Expert People Analytics & Workforce Strategy (f/m/x)

As an Expert – People Analytics & Workforce Strategy, you will shape and SMS group's global approach to Strategic Workforce Planning, People Analytics, and HR Controlling. Your focus is on conceptual work: developing frameworks, processes, standards, governance models, and business requirements. You will align stakeholders across HR, Finance, IT, regions, and business units and advise senior management on strategic workforce topics. Developing and Continuing Enhance the Global Strategic Workforce Planning Framework Define planning methodologies, processes, standards, roles, responsibilities, and governance models Establish concepts for headcount, FTE, labor cost, skills, capacity, productivity, forecasting, and scenario planning Translate business strategy into structured workforce planning requirements and decision models. Align stakeholders and facilitate cross-functional decision-making across HR, Finance, IT, regions, and business units Advise senior managers and prepare recommendations, management presentations, business cases, and decision papers Define conceptual requirements for HR reporting, analytics, workforce planning, and technology solutions Guide teams implementation and process owners, ensuring that global concepts are scalable, clearly documented, and consistently applied

University degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Economics, Data Analytics, or a comparable discipline At least 5+ of experience in Strategic Workforce Planning, with a proven track record in developing and establishing a workforce planning framework Strong experience in conceptual design, process definition, governance, and operating models. Proven ability to translate business strategy into practical workforce planning concepts Experience managing and aligning stakeholders across functions, regions, and organizational levels. Confident interaction with senior managers and stakeholders Strong knowledge of workforce planning methodologies, HR metrics, labor costs, forecasting, and scenario planning Excellent analytical, conceptual, facilitation, communication, and presentation skills; experience in an international matrix organization and knowledge of SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Analytics Cloud, Power BI, or comparable solutions are processes

A global expert role with strategic impact on workforce planning and HR transformation The opportunity to define global concepts, processes, standards and governance models Direct collaboration with senior across stakeholders HR, Finance, IT, and the business An international working environment with high visibility and influence