Workforce Planning/operations Analyst 4

**The Group You’ll Be A Part Of**

The Global Human Resources Group operates on the understanding that our people are our most valuable assets. They think globally to optimize our workforce, integrate our Core Values into everything we do, and deliver the HR solutions to enhance the employee experience and enable future growth.

**The Impact You’ll Make**

The Workforce Planning Senior Analyst is a strategic partner to HR Business Partners in driving and tracking an integrated workforce plan across all employee types. Additionally, they leverage reporting tools from HR operations to provide deeper people analytics and reporting eventually leading to proactive and predictive measures to improve engagement and retention of Lam’s employees.

The Analyst will be responsible for initiating and delivering innovative work through a matrixed, cross-functional team and in a global environment. The role specifically supports the business-level analytics of the team(s) to which they are assigned, in addition to supporting global projects on an as-needed basis.

The Analyst also collaborates with finance and operations leaders of the business(es) they support to manage corporate productivity metrics and top-line key performance indicators (KPIs). The partnership with the FP&A function in Finance, as well as operational leaders performing strategy and planning roles in each business unit, is key to the success of this role in order to enhance and improve the headcount planning process with greater degrees of foresight and accuracy.

**What You’ll Do**
- Follow Lam Management system processes to understand the total cost of the workforce, including regular and contingent workers, to quickly provide insights on a regular basis
- Partner with operations executives, Finance, and HR business partners from each business and function to improve headcount planning process
- Translate data into actionable insights to reduce attrition, optimize organizational structures, and reduce costs
- Create regular reports for HR Business Partners to drive improvement of organizational KPIs
- Help on global analytics and ad-hoc projects as needed

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s degree required with minimum 7 years of previous workforce planning experience within multi-national/public companies, with strong preference for the technology industry
- Strong expertise in capacity modeling, workforce management tools, reporting, and operational planning methodologies
- Deep knowledge of headcount planning and the cycles companies go through to manage a workforce
- A creative, strategic thinker who challenges the status quo and fosters unique approaches to presenting data and driving change
- Extremely client focused with the ability to build rapport while driving global programs and localizing as needed
- An empowered self-starter able to work without significant oversight and follow through to impactful execution
- Critical thinking and an ability to understand complex business issues to distill important messaging from data. Should be able to engage in complex problems that require partnership across teams
- Be coachable and open to embracing new ways of doing things
- Experience in Power BI or Visier is preferred

**Our Commitment**

We believe it is important for every person to feel valued, included, and empowered to achieve their full potential. By bringing unique individuals and viewpoints together, we achieve extraordinary results.
- Lam offers a variety of work location models based on the needs of each role. Our hybrid roles combine the benefits of on-site collaboration with colleagues and the flexibility to work remotely and fall into two categories - On-site Flex and Virtual Flex. ‘On-site Flex’ you’ll work 3+ days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, with the opportunity to work remotely for the balance of the week. ‘Virtual Flex’ you’ll work 1-2 days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, and remotely the rest of the time._