Contact Centre Planner

Posted 5 Days Ago
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Manchester, Greater Manchester, England
In-Office
Junior
Other • Security
The Role
The Contact Centre Planner will optimize staff scheduling, manage resources, and forecast demand to enhance operational efficiency and service delivery.
Summary Generated by Built In

Forecasting and Planning

🎁 What we offer

  • Competitive Salary: Reflecting your skills and experience

  • Generous Leave: 25 days annual leave + Bank Holidays

  • Holiday Purchase Scheme: Buy up to 10 extra days—up to 35 days total leave

  • Comprehensive Benefits:

    • Pension plan (up to 7% employer match)

    • Life assurance

    • Employee assistance program

    • Referral scheme

  • Exclusive Discounts: High street brands, cycle-to-work scheme, and Johnson Controls product discounts

  • Career Development: Extensive growth and advancement opportunities

  • Free Onsite Parking: Hassle-free commuting

  • Dress Down Fridays: Casual attire to wrap up the week

What you will do

Drive operational excellence by designing and managing staff schedules that maximise efficiency and align with forecasted demand. You'll play a key role in ensuring service delivery across front office, back office, and field operations through proactive planning and real-time performance monitoring.

How you will do it

• Conduct ongoing short-, mid-, and long-term forecasting reviews to ensure accuracy and responsiveness
• Optimise offline activities and manage daily/weekly resource plans with insightful analysis
• Monitor staff adherence and escalate shortfalls with data-driven solutions
• Manage agent skill profiles to meet SLA requirements
• Lead governance meetings and collaborate with stakeholders to align planning with business needs
• Own schedule management, including shift releases, holiday allocation, and scenario modelling
• Maintain and update WFM tools, ensuring data quality and agent setup integrity
• Share responsibility for capacity planning and supply-demand modelling
• Provide commentary and version control on all planning inputs and variances

What we look for

Required

• 2+ years’ experience in operations (contact centre, back office, or field) or 12+ months in external resource planning
• Strong analytical skills with experience in regression/propensity modelling across multichannel environments
• Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities
• Effective team collaboration and communication skills

Preferred

• Proficiency in WFM tools (NICE, Verint, Alvaria, EG Solutions)
• Familiarity with telephony systems (NICE, AWS, Avaya)
• Advanced Excel capabilities

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Top Skills

Alvaria
Avaya
AWS
Eg Solutions
Excel
Nice
Telephony Systems
Verint
Wfm Tools
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The Company
HQ: Chennai
100,000 Employees

What We Do

At Johnson Controls, we transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play. From optimizing building performance to improving safety and enhancing comfort, we drive the outcomes that matter most. Dedicated to protecting the environment, we deliver our promise in industries such as healthcare, education, data centers and manufacturing. With a global team of 100,000 experts in more than 150 countries and over 130 years of innovation, we are the power behind our customers’ mission.

Our leading portfolio of building technology and solutions includes some of the most trusted names in the industry, such as Tyco®, York®, Metasys®, Ruskin®, Titus®, Frick®, Penn®, Sabroe®, Simplex®, Ansul® and Grinnell®.

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