitating decision-making.
  • Collaborate closely with key areas - NDC, Finance, Revenue Management, Sales, Data, and IT - as well as external partners, in a highly cross-functional environment.
  • Participate in relationships with strategic partners (GDS, IAG, other opcos), including cost review processes, audits, and definition of economic agreements.
  • Manage associated financial and administrative processes (billing, rebilling, orders, audits), ensuring rigor, efficiency, and compliance with internal policies.

Challenges for the coming year:

  • Define and consolidate a robust model for monitoring and optimizing distribution costs and commercial costs by channel, increasing visibility, granularity, and analytical capability regarding the main economic drivers.
  • Identify and activate efficiency levers in the indirect channel (GDS), including the optimization of unit costs, economic conditions, and channel mix.
  • Contribute to accelerating the shift to more efficient distribution channels (NDC), quantifying their economic impact and supporting strategic decision-making.
  • Improve Distribution's forecasting and economic planning capabilities (FP, Budget, and Reforecasts), increasing the accuracy of estimates and the anticipation of deviations.
  • Participate in the evolution of economic mechanisms in the indirect channel (DTC, Recovery Fee, agreements with GDS), ensuring alignment with efficiency and profitability objectives.
  • Optimize the area's closing, reporting, and budget control processes, improving operational efficiency and the quality of financial information.
  • Coordinate the collection and consolidation of information required by IAG related to costs, revenues, and the evolution of different distribution channels.
  • Participate with IAG in the periodic review of the costs that determine the amount of the Distribution Technology Charge (DTC), as well as in ad hoc analyses derived from changes in the cost model.

Your Knowledge:

  • University degree (preferably in Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, or related fields)
  • At least 2-3 years of experience in positions with a high analytical load, business insight, and coordination with various stakeholders
  • Ability to analyze commercial data and translate it into actionable business recommendations
  • High level of English C1
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint
  • Experience in Distribution, consulting, commercial strategy, revenue management, travel, airlines, or B2B sectors is valued

Talent at Iberia:

We value that our professionals serve as role models for customers, but also within the team. We expect all new joiners to exemplify these behaviors.

  • We are one and diverse: You work in a coordinated, open, and collaborative manner pursuing a common goal in a diverse and inclusive environment.
  • We put soul and passion: You make things happen by fully engaging in everything you do.
  • We reinvent tomorrow: You seek new and different ideas to solve problems.
  • We connect with our customers and colleagues: You always want to go one step beyond what is expected, with a smile and a pleasant manner.
  • We keep it simple and efficient: We focus on what is important, analyzing situations and eliminating what does not add value.
  • We have safety in our DNA: We work with the attention and care of day one: in every ground operation, in every flight. We know the processes and apply them rigorously.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At Iberia, we are one and diverse. We are a true reflection of current society and have teams with very diverse profiles that enrich us to be more creative and innovative.

We believe in talent without labels and are fully committed to offering equal professional opportunities to all people. Therefore, all decisions in our selection processes are based exclusively on the competencies, skills, and knowledge necessary for the performance of the role.

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