Workforce Planning Manager

Growing ASX retailer with genuine career progression opportunities
- Hybrid Working Model
- Newly created role

**Join the family devoted to families.**

Family. It means everything to us. From our very first baby steps as a small Balwyn store in 1979, we've grown to become Australia's largest and best-loved baby retailer. Along the way, we've never lost sight of the fact that it's our team members that make Baby Bunting so special.

Every day, our diverse and dedicated store team members provide expert product knowledge to support mums, dads, grandparents and carers through the early years of parenthood. We're passionate about creating better experiences every day - for our customers and each other.

**The benefits of joining us**:
Our culture nurtures a place where you can grow and thrive, be your authentic self and where inclusiveness and diversity really matters. We are a progressive industry leader and have a great sense of pride about what we do. We genuinely recognise and celebrate success and have a lot of fun along the way.

You will also be rewarded with benefits like these:

- We're accelerating our growth across Australia and New Zealand, which will create exciting personal development and career progression opportunities.
- We're making the most of flexible working, driving strong collaboration and supporting our teams virtually and flexibly - work 2 days from home.
- Team discounts
- We have a new Support Centre and National Distribution Centre based in Dandenong South, featuring modern technology and facilities including a team member hub, onsite parking, Basketball court, BBQ area and outdoor Table Tennis.
- Paid parental leave
- Novated lease options available
- You'll be joining a dynamic, friendly team where you'll be challenged and supported to achieve personal and business goals.
- A work environment that is highly collaborative, inclusive, and progressive.

**Join our family in this role**:
Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer this is a great opportunity to use your workforce planning experience to partner with the various business units to develop and implement a workforce planning strategy.

Key responsibilities include the following;
- Develop and drive core workforce planning initiatives such as retail & distribution centre resource planning, time in motion studies, and productivity reporting and influence key stakeholders at all levels to enable the effective implementation of such initiatives.
- Provide regular analysis and insights on labour and productivity management activities including performance to sales target, performance to labour target, annual spend to forecast, attrition rates, headcount etc.
- Support the development and the regular analysis of cost management and governance processes. This will include the development of store level P&L, monitoring expenses at the store level and identification of lead cost efficiency initiatives.
- Support the allocation of the workforce to the stores, services and distribution centre based on demand, sales targets, probability including store headcount requirements, overtime, and other penalty payments in line with the company parameters and HR indicators.
- Maintain data integrity and ensure correct time and attendance approvals flows are set up
- Educate time and attendance approvers on system use and deadlines
- Participate fully in cross functional projects which have bearing on workforce planning initiatives such as payroll implementation and time and attendance system implementation
- Review quarterly SaaS releases and reporting where new functionality would benefit Baby Bunting.
- Work in conjunction with People Systems Applications Manager to refine time and attendance processes and implement new functionality as required.

**What you'll bring to the role**:
You will have an analytical approach and have the ability to work closely with key stakeholders to achieve strategic and financial outcomes. You are a strategic thinker and are able to implement fit for purpose solutions for workforce design and development.
- Minimum of 5 years workforce planning experience within either the Retail or other dynamic industries
- Experience in working with industrial instruments and Awards
- Experience in working with time & attendance systems-preferably UKG Dimensions or similar
- Experience in project management and presenting plans to a senior management.
- Demonstrated expertise in the productivity management, labour management and cost management
- Advanced or Master Level Excel skills

**Our Culture**:
Supporting new and expectant parents is core to why working for Baby Bunting is more than a job. Our business growth and aspirations are exciting, our team is all in and committed to making a real difference

**Ready to become family?**

We'd love to hear from you.

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