Workforce Planning & Budget Manager

Workforce Planning and Budget Manager responsibilities include:

• Leading a team of operations employees
• Managing and overseeing activities related to resource planning and management
• Managing an overseeing Global SWE budget development (forecasting), management and reporting
• Collection of forecasts, consolidation of actual numbers, and coordination of onboarding and offboarding processes for external staff.
• Defining and implementing the outsourcing strategy for the global SWE (Software Engineering) organization
• Managing relationships with manpower suppliers, and evaluating supplier quality to ensure alignment with organizational needs and performance expectations
• Accountable for data metrics and analysis, as well as audit, compliance, and risk assessment activities
• Partnering with regional HR and Purchasing teams.

Partnering with regional Finance/VEMO teams.

• Establish and enforce global governance standards, ensuring compliance with purchasing policies, audit requirements, and financial controls.
• Communicate changes and governance decisions clearly.
• Act as the final escalation point for process-related issues.
• Build, Track and Report SWE Budget by Domain and Region
• Develop and Maintain Cost tool and process
• Effectively manage and allocate organizational resources and assets based on approved budget, ensuring financial stability and aligning with overall business goals, while providing timely and accurate information to support informed decision-making.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, supply chain or related discipline
• Minimum 10 years of overall related experience including a minimum 5 years supervisory experience
• Ability to effectively operate boath independently and as part of a team
• Proven experience in procurement, budgets or other operations activities
• Ability to define metrics and quantify business value
• Experience working with or leading diverse teams (e.g. global, cross-functional)
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to adapt quickly in a fast-paced work environment; requires minimal direction
• Logical thinker who can sort through complex issues in pursuit of a resolution
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and/or Google Docs
• Excellent program management and organizational skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in data management and tool building
• PowerBI Applications
• Applying AI tools