Resource Planning Manager

Gigaclear; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension match

Income protection

Holiday allowance

Health plan

Training access

Long service benefits

Maternity/Paternity

Flexible working

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Gigaclear is seeking a Resource Planning Manager to ensure the right people with the right skills are in place to meet service levels. The role covers forecasting, capacity planning and scheduling to drive operational efficiency and strong customer experiences.

You will develop medium- to long-term plans, analyse growth trends, collaborate with managers, and provide data-driven insights to support strategic decisions and intraday activities.

Qualifications

• Experience in resource/workforce planning within operations or contact centres
• Proficient in Excel (intermediate/advanced)
• Forecasting, demand and capacity modelling in an operational environment
• Experience of collating and presenting BI reports
• Familiarity with performance metrics (utilisation, productivity, service levels) in an operational environment
• Highly Desirable: professional qualification in workforce planning or operations management

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage medium to long-term resource plans to meet business demand and priorities
• Forecast workforce requirements by analysing growth trends, project pipelines and drivers
• Support intraday workforce decisions and embed intraday ways of working
• Maintain short-term and tactical resource plans, including shift patterns and staffing allocation
• Monitor demand vs. supply and adjust staffing (recruitment, overtime, redeployment)
• Produce forecast, utilisation and performance reports
• Provide analysis to optimise productivity and cost efficiency
• Lead workforce planning forums with stakeholders
• Manage resource planning tools and improve forecasting accuracy

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Workforce Forecasting

Capacity Planning

Stakeholder Engagement

Problem Solving

Excel

Leadership

Education

Professional qualification in workforce planning or operations management

Tools

WFM systems

Spreadsheets

Dashboards

Job description

The Resource Planning Manager is responsible for ensuring customer facing teams have the right people, with the right skills, in the right place at the right time. This role supports forecasting, capacity planning and scheduling to support optimal service levels and business performance. The Resource Planning Manager provides data-driven insight to support strategic decision-making and ensure operational efficiency as well as supporting intraday activities to support great customer experiences and to drive operational efficiency

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage medium to long-term resource plans to meet business demand and organisational priorities, working with the Resource Planning Team
• Analyse business growth trends, project pipelines, and operational drivers to forecast workforce requirements.
• Work closely with team managers and intraday to support workforce planning decisions and embed intraday ways of working
• Maintain short-term and tactical resource plans, including shift patterns, schedules, and staffing allocation
• Monitor demand vs. supply and recommend adjustments (recruitment, overtime, skills redeployment of activities)
• Support intraday floor support to ensure operational effectiveness and efficient use of resource

Insight & Reporting:

• Produce and present accurate forecast, utilisation, and performance reports.
• Provide analysis and recommendations to optimise productivity and cost efficiency.
• Provide supporting information relating to Cost to Serve and Propensity to Contact
• Identify risks to service levels and propose mitigation plans.

Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Act as planning support partner for CMO, Billing and Engineering functions
• Lead workforce planning forums to ensure alignment and decision-making.
• Support managers in understanding workforce data and planning implications.

Change & Continuous Improvement:

• Manage resource planning tools (WFM systems, spreadsheets, dashboards).
• Improve modelling capability, capacity analytics, and forecasting accuracy.
• Drive process improvements to enhance efficiency and planning maturity.

Key Skills & Competencies

• Analytical Thinking - able to interpret complex data and translate insights into actionable plans.
• Workforce Forecasting & Capacity Planning - strong knowledge of forecasting models and resourcing frameworks
• Stakeholder Engagement - confident communicator able to influence and challenge senior colleagues
• Problem Solving - identifies solutions quickly and balances operational and strategic needs
• Technical Skills - highly proficient in Excel and resource planning/WFM systems
• Leadership - ability to coach and guide non planning managers to understand an support resource planning requirements

Experience & Qualification

• Experience in resource/workforce planning within operations, project delivery, contact centres or similar environment
• Excel intermediate level (advanced would be advantageous)
• Proven success in forecasting, demand and capacity modelling in an operational environment
• Experience of collating and presenting BI reports
• Familiarity with performance metrics (utilisation, productivity, shrinkage, service levels) in an operational / contact centre environment
• Highly Desirable: Professional qualification in workforce planning or operations management

Gigaclear is a growing Fibre Broadband (FTTP / FTTH) company, developing our fibre-to-the-premises broadband infrastructure to some of the most difficult to reach areas of the UK, empowering those communities with broadband to rival any city.

Staff Rewards, Benefits And Opportunities

We foster a collaborative, engaging culture that empowers staff to grow and maximise their skills. We want to challenge our people in a fair environment where hard work is rewarded and a path for progression is open to all.

• Generous employer pension; up to 8% matched contribution
• Income protection & life assurance
• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), holiday purchase scheme and Yay Days!
• Health cash plan, 24/7 remote GP access and Employee Assistance Programme including counselling & legal advice
• Unlimited access to online training and development content via our Learning Management System
• Long service benefits and monthly employee recognition
• Enhanced maternity and paternity provisions
• Flexible working environment
• Health & Wellbeing initiatives and company funded social events

Our approach is to work guided by our mission, vision and values.

Our Mission - Empowering communities with brilliant broadband

Our Vision - Connected Communities

Our Values - Own it, Find the Right Way, Work Together, Win Together