Global Workforce Planning - London, United Kingdom - Hitachi Vantara Corporation

Description

Descrizione

Hitachi Rail is looking for an enthusiastic self-motivated Global Workforce Planning & Data Analytics who thrives in a fast-paced environment. The successful candidate is comfortable performing a wide range of tasks from administrative to strategic. The position is based would be base in Italy (Genova, Naples or Piossasco- T) or Spain (Madrid) or London (UK).

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there's something for everyone to get stuck into. And that's where you come in.

Mission

The global Workforce Planning & Analytics is responsible for creating long/short term workforce demands forecast models by working closely with key stakeholders to establish a market leading strategic workforce planning, talent forecasting, analysis and reporting approach.

Main Tasks & Responsibilities

• Analysing the Hitachi Rail future workforce needs against internal and external labour markets to identify potential shortfalls and design interventions to fill the gaps
• Conducting "what if" scenario planning and analysis to identify the return and impact of specific HR initiatives
• Developing a workforce plan and associated talent management strategies (e.g., build vs. buy) to support the required future workforce by collaborating with business to identify needs and define new data sets.
• Contribute to the evaluation of the effectiveness of strategic workforce planning activities by establishing and maintaining workforce focused reporting, and dashboards. Drive the set up and production of dashboards measuring KPIs.
• Apply advanced workforce planning techniques and tools (e.g., scenario modelling/planning, supply and demand forecasting, trend analysis, predictive modelling) to provide insight and recommendations on workforce, FTEs and costs associated.
• Partner with other Finance teams such as Corporate Finance and Accounting to drive business insights and process efficiencies and ensure alignment across teams.
• Work with cross-functional leadership teams to develop comprehensive annual budgets for functional areas driving Labour Costs analysis.
• Coordinate and execute monthly financial and operational performance reporting for functional leadership teams including analysis of variances, current and past trends in all areas of SG&A expenses.
• Drawing down and interpreting data to analyse and recommend improvement areas and areas where best practice has been achieved and should be shared.
• Conduct external market research and maintain a pulse on current thought leadership around workforce analytics topics, tools, and methods
• Partner with executive leadership team to manage analyse, report, and drive functional spend efficiencies
• Continuously iterate processes to adapt to evolving needs, constraints, and opportunities
• On a temporary basis, to support the Compensation & Benefits Project lead and Director of Compensation Plan & Benefits Package in the delivery of the key activities listed in the Day One operating model as part of the integration support project
• To work closely with the CHRO and HiNext People Analytics team on the design and implementation of the HR dashboard

Education

• Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in a quantitative field, e.g., Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, etc.; Master's or PhD degree preferred
• Experience in HR consulting and/or were part of a global HR team supporting multiple geographies and business groups

Skills & Knowledge:

• Proven superior analytical skills: successfully led end-to-end workforce analytics projects and can speak to actions taken and pitfalls to avoid
• Experience with the development of long-term headcount forecasts based on multiple data sources (e.g., financial, HR)
• Expertise in creating a comprehensive workforce story by aggregating and analysing data collected from various HR, Finance, and Business functions/systems
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and multiple referents simultaneously
• Proven project management skills coupled with strong collaboration and team skills
• Ability to communicate in a diverse and global organisational environment
• Work comfortably in a diverse and mostly remote team
• Excellent presentation skills

Languages:

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills, Fluent in English.
• Additional knowledge of other languages is a plus.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those under consideration will be contacted. Join us at

It is our commitment at Hitachi Rail to create a diverse environment and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

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