Strategic Workforce Planning & Analytics Lead

Role Summary

Strategic Workforce Planning & Analytics Lead responsible for driving workforce planning and reporting processes to ensure client units have the appropriate size, shape, talent, skills, and capabilities to meet current and future business needs. Part of a center of excellence building two core capabilities: Strategic Workforce Planning and People Analytics.

Responsibilities

• Co-develop and implement global workforce planning processes, systems, best practices and frameworks
• Integrate workforce planning processes with the organization‚Äôs broader strategic and financial objectives
• Analyze the current workforce to identify skills, capabilities, competencies, and potential gaps
• Forecast workforce demand considering business growth, emerging skill needs, and market trends
• Bring external perspectives on talent and skills to enhance workforce plans and talent supply strategies
• Drive insights to HR and business leaders through Controlling and People Analytics activities across the business units and in alignment with the strategy
• Apply predictive analytics to workforce data to anticipate risks (e.g., turnover, skill gaps) and create proactive talent plans
• Develop contingency plans for unforeseen workforce challenges
• Ensure compliance with data privacy and regulatory standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA where applicable)
• Partner with Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, Finance, and IT to align workforce plans with hiring, training, and budget strategies

Qualifications

• Education in business administration, economics, human resources or similar
• HR leadership experience, with a focus on strategy, workforce planning, and analytics
• Proven track record of driving organizational change and implementing data-driven HR practices
• Strong expertise in workforce planning, headcount and cost of labor budgeting and forecasting, and predictive analytics
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to financial planning processes from a SWP&A perspective and align initiatives with LRP and AOP objectives
• Advanced experience with HR management systems (e.g. SAP SuccessFactors), SAP BI, visualization tools (Tableau or Power BI), workforce planning systems (Anaplan, Visier) and controlling tools (HFM) as well as MS Office
• Ability to translate data insights into actionable workforce strategies and stories
• Strong understanding of data governance standards and practices
• Extensive change management experience in large-scale, fast-paced projects
• Ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels within a complex matrix organization and manage diverse stakeholder relationships
• Fluency in English (oral and written)

Skills

• Strategic workforce planning
• People analytics
• Predictive analytics
• Data governance
• Change management
• Stakeholder management
• Financial planning alignment (LRP/AOP)
• Data visualization (Tableau/Power BI)
• HRIS and analytics tooling (SAP SuccessFactors, SAP BI, Anaplan, Visier, HFM)
• Strong communication and storytelling with data

Education

• Degree in business administration, economics, human resources or related field