Strategic Workforce Scheduler: Shift & Coverage Optimizer

Asia-Select; Muntinlupa; On-site; PHP 446,000 - 725,000; Full time

Job summary

Asia-Select is seeking a Workforce Scheduler to develop, publish, and maintain staff rosters across sites to meet demand and service continuity. You will plan shifts, rest days, and allocations, ensuring compliance with schedules and workforce plans.

You will partner with Workforce Management, Operations, Learning & Development, and HR to optimize staffing coverage, monitor schedule changes, and drive improvements in scheduling processes and tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
• 2-4 years of experience in workforce scheduling, workforce management, operations planning, or a similar role.
• Experience supporting BPO, contact center, shared services, or other high-volume operational environments.
• Strong knowledge of scheduling concepts including shift planning, staffing coverage, rest-day management, break scheduling, overtime planning, and workforce allocation.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, workforce management systems, and scheduling tools.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to interpret staffing requirements and translate them into practical workforce schedules.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills to coordinate with WFM, Operations, Learning & Development, and HR teams.
• Capability to manage multiple schedule changes, competing priorities, and workforce requirements in a fast-paced environment.
• Ownership, accuracy, documentation discipline, and proactive identification of scheduling risks.

Responsibilities

• Develop, publish, and maintain workforce schedules by site, shift, team, role, and employee based on approved staffing plans and operational requirements.
• Plan and assign shifts, rest days, break schedules, lunch schedules, training blocks, and workforce allocations to ensure optimal coverage and compliance.
• Monitor and manage schedule changes including leaves, overtime, shift adjustments, training schedules, roster updates, and workforce movements.
• Validate schedule changes to ensure coverage requirements, compliance standards, and operational targets are maintained.
• Identify potential staffing gaps, overstaffing scenarios, and schedule conflicts before publication and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Coordinate with Workforce Management, Real-Time Analysts, Site Leads, and Operations teams to ensure schedules align with forecasted demand and workforce requirements.
• Maintain schedule records, version controls, approval logs, and documentation to ensure accuracy and audit readiness.
• Generate schedule reports, roster summaries, rest-day plans, coverage analyses, and workforce scheduling data for operational stakeholders.
• Support workforce planning initiatives by aligning scheduling activities with hiring plans, onboarding schedules, training requirements, and business growth projections.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by enhancing scheduling processes, tools, reporting methods, and workforce allocation practices.

Skills

Scheduling

Workforce management

Excel

Google Sheets

Analytical thinking

Communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or related field

Tools

Workforce management systems

Scheduling tools

Job description

Asia-Select is seeking a Workforce Scheduler to develop, publish, and maintain staff rosters across sites to meet demand and service continuity. You will plan shifts, rest days, and allocations, ensuring compliance with schedules and workforce plans.

You will partner with Workforce Management, Operations, Learning & Development, and HR to optimize staffing coverage, monitor schedule changes, and drive improvements in scheduling processes and tools.