Strategic Workforce Planner

Shamrock Foods Company; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Shamrock Foods Company in Phoenix, AZ is seeking a Workforce Planning Manager to design and execute labor planning strategies that optimize capacity, cost, and service levels across operations.

You will collaborate with Operations, HR, Finance, and Supply Chain to build data-driven forecasts, develop labor standards, monitor KPIs, and drive continuous improvement through analytics, scenario planning, and labor-management system initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, Finance, Economics, Human Resources, Data Analytics, or related field is required.
• Master's degree (MBA, MS Industrial Engineering, MS Analytics or related) preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in workforce planning, labor planning, operations management, supply chain, logistics, industrial engineering, finance, or related analytical roles.

Responsibilities

• Develop short-, mid-, and long-term workforce plans to support organizational growth and operational requirements.
• Create labor demand forecasts using business volumes, seasonality trends, productivity standards, and financial projections.
• Evaluate workforce capacity against future demand and identify staffing gaps or surpluses.
• Monitor workforce trends and provide recommendations on hiring, attrition, scheduling, and resource allocation.
• Support annual workforce planning and budgeting processes.
• Establish and maintain labor standards, productivity benchmarks, and staffing models.
• Analyze labor utilization, productivity, and operational performance metrics.
• Identify opportunities to improve labor productivity while maintaining service, safety, and quality standards.
• Recommend process improvements and workforce optimization strategies.
• Support LMS implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement activities.
• Monitor labor expenses, overtime, temporary labor usage, and cost drivers.
• Analyze labor variances and provide recommendations to improve financial performance.
• Support leadership with workforce-related scenario planning and cost-benefit analysis.
• Develop workforce planning dashboards and performance reporting tools.
• Analyze labor KPIs including productivity, utilization, overtime, absenteeism, turnover, headcount, and retention.
• Present actionable insights and recommendations to leadership teams.
• Ensure workforce planning decisions are supported by accurate and reliable data.
• Partner with Operations leadership to align labor plans with operational goals.
• Collaborate with HR on recruiting strategies, succession planning, and workforce development initiatives.
• Work with Finance to align labor forecasts and budgets.
• Support strategic initiatives including network optimization, facility expansion, automation, and organizational transformation.
• Participate in business reviews and provide workforce planning recommendations to senior leadership.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Forecasting

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Advanced Excel

Power BI

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

LMS

WFM

Analytics platforms

Job description

Shamrock Foods Company in Phoenix, AZ is seeking a Workforce Planning Manager to design and execute labor planning strategies that optimize capacity, cost, and service levels across operations.

You will collaborate with Operations, HR, Finance, and Supply Chain to build data-driven forecasts, develop labor standards, monitor KPIs, and drive continuous improvement through analytics, scenario planning, and labor-management system initiatives.