Manager, Strategic Workforce Planning
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About the Role
The Strategic Workforce Planning Manager lives in the Customer Operations Workforce Management team and is responsible for forecasting volumes in assigned customer queues, creating schedules based on those forecasts, plotting agents into those schedules, onboarding and off boarding of agents from tools such as Zendesk and Five9, managing access to CBH tools and systems, overseeing time off tracking and attendance adherence, and performing analysis whenever service level agreements are not being met. You are detail-oriented, comfortable with math and data, and exhibit initiative and curiosity.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
Forecasting volumes and revising forecasts when reality does not meet expectations
Ensuring that all agents are scheduled properly and that the schedules are being adhered to, including the management of breaks and trainings
Closely monitoring support queues for any volume buildups and taking action to address any Service Level Agreement slippage
Providing clear root cause analysis of any dips to our response and resolution times
Onboarding new agents into CBH systems in a timely manner
Off-boarding former agents from CBH systems in a timely manner
Tracking seat / license usage in various tools to ensure we are staying within budget
Monitoring attendance and the PTO system to ensure that we are not falling below required headcount in any given hour
Overseeing holiday schedule management
Providing information to operational leaders on agent productivity and adherence
Profile Must Haves
Math: you are exceptionally good at it and comfortable navigating messy data. This includes being very good at Excel
Attention to detail: you cross all the T's and dot all the I's, making sure nothing is overlooked
Experience: You have created schedules and forecasts before and have strong mental models for how a workforce should be managed
Your First Days
30 Days
You become an expert in navigating CBH's systems and tools, can comfortably generate reports in Metabase, Google Sheets, and Zendesk, and provide analysis on a recent SLA slippage. By the end of 30 days, you have produced a plan for managing PTO and developed a forecast that withstands scrutiny, with an accompanying agent schedule.
60 Days
You are onboarding and off boarding agents regularly and without error, providing reports on attendance adherence and PTO, and helping place new agents into the schedule. When response times start to slip, you notice quickly and immediately provide root cause analysis and a recommendation for action.
System Requirements
Minimum 15Mbps internet connection
Minimum i5 processor or equivalent
Minimum 12GB Ram
Quiet working environment
Steady power and internet connection
This is a fully remote position.
About the job
Manager, Strategic Workforce Planning
To see similar active jobs please follow this link: Remote Management jobs
About the Role
The Strategic Workforce Planning Manager lives in the Customer Operations Workforce Management team and is responsible for forecasting volumes in assigned customer queues, creating schedules based on those forecasts, plotting agents into those schedules, onboarding and off boarding of agents from tools such as Zendesk and Five9, managing access to CBH tools and systems, overseeing time off tracking and attendance adherence, and performing analysis whenever service level agreements are not being met. You are detail-oriented, comfortable with math and data, and exhibit initiative and curiosity.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
Forecasting volumes and revising forecasts when reality does not meet expectations
Ensuring that all agents are scheduled properly and that the schedules are being adhered to, including the management of breaks and trainings
Closely monitoring support queues for any volume buildups and taking action to address any Service Level Agreement slippage
Providing clear root cause analysis of any dips to our response and resolution times
Onboarding new agents into CBH systems in a timely manner
Off-boarding former agents from CBH systems in a timely manner
Tracking seat / license usage in various tools to ensure we are staying within budget
Monitoring attendance and the PTO system to ensure that we are not falling below required headcount in any given hour
Overseeing holiday schedule management
Providing information to operational leaders on agent productivity and adherence
Profile Must Haves
Math: you are exceptionally good at it and comfortable navigating messy data. This includes being very good at Excel
Attention to detail: you cross all the T's and dot all the I's, making sure nothing is overlooked
Experience: You have created schedules and forecasts before and have strong mental models for how a workforce should be managed
Your First Days
30 Days
You become an expert in navigating CBH's systems and tools, can comfortably generate reports in Metabase, Google Sheets, and Zendesk, and provide analysis on a recent SLA slippage. By the end of 30 days, you have produced a plan for managing PTO and developed a forecast that withstands scrutiny, with an accompanying agent schedule.
60 Days
You are onboarding and off boarding agents regularly and without error, providing reports on attendance adherence and PTO, and helping place new agents into the schedule. When response times start to slip, you notice quickly and immediately provide root cause analysis and a recommendation for action.
System Requirements
Minimum 15Mbps internet connection
Minimum i5 processor or equivalent
Minimum 12GB Ram
Quiet working environment
Steady power and internet connection
This is a fully remote position.