Workforce Planning Manager

About the role

We are seeking a Workforce Planning Manager to own workforce and personnel‑cost planning for an assigned business, country, function or multi‑market scope. Working closely with People, Finance and business stakeholders, you will lead planning cycles, challenge assumptions and turn workforce data into clear scenarios and recommendations.

Key responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end workforce planning across annual budget, forecasts and multi‑year cycles.
• Lead planning discussions with People, Finance and business stakeholders, aligning headcount, capacity and personnel costs.
• Manage workforce assumptions and movements in Anaplan WFP and ensure alignment with the P&L module.
• Conduct monthly workforce performance reviews, explaining variances and highlighting risks and opportunities.
• Develop workforce scenarios covering growth, attrition, vacancies, compensation and restructuring, and translate findings into recommendations.

Required profile

• 4–7 years of experience in workforce planning, HR controlling, FP&A or people analytics.
• Strong knowledge of headcount, budgeting, forecasting, personnel‑cost planning and variance analysis.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment without formal authority.

Required skills

• Anaplan (or comparable enterprise planning platform).
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets for large‑dataset analysis.
• Workday (organisational structures, position management).
• Power BI, Tableau or SQL for data visualisation.