Capacity and Planning Lead Analyst

Capacity and Planning Lead Analyst (Pandora Digital Hub in Warsaw)

Do you want to be a part of the world’s leading jewellery company while putting your experience in portfolio management into use? If yes, then we might have an exciting opportunity for you! You will be part of an exciting business area and work in an international organization of can-do spirited, passionate, and performance-driven people. We value flexibility and informal working, where you are trusted to deliver and to focus on outcomes, outputs and value delivered.

About the team

We are seeking a highly skilled Workforce & Capacity Planning Lead to join our Digital & Tech Portfolio & Planning team. In this role, you will play a critical part in our cost transformation program and investment portfolio maturity journey, focused on improving the efficiency of our ways of working and fetching and analyzing insights from our planning and rostering (capacity) data.

As a Workforce & Capacity Planning Lead, you will be responsible for developing and implementing analytical tooling solutions, utilizing tools such as Power BI, Power Query, and other relevant technologies. This position requires strong analytical skills, expertise in data visualization tools, and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.

You will bring the facts to live through visualization (fx. Organizational charts) and analysis of data into engaging and revealing formats, and support in optimizing our processes for data fetching, modelling and consolidation be creating operational tooling and data models that can be introduced into our colleagues day to day practice.

Your role as a Workforce & Capacity Planning Lead:

• Regularly update and optimize people data in different formats (organizational charts, Databased, Excel sheets).
• Work closely with senior teams to identify opportunities for organizational optimization and efficiency improvements.
• Create ad-hoc snapshots of people data from different data sources (organizational charts, Databased, Excel sheets).Identify opportunities for process automation using tools like Power Query and other relevant technologies.
• Use your creativity and analytical skills to find innovative solutions to automate tasks and streamline processes within Portfolio & Planning: Resource Management and Transparency, Initiative Capacity Planning, etc.
• Provide support to the portfolio team in optimizing process with insights and tooling for various areas including people framework, portfolio management, and planning tasks.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to develop, maintain, and update the business case around organizational structure optimization, demonstrating the potential benefits and value generated.
• Work closely with portfolio managers, project leads, and resource managers to provide data-driven insights and support decision-making processes.

What you need to succeed:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Business Administration, Analysis, Finance, or related disciplines).
• Experience utilizing analytical tools such as Power BI, Power Query, or similar technologies for data analysis and visualization.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think critically and find creative solutions to complex challenges.
• Solid understanding of data visualization and analysis as well as user journeys and optimization.
• Knowledge of data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) processes using tools like Power Query or SQL.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong attention to detail and curiosity to embracing the digital-first mindset
• Preferred but not critical experience in process analysis techniques and process optimization methodologies (e.g., Lean Six Sigma)

Icing on the cake 

You will be working out of our beautiful Regional Digital & Technology Polish HQ in Warsaw, rapidly growing environment of highly skilled and experienced colleagues. Which is a key initiative that goes along with Pandora’s experience & ambitions. 
You will also be able to take part in creating eco-friendly environment – that we are not only talking about – but implementing. The result is a professional and dynamic environment that is unique, enjoyable and inspirational – and delivers a true Pandora experience to anyone who works here. 

About Pandora

Pandora designs, manufactures and markets hand-finished jewellery made from high-quality materials at affordable prices. Pandora jewellery is sold in more than 100 countries through 7,400 points of sale, including more than 2,700 concept stores. 

Headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, Pandora employs 28,000 people worldwide and crafts its jewellery at two LEED certified facilities in Thailand using mainly recycled silver and gold. The company plans to be carbon neutral by 2025 and has joined the Science Based Targets initiative to reduce emissions across its full value chain. Pandora is listed on the Nasdaq Copenhagen stock exchange and generated sales of DKK 19 billion in 2020.  

Pandora’s recruitment procedures are designed to be transparent and clear for all candidates. This helps us ensure that applicants are provided with a fair and equal opportunity to demonstrate their competencies and skills by removing blocking factors, possible biases, and risks of discrimination. We encourage everyone applying to our vacancies to refrain from adding identity-related elements such as a photo, marital status and age.