Analyst, WFM Real Time
Location
California
Posted
9 days ago
Salary
$53.2K - $79.8K / year
High School5 yrs expEnglishErlang
Job Description
• Responsible for intraday workforce management to ensure optimal alignment between staffing and contact center demand
• Monitors real-time performance against forecast and staffing plans
• Identifies variances and executes immediate corrective actions to achieve service level, ASA, occupancy, and efficiency targets
• Serves as the operational bridge between Workforce Management and Operations to proactively manage risk, maintain schedule adherence, and protect the customer experience
• Monitor real-time performance against key metrics including Service Level, ASA, Abandon Rate, AHT, Occupancy, and Schedule Adherence
• Compare actual workload and staffing to forecast and capacity plans; identify intraday variances and implement corrective actions
• Manage real-time queue, skill, and routing adjustments to balance workload and optimize resource utilization
• Coordinate with Operations to execute intraday actions such as overtime, VTO, off-phone adjustments, meetings, training, or break/lunch changes
• Monitor and drive real-time adherence to minimize unplanned shrinkage and ensure delivery of planned capacity
• Identify and communicate adherence risks or behavioral trends impacting service performance
• Perform intraday trend analysis of volume, handle time, and volume drivers
• Identify emerging risks related to contact spikes, AHT changes, absenteeism, system issues, or external drivers
• Provide timely and concise communication and actionable recommendations to Operations and the broader WFM team
• Create, maintain, and publish workforce schedules within WFM and ACD telephony platforms
• Validate schedule integrity, staffing levels, and ring/skill group assignments
Job Requirements
- Required: Minimum 5 years in a contact center environment
- Minimum 3 years in Workforce Management, Real-Time
- Required: High School Diploma or GED.
- Preferred: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Preferred: WFM or Contact Center related certification
- Required: Intraday management and service recovery strategies
- Understanding of Erlang-based staffing principles and interval planning
- Knowledge of key WFM drivers: shrinkage, occupancy, service level, ASA, AHT, forecast accuracy
- Advanced Excel skills (data analysis, pivot tables, trend analysis)
- Ability to interpret interval-level performance data and translate insights into operational actions
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making in a high-volume, real-time environment
- Effective communication and collaboration with Operations and WFM partners
- Experience with WFM and telephony platforms (Talkdesk or equivalent)
Benefits
- None specified
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