Senior Manager, Strategic Workforce Planning & Workforce Intelligence

What will you do?

The Sr. Manager, Strategic Workforce Planning & Workforce Intelligence serves as a strategic advisor to HR and business leaders, translating business strategy into workforce decisions. This role leads enterprise workforce planning, scenario modeling, skills-based planning, and workforce intelligence initiatives that help leaders anticipate talent needs, identify workforce risks, and make informed investment decisions.

The position partners closely with Finance, HR, and business leadership to align workforce plans with business priorities while leveraging advanced analytics, AI-enabled insights, and workforce intelligence to improve organizational effectiveness.

You will be responsible for all aspects of managing strategic workforce planning & advanced analytics programs and data visualizations from conception through business integration. This includes gathering stakeholder input from program design to execution/integration, supporting data-architecture, effective planning, excellent communication between stakeholders and internal/external partners, ongoing program assessment and guidance.

What do you need to succeed?

We all have unique skills that we bring to work and celebrate every day. For this role, there are foundation skills you’ll need to succeed and excel. Additionally, while formal education in a related field is great to have, we are most interested in your 6+ years of experience and professional achievements. The ideal candidate must have an inherent passion for data and data driven thinking and be adept at extracting patterns from volumes of data to drive strategy and operational efficiencies.

The foundation skills you will need in this position are:

• The Sr Manager of Strategic Workforce Planning and Analytics is accountable for providing direction over workforce planning, future headcount forecasts, and analysis.
• In partnership with finance, and global leadership, coordinate the annual global workforce planning process along with facilitating quarterly forecasts.
• Translate workforce data into actionable business recommendations, scenario models, and strategic workforce strategies that influence hiring, organization design, capability investments, and operating decisions.
• Perform workforce planning analytics using data gathered from planning systems and external benchmark datasets.
• Conduct strategic mapping exercise and talent gap assessments to determine current/future talent needs through labor market assessments with a focus on the overall talent availability.
• Develop and analyze reports and dashboard to track headcount planning along with organizing large amounts of data, build analytic models and tools, and perform strategic analysis (e.g. descriptive statistics, segmentation, trend analysis, forecasting, etc.)
• Communicates to senior leaders any adjustments to workforce requirements based on updates to the forecasts.
• Manage the development of data visualization solutions to cater to the needs of the business and target audience.
• Consult and collaborate with leaders to understand key value drivers and challenges within their business units and determine the key metrics and insights that can help improve performance as a result.
• Develop the story that accompanies all analyses: present, explain and discuss results of analyses concisely and effectively to drive fact-based decision making at all levels within the organization.

The experience that will set you up for success

• 6+ years of professional experience
• 4+ years of experience in managing workforce planning and/or analytics programs in partnership and collaboration with business leaders.
• 3+ years of people analytics experience as part or a Human Resources function.
• BA/BS or MS in a quantitative field preferred (statistics, operations research, mathematics, computer science, economics, analytics)
• Platform proficiency/knowledge: Workday, Tableau, Power BI, etc.
• Highly analytical, self-motivated, creative out-of-the-box thinker and desire for continuous learning in job-related subject matter.
• Expertise in statistical modeling and advanced analytical methodology.
• Subscribes to the highest standards of ethics and business/personal integrity.
• Ability to manage sensitive employee information in a highly confidential manner.
• Proven ability to meet deadlines and effectively manage a heavy workload.
• Strong communication skills with ability to educate and influence management and senior leaders to act in a desired manner through written and verbal communication.
• Ability to analyze, interpret, synthesize, and communicate complex information to non-technical audiences in a logical and concise manner.
• Strong leadership traits, and ability to operate with great latitude and resourcefulness.

This can be a remote position but most of this team is in North Carolina. We prefer this person to be within an hour and a half from our core location in Greensboro, NC or Global Headquarters in Denver, CO.

Hiring Range:

$112,000.00 USD - $140,000.00 USD annually

Incentive Potential: This position is eligible for additional compensation awards that may include an annual incentive plan, sales incentive, or commission potential. Specific details of the additional compensation eligibility for this position will be provided during the recruiting and interview process.

