Delivery - Specialist - Forecasting/Scheduling
Canada
Req #89
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Axsium Group was founded in 2004 to provide our clients with superior workforce management (WFM) consulting services. Axsium helps organizations around the world improve their operational performance by maximizing the productivity of their people. We do this by providing innovative and insightful consulting services focused in three areas. First, we help our clients establish a realistic strategy and roadmap to reach their people-related goals. Second, we focus on streamlining and defining new processes to improve the way people work, their productivity and their impact on their organization. And third, we implement and support the technologies that help all levels of the organization achieve their objectives. WFM is all we do and our strategic approach to delivering WFM deployment services initiatives reflects this singular focus.
Specialist, UKG PRO WFM Advanced Scheduling & Forecasting
The Specialist takes a lead role on projects and uses their Workforce Management (WFM) experience to lead clients and internal resources at every stage of the project.
This is a remote position. Can be performed from anywhere in Canada or the United States.
Duties and Responsibilities
Project delivery
Lead WFM and/or labor productivity projects for clients with the following project deliverables:
- Lead specific tasks within the project plan and provide domain expertise to assist other consultants with their respective tasks
- Lead requirement gathering sessions, develop functional or technical design, configure complex requirements in WFM vendor product, implement complex integration components, lead testing effort, provide production support
- Provide direction related to observation activities in a labor productivity engagement
- Lead analysis and development of labor studies
- Select appropriate methodology tools for internal and/or external use on projects
- Create and deliver client facing presentations with assistance from others on complex topics
- Ensure timely delivery of consultant’s assigned tasks and quality of their deliverables while working on Specialist's domain expertise
- Support Project Manager by highlighting potential project risks in a timely manner
- Demonstrate good understanding of Axsium products (e.g., Opus, Change Management); and be able to identify associated client opportunities
Client Interaction
Represent Axsium to our clients in the following ways, leading the Axsium team as needed:
- Present and always conduct yourself in a professional manner, whether onsite with client or interacting remotely through phone, email, and other online platforms
- Demonstrate the ability to navigate difficult situations in a calm and structured way and seek help if required
- Understand, adapt, and act respectfully within the client’s organization and culture
- Actively guide clients to achieve desired outcomes
- Develop and maintain positive relationships with clients on projects and beyond
- Gain expertise with Axsium service offerings and WFM vendor landscape, and find opportunities for additional work to share with a client
- Provide insight to client on WFM operations or labor productivity and best practices
Administration
- Timely and accurate submission of timecards and expense reports
- Proactively provide notification of availability and adhere to project assignment hours
- Comply with Axsium data security policies and HR (Human Resources) policies
- Communicate clearly, effectively, and in a timely manner with peers, leadership, and all others at Axsium
- Effectively use bench time for Axsium’s improvement and for personal development
Culture
- Act as an ambassador for Axsium culture in personal presentation, commitment, and integrity
- Take personal ownership and accountability for individual ability to positively impact Axsium’s company success
- Obtain and measurably demonstrate increasing knowledge in WFM processes and systems and labor productivity best practices, through training and experience
- Collaborate within Axsium with peers through ASK and other knowledge sharing forums
Requirements
- Excellent Communication skills, Leading requirement gathering and design workshops making recommendations to clients, project team, senior management and C-level executives through discussion and presentation
- Strong UKG PRO WFM Forecasting and Advanced Scheduling implementation experience
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to identify gaps, evaluate, and recommend alternative solutions
- 5+ years of workforce management consulting experience developing and executing workforce management, labor productivity or HCM (Human Capital Management) implementations strategies
- 5+ years of experience working with workforce management technologies and vendors including but not limited to labor forecasting, schedule optimization, time keeping, budgeting and task management, vendor certifications
- Deadline driven, confident, open to taking initiative, ability to multi-task
- Excellent organizational, leadership skills, and attention to detail
- Ability to guide clients using best practices
- Database experience; SQL, Access, statistical software, and strong Excel capabilities
- Experience working with remote teams
- Some travel required
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Axsium is committed to providing accessibility for all persons with disabilities and will upon the request, provide accommodation during the recruitment process to ensure equal access to applicants with disabilities. We will consult with applicants to ensure a suitable accommodation is provided. Axsium is an equal opportunity employer.
Other details
- Pay Type Salary
- Canada