Manager Workforce Planning

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We are Optimum, a leader in the fast-paced world of connectivity, and we're on the hunt for enthusiastic professionals to join our team! We understand that connectivity isn't just a luxury anymore - it's a necessity that empowers lives, fuels businesses, and drives innovation. A career at Optimum means you'll be enabling progress and enhancing lives by providing reliable, high-speed connectivity solutions that keep the world connected. We owe our success to our amazing product, commitment to our people and the connections we make in every community.
If you are resourceful, collaborative, team-oriented and passionate about delivering consistent excellence, Optimum is the Company for you!
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Job Summary
The Network Services Manager of Workforce Management is primarily responsible for partnering with the Network Services leadership team, Finance, Sales, and Care to deliver daily, weekly, monthly, annual strategic and operational workforce plans to meet our customer service level expectations and operational expense expectations. The Manager works as part of the broader Network Services Workforce Management team with responsibility for specific business disciplines (Field Services, Plant Operations, Construction, B2B Operations) and/or aligned to specific geographies.
Responsibilities

• Coordinate activities and actions across all stakeholder groups regarding Network Services technician resource allocation.
• Track the demand of work coming from customer requests (installs and repairs) and company-initiated jobs, understand variances, develop recommendations, and set corrective courses of action to those variances at the lowest operating level.
• Track the supply of technician resources from in-house and business partners, accounting for geolocation specific variables, tenure, skills, and labor considerations. Understand the drivers to variances in plan, develop recommendations and set corrective courses of action to those variances at the lowest operating level.
• Effectively understand and communicate throughput and rate opportunities at the lowest operating level.
• Partner with dispatch and field operations to build quota activation plans driven by the supply and demand variables at the lowest operating level.
• Leverage accumulated data, identified trends and targeted KPIs to forecast short- and long-term staffing plans with corresponding budgets, partnering with BU leads for adoption of staffing and budget forecasts.
• Formulate communication protocols within the operating unit that facilitate transparent information sharing and operational alignment to Network Services and corporate objectives.
• Partner cross-functionally with Finance, HR, and Business Leaders to track and plan for major organization-wide initiatives, including launching actions plans to close gaps in the workforce plan.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a workforce planning operational roles.
• Bachelor's degree in economics, finance, computer science, business, or a related field preferred.
• Experienced in developing complex business plans and operating models.
• Experience with workforce data modeling concepts
• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft 365 applications.
• Strong understanding of broadband industry, forecasting, and optimization logic.
• Remedial knowledge of field operations, plant operations, construction, engineering design, dispatch, and direct support operations.
• Financial and economic principles acumen.
• Exceptional presentation and communication skills with the ability to summarize analytic findings to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to collaborate with and build effective business partnerships at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work independently and with others at all levels within the organization.
• Growth mindset and mentally primed to take on challenges and adopt effective problem-solving strategies; encourages team to embrace growth mindsets.

At Optimum, we're fueled by our four core pillars: Taking Ownership, Upholding Transparency, Creating Community, and Demonstrating Expertise. Our commitment to empowering employees to take responsibility and embrace proactive problem-solving underpins Taking Ownership. Upholding Transparency is at the core of our culture, with open and honest communication fostering trust among our dedicated team and loyal customers. Creating Community is more than a goal; it's our daily commitment to fostering an environment of collaboration, innovation, and positivity. Demonstrating expertise is a promise we uphold through continuous learning and engagement with our customers to consistently deliver top-quality products and services. These pillars not only shape our culture but define Optimum as a place of excellence, trustworthiness, and thriving community, and we invite you to be a part of our journey.
If you have the drive to succeed and are ready to embark on a thrilling career, seize this opportunity today, and join our winning team, so together, we'll shape the future of connectivity.
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This position is identified as being performed in/or reporting to company operations in New York State. Salary ranges are supplied in compliance with New York State law. Pay is competitive and based on a number of job-related factors, including skills and experience. The starting pay rate/range at time of hire for this position in the posted location is $102,816.00 - $168,912.00 / year. The rate/range provided herein is the anticipated pay at the time of hire, and does not reflect future job opportunity.
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