Program Planning Manager

Job Title: Workforce Planning Program Manager/ Anaplan Product Owner

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Location: Brussels, Belgium

Contract

Primary Tasks and Responsibilities

• Lead the development, refinement, and ongoing governance of workforce planning processes, tools, reporting routines, and documentation standards
• Evaluate position requests, backfill requests, organizational changes, and HRBP or business requests to assess alignment with approved workforce plans and identify potential impacts
• Drive recommendations, analysis, and escalation support for requests or changes that may impact workforce plans, organizational structures, headcount assumptions, or planning governance
• Design the "Create and maintain positions in EC" process in alignment with approved workforce plans, position management standards, and organizational planning principles
• Review EC position and organization data to identify misalignments, risks, data quality issues, or opportunities to improve workforce planning accuracy
• As subject matter expert, advise HRIS on supervisory organization updates, manager reporting changes, and related EC organizational structure activities as a result of Workforce Planning activities
• Develop and recommend improvements to EC position management, supervisory organization structure, open position management, and workforce data integrity processes
• Analyze workforce data to identify trends, gaps, risks, inconsistencies, and opportunities for improved planning, governance, and organizational effectiveness
• Build, manage, and enhance EC reporting needs related to workforce planning, position management, supervisory organizations, organizational structure, and workforce plan alignment
• Drive the continued expansion of Anaplam for workforce planning, including data validation, scenario building, report enhancements, dashboard improvements and maintenance, process integration, and planning use cases
• Partner with Compensation and Finance-facing partners to provide headcount-related inputs, workforce assumptions, and data needed to support financial impact analysis and ongoing scenario planning
• Translate complex workforce data and planning insights into clear summaries, recommendations, and decision-support materials for HR, business partners, and executive-level decision support
• Lead ad hoc analyses and special projects related to workforce planning, organizational structure, position management, headcount planning, and talent strategy

Methodology / Certification Requirements

Bachelors degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Data Analytics, Finance, Information Systems, or related field preferred

Relevant EC/Anaplan certifications a plus

Technical Profile Requirements

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, formulas, data validation, reporting tools, and dashboard or tracker creation
• EC reporting experience required
• EC Position Management experience required
• Experience with workforce or financial xlxgzvr planning tools preferred
• Experience with HR information systems, position management, organizational structures, or workforce data required
• Demonstrated experience leading programs, projects, process improvements, or cross-functional initiatives
• Experience building, maintaining, and managing dashboards or recurring reporting packages
• Ability to manage recurring processes, track requests, document decisions, and follow through on details
• Ability to partner effectively across Workforce Planning, HRIS, HR Business Partners, Compensation, Finance, Talent Acquisition, and business stakeholders
• Clear understanding of how workforce decisions impact headcount, labor cost, budget alignment, and organizational planning
• Ability to work through ambiguity and design scalable processes in a growing workforce planning function
• Continuous improvement mindset with ability to identify and implement opportunities for greater efficiency, consistency, and data accuracy