Resource Planning Scheduling & Forecasting Manager

Northwestern Mutual; Franklin (WI); On-site; USD 76,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwestern Mutual is seeking a Resource Planning Scheduling & Forecasting Manager to oversee workforce planning and manage a team responsible for staffing plans and service level results. This mid-senior level role involves working closely with leadership to improve efficiency and effectiveness, while providing guidance on operational strategies. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical, leadership, and project management skills, with a background in workforce management operations.

Benefits

Flexible work schedules

Concierge service

Comprehensive benefits

Employee resource groups

Qualifications

• 5+ years related experience in workforce management operations.
• 2+ years of people management experience.
• Experience with process improvement and workflow.

Responsibilities

• Oversee workforce planning including staffing and hiring plans.
• Manage team to develop forecasts and schedules optimizing staffing resources.
• Lead day-to-day operations including policy implementation and goal attainment.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical ability

Process improvement

Project management

Excel skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or related field

Tools

WFM software (e.g., Verint)

Job description

Resource Planning Scheduling & Forecasting Manager

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Summary

Develops, coordinates and manages the execution for Workforce development plans, strategy, and projects that support the operational areas of the company. The manager works with the Operations leadership teams, vendors and internal partners to ensure the delivery of staffing plans and service level results. Responsible for a team who develops forecasts and schedules that optimizes staffing resources and reallocates staff based on workload and oversight of the intra-day service levels across enterprise operations. Partners with operational leadership to make recommendations and provide guidance on implementation of changes as a result.

Summary

Develops, coordinates and manages the execution for Workforce development plans, strategy, and projects that support the operational areas of the company. The manager works with the Operations leadership teams, vendors and internal partners to ensure the delivery of staffing plans and service level results. Responsible for a team who develops forecasts and schedules that optimizes staffing resources and reallocates staff based on workload and oversight of the intra-day service levels across enterprise operations. Partners with operational leadership to make recommendations and provide guidance on implementation of changes as a result.

Characterized by proactively identifying, recommending, and implementing changes to policies and procedures to improve effectiveness and efficiency of the business unit. May assist in the strategic direction and implementation of the business unit.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Oversee the workforce planning process for operational business areas. This includes long term staffing and hiring plans, monthly, weekly, daily and interval forecasts, and the creation of efficient agent schedules.
• Works closely with technical team lead to ensure workforce plans are meeting the needs of our business partners.
• Lead all aspects of the day-to-day operations of the area including developing, recommending and implementing new policies and procedures, ensuring goal attainment, and following applicable laws and regulations.
• Proactively evaluates current workflow to develop and implement policy/procedure changes and/or service improvements as a means of continually seeking opportunities to increase work efficiencies.
• Responsible for all people management activities including the direct management of other employees. Directing, monitoring and evaluating day to day work flow/quality; assessing and maintaining performance standards and measures, hiring and retention of staff and employee discipline.
• Proactively leads efforts to manage cultural and process/procedural change across the department.
• Accountable for managing financial resources to include planning/budgeting.
• Assists senior management in the development of area's annual operational plan.
• Responsible for maximum operational efficiency through establishing, advising and coordinating the team's service activities, analysis of customer happiness and identifying changing service demands.
• Primarily focused on the execution of operational plan over the next year.
• Independently leads complex business area projects/support assignments with decision making authority and/or participates in cross-departmental projects.
• Recommends continuous improvements by identifying technical and service gaps, independently seeks and implements solutions.
• Problems and issues have a variety of interpretations and require careful evaluation and reference to many varied options impacting both the customer, financial representative and the business. Assignments require reviewing diverse procedures and choosing from among many options where clear alternatives do not exist.
• May be sought out for their input and the ability to contribute to direction setting at a departmental level. Removes obstacles from group members to solving problems. Considers the long term effect of solutions to include risk analysis.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or related field or an equivalent combination of education and progressively responsible work experience.
• Minimum of five years related experience preferably in workforce management operations in a call center or blended operations environment.
• Proven leadership skills, working with diverse teams in an operational environment where effective supervision and mentor were demonstrated. Typically this experience is gained by having 2 or more years of people management experience.
• Analytical ability, judgment and decision making.
• Good management, human relations and interpersonal skills to manage a group of people.
• Experience with process improvement and workflow. Advocate for Continuous Learning Improvement efforts.
• Good project management experience to include operational management and policies and procedures development.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and organizational skills.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience in advanced formulas, array formulas, circular references, tables formatting, condition formatting, advanced charting, pivot tables reporting.
• Experience with WFM software, preferably Verint.
• Experience with Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) and routing systems.
  
  

Compensation Range

Pay Range - Start:

$76,650.00

Pay Range - End

$142,350.00

Geographic Specific Pay Structure

195 - Structure 110: 84,350.00 USD - 156,650.00 USD

195 - Structure 115: 88,130.00 USD - 163,670.00 USD

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• Flexible work schedules
• Concierge service
• Comprehensive benefits
• Employee resource groups
  
  

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

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