Contractor job Workforce Planning Program Manager / Anaplan Product Owner

Notre client dans le secteur Chimie recherche un/une Workforce Planning Program Manager / Anaplan Product Owner H/F

Description de la mission :

Context

A global materials technology company with operations in Belgium develops high-performance materials for solar cells, rechargeable batteries, and catalysts, and recycles precious metals from electronic devices. The organization is focused on clean mobility, recycling, and sustainability. The mission supports enterprise workforce planning across the organization.

Mission

Lead workforce planning programs, governance, and system-enabled practices. Align approved workforce plans in Anaplan with Employee Central position data, planning capabilities, organizational structures, reporting, and business decision-making. Act as a subject matter expert and strategic advisor on workforce planning, position management, organizational structure, workforce data integrity, and headcount planning.

Principales responsabilités

• Develop, refine, and govern workforce planning processes, tools, reporting routines, and documentation standards.

• Evaluate position and backfill requests, organizational changes, and HR or business requests for alignment with approved workforce plans and assess their potential impacts.

• Provide recommendations, analysis, and escalation support for requests affecting workforce plans, organizational structures, headcount assumptions, or planning governance.

• Design the process for creating and maintaining positions in Employee Central, aligned with approved workforce plans, position management standards, and organizational planning principles.

• Review Employee Central position and organization data to identify misalignments, risks, data quality issues, and opportunities to improve planning accuracy.

• Advise HRIS on supervisory organization updates, manager reporting changes, and related Employee Central organizational structure activities arising from workforce planning.

• Recommend improvements to Employee Central position management, supervisory organization structure, open position management, and workforce data integrity processes.

• Analyze workforce data to identify trends, gaps, risks, inconsistencies, and opportunities to improve planning, governance, and organizational effectiveness.

• Build, manage, and enhance Employee Central reporting related to workforce planning, position management, supervisory organizations, organizational structure, and workforce plan alignment.

• Expand the use of Anaplan for workforce planning through data validation, scenario building, report and dashboard enhancements and maintenance, process integration, and planning use cases.

• Partner with Compensation and Finance stakeholders to provide headcount inputs, workforce assumptions, and data for financial impact analysis and ongoing scenario planning.

• Translate workforce data and planning insights into clear summaries, recommendations, and decision-support materials for HR, business partners, and senior leaders.

• Lead ad hoc analyses and projects related to workforce planning, organizational structure, position management, headcount planning, and talent strategy.

• Work cross-functionally with Workforce Planning, HRIS, HR Business Partners, Compensation, Finance, Talent Acquisition, and business stakeholders.

Environnement technique

• Workforce planning and scenario planning: Anaplan

• HR information system: Employee Central

• Data analysis and reporting: Microsoft Excel, Employee Central reporting, dashboards, recurring reporting packages

Livrables attendus

• Governed workforce planning processes, tools, reporting routines, and documentation standards

• Position management and organizational structure processes aligned with approved workforce plans

• Employee Central reporting and enhanced workforce planning dashboards

• Anaplan planning scenarios, validated data, and improved planning use cases

• Workforce analyses, recommendations, and decision-support materials

Profil recherché

Expérience

• Experience with HR information systems, position management, organizational structures, or workforce data is required.

• Experience leading programs, projects, process improvements, or cross-functional initiatives.

• Experience building, maintaining, and managing dashboards or recurring reporting packages.

• Employee Central reporting and Employee Central Position Management experience are required.

Compétences techniques

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, formulas, data validation, reporting tools, and dashboard or tracker creation.

• Experience with workforce or financial planning tools is preferred.

• Understanding of the impact of workforce decisions on headcount, labor cost, budget alignment, and organizational planning.

• Ability to manage recurring processes, track requests, document decisions, and ensure follow-through.

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Data Analytics, Finance, Information Systems, or a related field preferred.

• Relevant Employee Central or Anaplan certifications are a plus.

Compétences personnelles

• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to work with high-volume, accuracy-sensitive data.

• Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain complex data, process issues, recommendations, and workforce planning impacts to HR, business partners, and senior leaders.

• Ability to partner effectively across functions and work through ambiguity to design scalable processes.

• Continuous improvement mindset, with the ability to identify and implement improvements in efficiency, consistency, and data accuracy.

Langues

• English: fluent.

• Dutch: an asset.

• French: nice to have.

Modalités

• Location: Brussels, Belgium, near the central railway station.

• On-site presence required three days per week under the organization’s policy.

• Initial contract duration: six months, with extension possible depending on business need. The initial contract runs until the end of 2026, with an extension in 2027 possible.

• Start: as soon as possible.

Compétences / Qualités indispensables :

Workforce planning and headcount governance, Anaplan workforce planning, Employee Central reporting and position management, Advanced Microsoft Excel and dashboarding, Workforce data analysis and financial impact assessment, Cross-functional program and process leadership

Compétences / Qualités qui seraient un + :

Informations concernant le télétravail :

Oui — 2 jours/semaine