Resource Planning Analyst
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Location
Plymouth
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Discipline:
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Job type:
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Salary:
£23,000 - £25,000 pa
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Consultant:
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Email:
psmith@merje.com
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Job ref:
PSM/14593
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Published:
almost 3 years ago
This resource planning analyst role has been created to provide a highly specialised service that brings together information regarding customer demand and resource supply. It is an advisory role that ensures optimum use of time/cost/resource to maximise collections performance whilst identifying potential opportunities for improvement.
The main duties and responsibilities of the role are:
- Collate information from a wide range of sources e.g. operational/specialist teams, and economic and regulatory indicators, together with known historical patterns of customer demand
- Interprets specialised internal and external data to create customer demand forecasts using dedicated tools
- Create effective resource and demand plans that take into account all internal and external data, that ensures we can operate effectively and maximise performance
- Works across the function to ensure that plans align and adhered to
- Proactively intervenes in the event of issues arising when plans are live and take steps to resolve and reforecast where appropriate
- Monitors effectiveness of resource and demand plans whilst in operation and applies to future forecasting
- Engages operation and specialist areas to promote understanding of and buy in to the planning
Essential Qualifications and Skills Desired:
- Highly numerate/strong analytical skills
- Knowledge of forecasting methodology & regression analysis
- Good understanding of end to end resource planning methodologies including scheduling
- Strong stakeholder management & engagement
- Expert knowledge of Excel