Human Resource & Workforce Planning Specialist

Key Responsibilities
•Analyse workforce requirements across departments by reviewing staffing levels, trading patterns, labour hours, employee availability and operational demand, and recommend appropriate resource allocation to management.
•Collect, analyse and interpret workforce and operational data, including overtime, employee utilisation, staffing costs and productivity trends, to identify operational issues and opportunities for improvement.
•Develop and maintain management dashboards, KPI reporting and workforce planning reports covering staffing requirements, labour expenditure, sales per labour hour, labour cost as a percentage of sales, overtime, waste, shrinkage, productivity and workforce utilisation.
•Work with departmental managers to gather and document business and staffing requirements, investigate operational issues and develop practical, cost recommendations to improve productivity, staffing efficiency and service delivery.
•Review existing workforce and HR processes, identify inefficiencies or gaps, and recommend improvements to procedures, reporting systems and working practices.
•Support management with workforce budgeting, labour cost analysis, staffing forecasts and resource planning to keep staffing aligned with operational and financial objectives.
•Prepare business cases and cost-benefit analyses for proposed operational changes, including changes to rostering models, opening hours, departmental structures and working practices.
•Analyse attendance and absence trends, including sick leave, return-to-work patterns and recurring attendance issues, and provide management with reports and recommendations to improve workforce availability.
•Manage end-to-end recruitment, including job advertising, candidate sourcing, screening, interviewing, selection, onboarding and induction, so that hiring reflects identified business requirements.
•Support employee relations matters, including performance management, disciplinary procedures, grievance handling and workplace investigations, and identify recurring issues that may require policy or process changes.
•Ensure workforce practices comply with Irish employment legislation, right-to-work requirements, employment contracts, probation procedures, employee documentation and internal company policies.

Requirements
•Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management, Business Administration, Business Management or a related discipline.
•Experience in workforce planning, business operations, HR analytics or workforce management within a high-volume operational environment.
•Strong Microsoft Excel, reporting and data-analysis skills.
•Strong knowledge of Irish employment legislation and workforce-management practices.
•Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Working Hours: 40 Hours Per week
Annual Salary: 38,000
Company Name: Oxtron Limited t/a SuperValu Killester
Job Location: 169 Howth Rd, Killester, Dublin 3, D03 H6C5