Workforce Planning Manager
Core
Own end-to-end workforce and personnel-cost planning for assigned business, country, or multi-market scope, turning data into scenarios and recommendations for business decisions.
Role type
Manager, Workforce Planning & HR Controlling
Builds
Annual budgets, multi-year forecasts, headcount plans, and personnel cost models aligned with P&L
Domain
HR Analytics / Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Workforce planning, HR controlling, FP&A, people analytics, financial planning, headcount management, position management, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, P&L reconciliation, scenario modeling, data quality management, stakeholder management, influencing, process improvement
Preferred skills
Workday (organizational structures, position management), Power BI, Tableau, SQL, multi-country/matrix organization experience, restructuring/transformation initiatives, coaching analysts
Technologies
Anaplan, Workday, Excel, Google Sheets, Power BI, Tableau, SQL
Responsibilities
Own end-to-end workforce planning across annual budget, forecasts, and multi-year cycles; Lead planning discussions with People, Finance, and business stakeholders; Act as SME on workforce-planning standards; Manage workforce assumptions in Anaplan and ensure alignment with P&L; Own WFP-to-P&L reconciliations and investigate variances; Lead monthly workforce performance reviews; Develop workforce scenarios and sensitivities; Maintain workforce reports and dashboards; Identify planning risks and drive follow-ups; Lead process improvements for planning standards and tools; Provide functional guidance and quality review to analysts
Seniority
Manager, hands-on IC with strategic alignment