Resource Manager

Arcadis; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in sustainable design and consultancy seeks a Resource Manager to lead workforce planning and resource optimization. The role involves managing a team, collaborating with stakeholders, and ensuring effective resource allocation. Ideal candidates will have strong leadership and communication skills, and experience in resource management.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in resource management and workforce planning.
• Ability to manage complex issues and act as a trusted advisor.

Responsibilities

• Lead activities for resource management and workforce planning.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders and optimize staffing models.

Skills

Leadership

Data Accuracy

Collaboration

Communication

Resourcefulness

Job description

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Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

1. Lead activities to ensure ‘right people at the right time in the right place’ to deliver business plans and strategies, focusing on capabilities and SPO (Skills Powered Organisation).
2. Manage and lead a team, acting as a trusted business partner for escalations.
3. Support long-term workforce planning (6 months – 2 years), including resource management, GEC, contingent workforce, and recruitment.
4. Support the Strategic Workforce Planning vision of resource agility for clients, business, and people.
5. Align with Arcadis’s vision of improving quality of life and becoming a UK employer of choice.
6. Collaborate with the Commercial Operations Team for reporting and support to Business Units.
7. Provide insights on weekly resource forecasts, variance analysis, and ensure alignment with projects, pipeline, and cost billability.
8. Validate forecasts against actuals and ensure data visibility for better collaboration.

Reports to: Business Area Operations Director; Direct Reports: 3-5 team members.

Role accountabilities:

Stakeholder management:

Build positive relationships with key stakeholders like Resource Managers, Commercial Operations, BDs, MDs, Strategic Pursuits, HRBPs, Finance, and TA to understand and support business needs.

Resource Optimisation:

Implement resource leveling, monitor supply and demand, optimize staffing models, negotiate skill and grade mix, and ensure resource sharing and technical understanding across teams.

Planning:

Provide insights on skills and capabilities, contribute to business plans, and support strategic resourcing decisions with data and analytics.

Continuous Improvement and Innovation:

Identify and develop best practices in SWP, continually evolving approaches for maximum value.

One Team:

Provide inclusive leadership within the SWP domain.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Significant experience in resource management and workforce planning.
• Strong leadership, delegation, and data accuracy skills.
• Collaborative, confident, and self-aware, with experience in business partnering.
• Ability to manage complex issues and act as a trusted advisor.
• Effective communicator at all levels, especially senior management.
• Resourcefulness, determination, and a future-focused mindset.
• Data-driven decision-making skills and a flexible, knowledge-sharing attitude.

Why Arcadis?

We empower everyone to be their best, fostering a skills-based approach to career development. Join us to deliver sustainable solutions for a better planet and create a lasting legacy together.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging:

We value diversity and inclusion, working to be an employer of choice. We focus on ED&I across six workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+, and Race, believing diverse teams foster innovation.

Additional Details:

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Other
• Industries: Professional Services