Learning & Development Demand Planning Manager

Bupa; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Bupa medical insurance

Enhanced pension contribution

Free annual health assessment

Viva wellbeing programme

Discounts on Bupa products and service

Family-friendly benefits and flexible

Job summary

Bupa is transforming how learning is planned, delivered and experienced across Care Services. This new Learning & Development Demand Planning Manager role owns forecasting learning demand, optimises resources and enhances induction planning in a national context.

You will work with Learning Partners, operational leaders and stakeholders to ensure the right learning solutions reach the right people at the right time, backed by data and modern planning tools.

Qualifications

• Experience within workforce planning, operational planning, resource planning or demand management in a complex organisation.
• Strong analytical capability with experience using data, reporting and forecasting to inform decision-making.
• Experience improving processes, systems and ways of working, with the confidence to challenge existing approaches and drive efficiencies.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills across multiple teams and functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and forecasting of learning demand across Care Services, ensuring resources are aligned to operational and strategic priorities.
• Drive improvements to learning and induction planning processes, identifying opportunities to simplify, automate and enhance ways of working.
• Use workforce, recruitment and business data to provide forward-looking insight and make evidence-based recommendations.
• Optimise learning resource deployment, maximising utilisation and reducing inefficiencies.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across Learning & Development, Operations and People functions to influence planning decisions.

Skills

Analytics

Stakeholder mgmt

Forecasting

Process improvement

BI tools

Tools

LMS systems

Planning systems

BI tools

Job description

This newly created role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of Learning & Development planning across a national organisation. As our Learning & Development Demand Planning Manager, you'll take ownership of forecasting learning demand, optimising resources, improving induction planning and creating a more efficient, data-driven approach to workforce development. Working closely with Learning Partners, operational leaders and stakeholders across the business, you'll play a key role in ensuring the right learning solutions reach the right people at the right time. How you'll help us make health happen

• Lead the planning and forecasting of learning demand across Care Services, ensuring resources are aligned to operational and strategic priorities.
• Drive improvements to learning and induction planning processes, identifying opportunities to simplify, automate and enhance ways of working.
• Use workforce, recruitment and business data to provide forward-looking insight and make evidence-based recommendations.
• Optimise learning resource deployment, maximising utilisation, reducing inefficiencies and improving learner experience.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across Learning & Development, Operations and People functions to influence planning decisions and drive positive outcomes.
  Experience within workforce planning, operational planning, resource planning or demand management in a complex organisation.
• Strong analytical capability with experience using data, reporting and forecasting to inform decision-making.
• Experience improving processes, systems and ways of working, with the confidence to challenge existing approaches and drive efficiencies.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build credibility across multiple teams and functions.
• Experience working with learning management systems, planning systems or business intelligence tools and an interest in leveraging technology and innovation to improve outcomes.
  At Bupa, our purpose is helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. Within Care Services, we're transforming the way learning is planned, delivered and experienced across our care homes and support functions., We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose: helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to "Be You at Bupa". We champion diversity and understand the importance of our workforce reflecting the communities and customers we serve. That's why we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences. Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. We aim to offer an interview or assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you're treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone who needs them.

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health, from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. Joining Bupa in this role, you'll receive a range of benefits including:

• 25 days annual leave, increasing through length of service, with the option to buy or sell leave
• Bupa medical insurance
• Enhanced pension contribution
• Free annual health assessment
• Access to Viva, our global wellbeing programme
• Access to discounts on Bupa products and services
• Family-friendly benefits and flexible working options

Why Bupa?