Specialist, Capacity Planning

The Capacity Planning Specialist is essential to setting and implementing the service labor budget across North America, working in conjunction with various levels of internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

* Capacity Planning: Prepare annual and quarterly capacity plans for the North American Service business in collaboration with planners, service managers, and finance.

* Strategic Advising: Advise senior management on strategies to execute turbine maintenance activities, hire and train the necessary technician skill sets, and meet cost goals.

* Reporting: Report on budget vs. actuals and forecast hours worked and technicians employed to global and regional stakeholders in North America.

Key Tasks:

* Forecast maintenance work demand for North America across various maintenance activity types in collaboration with subject matter experts and service managers.

* Forecast the supply of labor needs, including the mix of skill sets required, and distribute the forecast to workforce development and recruitment.

* Prepare planning scenarios for senior management and quantify the cost impact of these scenarios with finance.

Establish and implement best practices for the planning organization's medium- and long-term planning processes.

* Participate in global capacity planning forums with other regions to support group initiatives and share knowledge.

* Present and facilitate capacity-related discussions with regional and global service management.

* Perform ad-hoc analyses related to hours worked and labor resource mix.

* Support planning automation initiatives as a subject matter expert in technician time registration data.

Essential Functions:

* Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, SharePoint)

* Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel for creating quantitative models.

* Ability to work flexible hours, coordinating with various time zones

* Ability to communicate clearly in English.

Education, Training, and Skills Required:

* Bachelor's degree required in a relevant technical field (e.g., Business Analytics, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Data Analytics, Operations Management, Engineering).

* A Master's degree or MBA is valued.

* Experience: 2+ years of related experience in fields such as Capacity Management, Operations Management, or Resource Planning. Experience creating Capacity Planning Models for expected demand volume within a manufacturing, fast-moving consumer goods, service industry, or Maintenance Business.

Skills:

* Experience creating quantitative analyses with advanced algebra, statistics, simulation, or machine learning to improve business operations.

* Advanced Excel experience, including the use of linked data sources, pivot tables, function building, and macros.

* Experience with data visualization software such as Power BI, Tableau, or similar.

* Financial understanding of cost of goods sold, revenue, and contribution margin.

* Communication skills in writing memos, preparing presentations, and facilitating conversations with senior managers.

* Analytical and detailed working approach.

* Self-organization and good time management.

* Knowledge of Sales and Operations Planning is beneficial, but not required.

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