Samsara
Pioneer of the Connected Operations Cloud
Senior Workforce Management Planning Analyst
Location
United States
Posted
123 days ago
Salary
$75.3K - $101.2K / year
Bachelor Degree8 yrs expEnglish
Job Description
• Develop and maintain accurate long-term forecasts (12-18+ months out) for staffing requirements, incorporating business growth trends, marketing campaigns, and seasonality.
• Create detailed capacity plans that match staffing supply with demand, considering hiring, training, attrition, and absenteeism, and deliver high-impact monthly business reviews to senior management.
• Run complex simulations to model the impact of different scenarios, such as new product launches, changes in business hours, changes in workload distribution, or unexpected volume spikes.
• Identify and analyze trends in historical data to provide insights that improve operational efficiency and agent productivity.
• Provide foundational forecast data for contact center’s labor budget, aligning with the company’s financial goals.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders (L&D, Recruiting, Finance, Delivery Team, etc.) to align workforce plans with business goals.
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices
• Act as a consultant for strategic initiatives by working with cross-functional teams to embed WFM insights into the planning stages of new projects.
• Explore and implement more advanced predictive models, incorporating machine learning.
• Act as a subject matter expert for the WFM planning software and processes. Identify opportunities for automation, AI incorporation, and improvements in accurate and efficient capacity plans.
Job Requirements
- 8-12 years of experience in Workforce Management within a non-BPO contact center.
- 7+ years of experience in Capacity Planning with a strong understanding of forecasting, resource allocation, and operational efficiency to effectively manage capacity needs.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret complex data sets.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work cross-functionally across different teams.
- Strong business, operational, and procedural knowledge of a multi-channel & global contact center.
- Proficiency in workforce management software (e.g. NICE/IEX, Aspect, Verint, Genesys, Calabrio, Assembled)
- Advanced level experience in Microsoft Excel/Google Sheets
Benefits
- Full time employees receive a competitive total compensation package
- employee-led remote and flexible working
- health benefits
- much, much more
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