Workforce Planning Specialist

WOODLANDSHEALTH PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Woodlands Hospital is seeking a highly analytical professional to shape manpower strategy and budgeting, partnering Finance and HR to forecast requirements and costs. You will transform data into insights and drive evidence-based planning across the organisation.

As a data-driven role, you will develop dashboards (Power BI), monitor governance, and support reporting for internal and external stakeholders to optimise workforce investments and productivity.

Qualifications

• 4-6 years of relevant experience in workforce planning, manpower management, HR analytics, finance, or a similar analytical role.
• Strong analytical mindset and ability to derive insights from large datasets.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with cross-functional collaboration.
• Experience with dashboard development and data visualization tools (Power BI) is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Drive annual manpower planning and budgeting, forecasting workforce requirements and costs using data and workload drivers.
• Evaluate and rationalise manpower requests to align with priorities, headcount, and budget.
• Establish governance frameworks, policies, and monitoring to enable effective manpower management.
• Transform workforce data into actionable insights through analytics, trend analysis, and scenario planning.
• Design and develop dashboards and reports providing visibility into workforce metrics and budget performance.
• Coordinate manpower reporting for internal and external stakeholders and drive automation.
• Monitor funding utilisation and support audits and compliance.
• Champion evidence-based workforce planning and identify opportunities for improvement.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Ambiguity tolerance

Tools

Power BI

Job description

About Us

Woodlands Hospital is a next-generation healthcare system designed to meet the future of care. As an integrated acute and community hospital with specialist outpatient clinics and innovative care models, we deliver person-centred, connected and seamless care—extending far beyond traditional hospital walls.

Our mission is to redefine healthcare for an aging and diverse population through digital innovation, preventive health, and strong community partnerships. Grounded in team-based care, sustainability and health equity, we are building a healthier future for all.

Why This Role Matters

We are looking for a highly analytical and data-driven professional to shape workforce decisions that support organisational growth, operational needs, and financial sustainability. This role sits at the intersection of workforce strategy, analytics, finance, and governance, partnering stakeholders across the organisation to drive evidence-based manpower planning and optimise workforce investments.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive the annual manpower planning and budgeting cycle, partnering Finance and HR Business Partners to forecast workforce requirements and manpower costs using data, workforce trends, and workload drivers.
• Evaluate, challenge, and rationalise manpower requests throughout the year, ensuring alignment with organisational priorities, approved headcount, and budget.
• Strengthen workforce governance by establishing frameworks, policies, and monitoring mechanisms to enable effective manpower management.
• Transform workforce data into actionable insights through workforce analytics, trend analysis, and scenario planning to support strategic decision-making.
• Design and develop dashboards and management reports that provide timely visibility into workforce metrics, utilisation, and budget performance.
• Manage manpower-related reporting requirements for internal and external stakeholders while driving process simplification and automation.
• Monitor manpower funding utilisation, coordinate funding submissions and claims, and support audit and compliance requirements.
• Champion a culture of evidence-based workforce planning and continuously identify opportunities to improve workforce planning practices, productivity, and resource optimisation.

Requirements

• 4-6 years of relevant experience in workforce planning, manpower management, HR analytics, finance, or a similar analytical role.
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to manage, structure, and derive insights from large and complex datasets.
• Hands-on and comfortable navigating ambiguity, with a passion for solving business challenges through data.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across functions.
• Knowledge of budgeting, financial planning, or cost management would be an advantage.
• Experience in dashboard development and data visualization tools (e.g. Power BI) would be advantageous.
• Proactive, curious, and driven to continuously improve processes, insights, and outcomes.