Workforce Planning Analyst

At Sephora, we stand together and we stand for something more since 1969. For empowerment, for exploration, for the opportunity to impact people's lives through the unlimited power of beauty.

As part of the LVMH family, Sephora's excellence, innovation, and entrepreneurial spirit have made us the world's leading beauty retailer growing twice faster than the market. Across Australia and New Zealand, we have 30 stores, a growing online platform and we plan to grow this year on year. Not only do we have stores we also have a head office based in Sydney CBD. Sephora has a diverse number of roles to offer.

Sparked by energy and excitement, our passion is contagious. So, if you are ready to make your mark at a leading global retailer and belong to something beautiful, join us and reimagine your future, with Sephora.

**While at Sephora, you'll enjoy...**
- Opportunities for personal development in ANZ through succession
- Opportunities across our global group of high-end luxury brands within LVMH
- Gifted products throughout the year along with store discounts of up to 45% off
- Paid Parental Leave, Birthday Leave & Personal Leave
- Discounted Gym memberships incl. Virgin Active & Fitness First + more
- Health and well-being initiatives including 24/7 Mental Health well-being programs & Life Insurance
- Unique online learning platform
- Fun social calendar including Annual Conference
- Fortnightly Pay+ Super

**The Opportunity**:
As Sephora’s Workforce Planning Analyst you will be responsible for setting the Australian and New Zealand stores up for success while driving efficiencies and optimizations. As a Workforce Planning Analyst, you will partner cross functionally with Retail operations, HR, and Finance and are responsible for the appropriate labour investments across our stores to drive the best client and employee experience. You have a natural curiosity for digging into information to gain business insights to support the development and adaptation of strategies.

This role is the first of its kind in Sephora ANZ, so given this, you will have the chance to build out the department and make an enormous difference to the entire ANZ business.

**You’ll shine here if you enjoy**
- Support store growth and evolution through labour planning. Workforce management experience, particularly forecasting/modelling and real-time coordination.
- Payroll hour and headcount modelling and monthly spread. Proven ability to plan and manage for maximum efficiency and productivity across workforce and operational processes.
- Source and transform data to help build and run a timely and accurate volume forecast
- Conduct monthly payroll analyses and supervise trends weekly in the ANZ market to understand opportunities and risks; provide updates to the business via key functional meetings
- Prepare data and trend analysis for weekly and monthly reporting including financial (Payroll and KPI's) and operational content and share insights cross functionally. Provide expertise and advice regarding potential industrial, financial and support implications for proposed roster changes.
- Use data and advance analytics technique to identify opportunity to innovate, optimise workforces and processes and continuously improve
- Build and update the business models to size potential business opportunities and strategic priorities through positive relationships with key partners cross functionally (ANZ and Regional-SG)

**We would love to hear from you if you have**:

- Minimum 3-5 years of experience in workforce planning, forecasting or scheduling.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with ability to build relationships across all levels of the organization including non-finance teams and the Executive level
- Proven success in critical thinking and decision making; understanding when to seek assistance
- Degree in Finance or business is highly preferred
- Advance Expertise of Excel and Financial Systems.
- Strong modelling skills and advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

You can **unleash your creativity,** because we've got disruptive spirit. You can** learn and evolve,** because we empower you to be your best. You can **be yourself,** because you are what sets us apart. **This, is the future of beauty. Reimagine your future, at Sephora.**

Sephora is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace for all. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, or other employment practices. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating and fostering an inclusive environment for all employees.