Workforce Planner Job Cape Town South Africa,IT/Tech

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About the Role

We're seeking a Workforce Planner to support the day-to-day performance of our global 24/7 operation. The role focuses primarily on short-term planning, real-time monitoring, rota building, and ensuring schedule adherence to maintain optimal service coverage across regions and languages. You’ll own the delivery of accurate scheduling and forecasting activities while also playing a light triage role for basic data and reporting queries.

Working closely with a senior analyst, you'll help ensure our dashboards are reliable and escalations are kept to a minimum. This is a hands-on role ideal for someone who enjoys structured problem-solving, thrives in operational environments, and is eager to contribute to continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

Workforce Planning

Build and maintain accurate rotas and forecasts based on demand, capacity, and SLAs

Manage leave, public holiday coverage, and planned off-floor activity across multiple time zones

Monitor real-time performance: adherence, shrinkage, schedule alignment, and live queues

Maintain and refresh scheduling inputs quarterly; ensure team compliance via Genesys

Produce daily, weekly, and monthly reports for operations and planning teams

Track overtime and lieu time usage, approve where necessary, and highlight cost-saving opportunities

Support WFP leadership in preparing for growth, new client onboarding, or one-off global events

Ensure scheduling systems (Genesys) reflect skill changes and service updates Triage & Data Support

Act as the first point of review for inbound analytics tickets; escalate only complex issues

Collaborate weekly with a nominated senior analyst to stay aligned on workforce dashboards

Support dashboard health and task reporting using Snowflake and Genesys A3S

Identify and suggest improvements to manual reporting or scheduling processes, especially those still reliant on Excel

Requirements

Essential Skills & Experience

Minimum 2-3 years in Workforce Planning, RTA, or scheduling roles within a contact centre

Strong working knowledge of rota creation, SLA management, and real-time adherence monitoring Confident using Excel to track and report workforce data

Comfortable working across functions to ensure schedule accuracy and operational alignment

Clear communicator with strong attention to detail

Willingness to learn tools such as Genesys and Snowflake

Desirable Skills & Growth

Potential Interest or exposure to Python or workflow automation tools

Experience with Genesys or similar WFM systems

Curiosity to evolve workforce planning through improved tooling and insights

Training & Development

Mentorship from senior planners and data analysts

Access to upskilling in workforce tools, Python, and dashboard automation

Participation in cross-functional learning sessions led by senior team members

Guidelines for Hybrid/Home Office:
Cape Town

Please note that you will be asked to enter into a hybrid working arrangement - at least 2x a week in the office.

A secure home office at your confirmed address, free from background noise or…