Workforce Planner

at  Datacom

About Datacom
With over 6,200 people, and centre’s of technical excellence spread across Australasia, Datacom is committed to developing and growing its capability across Asia. Founded in 1965 in New Zealand, and with over 2 decades of operating in Malaysia and the Philippines, Datacom has experienced expediential growth. Through all this, Datacom has maintained high levels of profitability with a track record of delivering innovative, cost effective digital and technology solutions, all delivered by dynamic teams spread across various locations. Our people are the best in their fields – smart, passionate, and dedicated to providing exceptional IT services to our customers. This makes for a rewarding and fast-paced place to work.
Our purpose
Here at Datacom we connect people and technology in order to solve challenges, create opportunities and discover new possibilities for the communities we live in.
Role Overview
The Workforce Planner is responsible for analysing, forecasting, and planning workforce supply and demand, and talent needs and gaps to ensure that an organization has the right people with the right skills to support its business objectives.
Role Responsibility

REQUIREMENTS:

Knowledge

• Technical knowledge of programming, system design, IT infrastructure and database concepts
• Strong understanding of business requirements and appreciation of both IT and business strategy

Experience

• 6+ years’ experience in IT.
• 2+ Experience in workforce planning and management

Technical Skills

• Ability to work on assignments that are moderately difficult, requiring judgment in resolving issues or in making recommendations.
• Assures adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirements
• Ability to interact with a variety of stakeholders and team members within own area of expertise
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with a wide variety of stakeholders
• Blend of commercial, technical, and consulting skills
• Strong financial management practices with a clear understanding of the relationship between costs, utilisation, and project revenue
• Establishes and assures adherence to budgets, schedules, work plans, and performance requirement
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills

• Analysing, implementing and monitoring workforce planning initiatives to optimize and scale the evolving workforce and long-range plans
• Collaborating with business leaders, strategic planning, HR, Finance and other stakeholders across the company to review existing and future workforce needs and to ensure alignment with business objectives and financial goals
• Collecting, interpreting and evaluating workforce metrics to provide data driven insights for internal and external talent pool assessments, headcount reviews, forecasting and business scenario planning, reviews processes and monitors plan effectiveness.
• Takes reasonable care that their actions (or inactions) do not harm the Health and Safety of self or others. Reports all incidents, hazards or unsafe work practices as per Datacom policy.