Job Description Summary

It’s an exciting time to join the People Analytics team at GE Aerospace. The company is in a deep transformation as we transition to a standalone company, and People Analytics has never been more important. Join us as we elevate how people data is used to inform decisions and drive workforce strategies.

We are looking for a new Senior Manager of Strategic Workforce Planning to help us advance data-driven decision-making, ensure workforce stability, and enhance market competitiveness.

Reporting to the Executive, People Analytics, the person in this role will play a pivotal part in shaping our tactical and strategic workforce planning strategies ensuring we have the right workforce in place now and in the future. The work of the People Analytics team is high impact and high visibility across the HR function and is frequently used in strategic discussions at the highest levels. This is an exciting role that is critically important to the execution of HR and Business strategies.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities:

• Implement the Strategic Workforce Planning model that ensures workforce stability, aligns workforce investments with business objectives, and enhances labor market competitiveness
• Lead the development of workforce forecasts based on historical data, external market pressures, seasonal trends, and business plans to ensure optimal staffing levels across the organization
• Establish an external labor market COE leveraging global data from government reporting sources and labor market data vendors to proactively identify global labor market pressures impacting the workforce
• Partner closely with Finance to build multi-year workforce cost projections aligned to business objectives
• Implement a workforce segmentation process that defines and identifies critical roles and skills needed to achieve business objectives today and in the future
• Leverage extensive analysis and predictive models to identify workforce risks & opportunities and make recommendations for workforce risk mitigation strategies
• Lead an annual State of the Workforce review with executive stakeholders to identify and prioritize workforce risks and gain alignment on risk mitigation efforts
• Implement process to measure effectiveness of workforce risk mitigation strategies
• Build strong, collaborative partnerships with peers in the People Analytics team, HRBPs, Finance, BU Leaders, and IT to develop and implement workforce planning solutions
• Stay abreast of industry trends and identify relevant market data sources for benchmarking

Qualifications/ Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree or Master’s Degree in Finance, Economics, Data Science, Business Analytics, Business Administration, or any other related discipline.
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience in workforce planning, people analytics or a related field, with at least 3 years in a workforce planning leadership role. Experience with external labor market data sources and consistent track record of creating and delivering value through large scale, global analytics and planning projects required.

Desired Characteristics:

• Demonstrated ability to organize, lead, and inspire a project team, fostering a culture of excellence and client-centricity.
• Strong strategic and analytical skills with a deep understanding of how to translate data into actionable business insights.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence senior leaders.
• A curious mind and passion for exploring and implementing new analytical methodologies and technologies.
• Ability to simplify complex data sets into compelling stories that jump off the page.
• Experience with skill-based workforce planning or labor economics

Pay and Benefits:

• The pay for this position is $128,900 – 214,800. This position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus based on a percentage of your base salary/ commission based on the plan. This posting is expected to close on October 16, 2024.
• Healthcare benefits include medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; access to a Health Coach, a 24/7 nurse-based resource; and access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services. Retirement benefits include the GE Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and planning consultants. Other benefits include tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability insurance, life insurance, and paid time-off for vacation or illness. General Electric Company, Ropcor, Inc., their successors, and in some cases their affiliates, each sponsor certain employee benefit plans or programs (i.e., is a “Sponsor”). Each Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, amend, suspend, replace, or modify its benefit plans and programs at any time and for any reason, in its sole discretion. No individual has a vested right to any benefit under a Sponsor’s welfare benefit plan or program. This document does not create a contract of employment with any individual