Strategic Workforce Planner — Airports & Freight

Qantas Group; Sydney; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Air travel discounts

Flexible leave options

Parental leave

Salary packaging

Wellbeing app

Discounts on travel and holidays

Job summary

Qantas Group is seeking a Strategic Workforce Planner for a 12-month fixed-term contract at Mascot Corporate Campus. You will develop long-term resource plans for airports and freight, lead a team of planners, and drive cost-effective rostering and planning processes.

You will partner with stakeholders, translate data into actionable insights, and deliver operational improvements to support the group strategy.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Workforce Planning, Resource Planning or Workforce Management.
• Strong analytical capability, including workforce forecasting, scenario modelling and translating data into practical business solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to develop workforce plans and resource strategies that balance operational requirements, service outcomes and labour costs.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence and build trusted relationships across all levels of the organisation.
• A proactive, commercially minded approach with proven experience driving workforce improvements, process enhancements and operational efficiencies.
• Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills and experience with workforce planning, scheduling or rostering systems.
• Experience with GroundStar software and/or aviation, logistics, freight or transport environments is highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and monitor long-term strategic resource plans for airports and freight.
• Lead a team of workforce planners to produce effective seasonal planning and monthly rosters.
• Plan mastery in roster creation to (-28) days and maintain planning rule sets.
• Engage stakeholders and partner with business units to drive transformation initiatives.
• Balance operational requirements, service outcomes and labour costs.

Skills

Workforce Planning

Forecasting

Scenario Modelling

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Communication

Process improvement

Excel

Scheduling systems

Tools

GroundStar

Job description

Qantas Group is seeking a Strategic Workforce Planner for a 12-month fixed-term contract at Mascot Corporate Campus. You will develop long-term resource plans for airports and freight, lead a team of planners, and drive cost-effective rostering and planning processes.

You will partner with stakeholders, translate data into actionable insights, and deliver operational improvements to support the group strategy.