Benefits at VF Corporation: You can review a general overview of each benefit program offered, including this year's medical plan rates on www.MyVFbenefits.com and by clicking Looking to Join VF? Detailed information on your benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

Please note, our hiring ranges are determined and built from market pay data. In determining the specific compensation for this position, we comply with all local, state, and federal laws.

At VF, we value a diverse, inclusive workforce and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individual’s race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws. If you require accommodations during the application process, please contact us at peopleservices@vfc.com. VF will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals to the extent required by applicable law.

Pursuant to all applicable local Fair Chance Ordinance requirements, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, VF will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

About Us

VF Corporation habille les consommateurs partout dans le monde grâce à son portefeuille diversifié de marques emblématiques de style de vie, notamment Vans®, The North Face® et Timberland®. Fondée en 1899, VF est l’une des plus importantes entreprises mondiales de vêtements, de chaussures et d’accessoires. Elle exerce ses activités de façon socialement et écologiquement responsable dans de nombreuses régions du monde, catégories de produits et canaux de distribution.

VF s’engage à offrir des produits novateurs aux consommateurs et à créer une valeur durable pour ses clients et ses actionnaires.

VF Corporation outfits consumers around the world with its diverse portfolio of iconic lifestyle brands, including Vans®, The North Face®, and Timberland®. Founded in 1899, VF is one of the world's largest apparel, footwear and accessories companies with socially and environmentally responsible operations spanning numerous geographies, product categories and distribution channels. VF is committed to delivering innovative products to consumers and creating long-term value for its customers and shareholders.

Énoncé de vision de VF en matière de diversité
VF s’engage à créer un environnement inclusif qui accueille et valorise les différences parmi tous ses associés, ses clients, ses fournisseurs et les collectivités où nous vivons et exerçons nos activités. Le succès et la croissance continus de VF sont renforcés par des initiatives qui favorisent la diversité à l’échelle mondiale. VF s’engage à offrir l’égalité des chances en matière d’emploi et à traiter ses associés et ses candidats sans discrimination fondée sur la race, la couleur, le sexe, l’âge, l’origine nationale, la religion, l’orientation sexuelle, l’identité ou l’expression de genre, l’état matrimonial, la citoyenneté, un handicap, le statut d’ancien combattant protégé, le statut VIH/sida ou tout autre motif protégé par la loi.

VF s’engage à répondre aux divers besoins des personnes en situation de handicap dans des délais raisonnables, conformément aux principes d’autonomie, de dignité, d’intégration et d’égalité des chances. Pour ce faire, VF s’efforcera de cerner, de prévenir et d’éliminer les obstacles à l’accessibilité partout où cela est possible, tout en respectant les exigences en matière d’accessibilité prévues par l’ADA, la LAPHO (AODA) et toute autre réglementation provinciale, étatique ou locale applicable.

VF s’engage à assurer l’accessibilité numérique, à se conformer aux Règles pour l’accessibilité des contenus Web (WCAG) 2.1, niveau AA, ainsi qu’aux normes de conception accessible de l’ADA et de la LAPHO (AODA), et à toute autre réglementation applicable.

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VF Diversity Vision Statement
VF is committed to creating an inclusive environment that welcomes and values the differences among all of our associates, customers, suppliers and the communities in which we live and conduct business. The continued success and growth of VF is enhanced through initiatives that promote diversity throughout VF around the world. VF is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment, and treating our VF associates and VF applicants without discrimination on the basis of their race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status, HIV/AIDS status, or any other legally protected basis.

VF is committed to meeting the diverse needs of people with disabilities in a timely manner that is consistent with the principles of independence, dignity, integration and equality of opportunity, and will do so by striving to identify, prevent and remove barriers to accessibility wherever possible as well as by meeting the accessibility requirements under the ADA, AODA, and other applicable state, local or provincial regulations.

VF is committed to digital accessibility, and to conforming to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1, Level AA and complying with the ADA and AODA Standards for Accessible Design, and other applicable regulations.

If you need an accommodation or have any questions regarding this statement, please send your request to PeopleServices@vfc.com.