Workforce Management Analyst

Workforce Management Analyst

Visium Resources has been asked to identify qualified candidates for this Workforce Management Analyst position. This position is a contract to hire opportunity which is expected to be hybrid (shift is 8-5pm with in-office days on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, and remote on Tuesdays and Fridays for a duration of 3 months+ to direct.

The Workforce Management Analyst works to improve workforce management effectiveness by scheduling, budgeting and forecasting. They will also implement and optimize the usage of Workforce Management tools within a Contact/Customer Service Center environment. Provides daily and weekly scheduling and real time monitoring support for Customer Service. Tracks and analyzes data to support executive management staffing decisions. Responsibilities include daily monitoring of Workforce management applications. Post analysis evaluation of agent statistics and reporting relating to the above programs. Responsible for updating daily agent exceptions and payroll system. Provide ongoing operational analysis of call center operations, advance planning and scheduling while identifying and implementing changes as necessary to improve the level of quality and efficiency as measured by key business indicators (cost per call, cost per member, service level, occupancy, etc.)

• Identifying and partnering with the Navigation center team to implement innovative labor management practices.
• Develop labor schedules to meet contact volumes and service levels.
• Utilize specialized software tools to manage and forecast staffing levels for multiple call centers
• Work with the Member Solution Center leadership team to provide analytical support and recommendations for staffing resources to meet objectives such as service levels, occupancy, cost per call, etc.
• Work with Member Solution Center Director and senior management to accurately forecast call volumes, analyze historical call volume; project budgetary expenses, determine future costing and assist with training and new hire numbers.
• Analyze call center performance history to determine optimum off production activities as well as shrinkage and occupancy goals.
• Balance multiple priorities with little or no direction
• Identify what resources are required to implement parts of projects
• Effectively use project plans to focus work and ensure deadlines are met.
• Monitors Workforce Management tools real time to maintain service level data.
• Evaluates daily call trends.
• Works with Customer Service management to ensure agent adherence and/or conformance to schedules.
• Accurately inputs schedule changes received through the call out line or exception reporting.
• Prepares Time Utilization, Adherence/Conformance, and weekly scheduling reports.
• Updates any daily schedule exception.
• Responsible for tracking employee hours in payroll system.
• Designs/creates various databases for staffing and analysis.
• Creates reports utilized by Customer Service for staffing/ productivity measurements.
• Assists in creating schedules/scheduling scenarios utilizing workforce management technology.
• Interacts with various levels of management to provide decision support and complete various scheduling-related projects with minimal supervision.
• Analyzes daily call trends and alerts Workforce Management Analyst to needed staffing updates.
• Responsible for daily, weekly and monthly call center reports which highlight call center performance (Call Volume, Service Level, Average Handle Time, Abandon % and Average Speed to Answer)
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Comply with all policies and standards.
• Achieves goals through mainly self-directed work with potential oversight from management
• Roles characterized by specific functional expertise
• May provide guidance to others as a project manager using technical expertise