FedEx

Workforce Planning Specialist - Sr Workforce Planning Specialist

Posted on: 5 Mar 2021

Moon Twp, PA

Job Description

Job Description
Auto req ID: 264370BR
Position Type: Full time
Employee Type: Exempt
Job Summary

Provides expertise and actionable guidance on a strategic level to management through the analysis of Human Resources (HR) market and operations data, as well as the impacts of changes in the marketplace, demographics or legislation. Provides information and high-level analysis to guide business decisions. Fosters and maintains strong working relationships with internal customers and guides assigned groups to understand business rules, key performance indicators, strategies and plans.

Essential Functions

Leads strategic research projects, running advanced (e.g., modeling, multivariate) analytics and providing predictive decision metrics to business leaders. Partners with leaders to identify research questions, determine key metrics, and interpret results.
Uses human capital/workforce planning methodologies to determine business unit strengths and strategic opportunities in collaboration with internal clients.
Assists in the identification of solutions and approaches to close or mitigate significant talent gaps and leads the design of measurement methods to monitor progress.
Manages all phases of projects, including contracting and consulting with clients, developing research/project plans, providing insights and recommendations to facilitate decision-making, and developing and presenting results summaries.
Assists in managing our workforce data (including survey data and HR employee data) to ensure the data is accurate and interpretable.
Leads HR planning processes. Presents and recommends to higher level management on strategic HR insights and initiatives.
Develops metrics based on employee demographics, the marketplace, legislation and other factors that impact employee engagement and/or turnover. Researches, determines, and tracks metrics that impact the business, provides insight as to how the marketplace is changing, and published human capital highlights.
Provides business impact studies, justification, and recommendations on all major HR initiatives and proposals ensuring focus on corporate impact.
Researches, determines, and tracks metrics that impact the business, provides insight as to how the marketplace is changing, and published human capital highlights.
Analyzes and evaluates data for corporate initiatives utilizing analytical, statistical and computer modeling techniques and provides recommendations for improved performance.
Develops and manages predictive models (e.g. job movement, retirements, talent pools, policy decisions) and integrates workforce model output, when appropriate, into production reporting and developing metrics to assess their effectiveness.
Supports appropriate projects by providing Human Capital insight, business context, and analytical support. Guides statistical inquiries and provides business interpretation of findings

Minimum Education

Bachelors degree in quantitative field; Industrial and Organizational (IO) Psychology, business, finance, economics, engineering, computer science or related discipline required; Masters degree preferred.

Minimum Experience

Eight (8) years experience required in an analytical field including experience in workforce planning/analytics, predictive modeling/forecasting, statistical methods, business consulting, project management, audit or operational analysis; four (6) years in an analytical field including experience in workforce planning/analytics, predictive modeling/forecasting, statistical methods, business consulting, project management, audit or operational analysis with preferred degree.

Required Skills, Abilities and / or Licensure

Software skills, including use of Microsoft Office software and web-based applications.
Verbal and written communication skills necessary to communicate with all levels of management.
Presentation skills necessary to facilitate training and/or deliver informational sessions to groups and/or individuals.
Time management and organizational skills necessary to manage multiple projects, appropriately prioritize workload, plan for resources to meet deadlines and goals, and respond to day-to-day functional needs.
Ability to anticipate and identify problems and use sound judgment and fact-based analysis to develop effective and efficient solutions.
Ability to mentor, coach and act as a knowledge resource to other employees.
Working knowledge of advanced spreadsheet applications, database concepts and applications, and predictive modeling/forecasting techniques and SAS.
Knowledge of concepts, practices, policies and procedures related to internal and external factors influencing Human Resources; the business drivers and metrics, and proactively translating the strategic needs into specific strategies and requirements.
Understanding of Industrial Psychology preferred.

% of Travel for the Position: 0%-25%
Address: 1000 FedEx Drive
City: Moon Township
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 15108
Domicile Location: FXG-US/USA/P090/PGH - FedEx Ground
EEO Statement

FedEx Ground is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer (Minorities/Females/Disability/Veterans) committed to a diverse workforce

Search Engine Description: Human Resources

FedEx

Memphis, TN

FedEx Corporation provides transportation, e-commerce, and business services worldwide. The company’s FedEx Express segment offers shipping services for delivery of packages and freight. Its FedEx Ground segment provides business and residential money-back guaranteed ground package delivery services; and consolidates and delivers low-weight and less time-sensitive business-to-consumer packages. The company’s FedEx Freight segment offers less-than-truckload and freight delivery services. As of May 31, 2018, it operated approximately 27,000 vehicles and 370 service centers. The company’s FedEx Services segment provides sales, marketing, information technology, communications, customer, technical support, billing and collection, and other back-office support services.

It also offers FedEx Mobile, a suite of solutions to track packages, create shipping labels, view account-specific rate quotes, and access drop-off location information; FedEx Office, a suite of printing and shipping management solutions for copying and digital printing, professional finishing, document creation, direct mail, signs and graphics, computer rentals, Wi-Fi, and corporate print solutions; and packing services, supplies, and boxes, as well as FedEx Express and FedEx Ground shipping services.

The company’s Corporate, Other and Eliminations segment offers international trade services in customs brokerage, and ocean and air freight forwarding services; cross-border enablement and technology solutions, and e-commerce transportation solutions; integrated supply chain management solutions; time-critical shipment services; critical inventory and service parts logistics, 3-D printing, and technology repair. This segment also provides international trade advisory services, including assistance with the customs-trade partnership against terrorism program; and publishes customs duty and tax information. FedEx Corporation was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.

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