National Workforce Planning and Productivity Manager
Core
National Workforce Planning & Productivity Manager driving execution of retail labour strategy, wage budgeting, and productivity initiatives across 1,650+ sites to optimize EBIT.
Role type
Senior IC workforce planning manager (retail)
Builds
Data-driven wage budgets, productivity databases, and demand-led rostering solutions for Dan Murphy's and BWS.
Domain
Retail / Workforce Management / Industrial Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
Workforce planning, bottom-up wage budgeting, industrial engineering methodologies (MOST, activity sampling), financial modelling, enterprise WFM systems, compliance with Enterprise Agreements, team leadership, operational analytics
Preferred skills
Transformation/project management, large-scale WFM system rollouts, matrix organization experience
Technologies
UKG
Responsibilities
Operationalize 3–5 year retail labour strategy; develop wage budgets and forecasting models; maintain labour standards and productivity databases; partner with IT on WFM solutions; lead and coach a specialized team; drive cross-functional alignment for operating model redesigns
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC