Workforce Planner

Inspired by pets, to grow as people, the Petstock world is one where anything is possible, together we make an impact for pets, people and the planet. We are continually inspired by pets and animals to be better people, both in our careers and our everyday life, making an impact for Pets, People and the Planet!

What Makes You a Great Fit

You’re a curious, commercially minded workforce planning professional who enjoys making sense of complex data and turning it into practical, real‑world outcomes.

You’re comfortable working at both a strategic and operational level and thrive in a fast‑paced retail environment, providing data‑driven insights, workforce forecasts, and scenario modelling to support strategic and operational decision‑making.

How You’ll Shape Our Workforce

• Develop and maintain workforce plans aligned to strategy, sales forecasts, and trading patterns.
• Forecast labour requirements for peak periods and major trading events.
• Model workforce impacts of store changes, trading hours, and network growth.
• Support labour budgeting and workforce cost management.
• Analyse workforce and labour metrics to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Deliver clear dashboards, reports, and insights to leaders.
• Partner with Retail Operations, Finance, HR, and Talent Acquisition on workforce planning and hiring needs.
• Provide workforce insights to support effective scheduling and rostering.
• Identify critical roles, skill gaps, and future capability needs.
• Continuously improve workforce planning tools, processes, and methodologies

What You’ll Bring to the Role

• Proven experience in workforce planning, workforce analytics, or people analytics roles
• Strong analytical and numerical skills, with a sharp eye for detail
• Advanced capability in Excel and workforce analytics tools such as Power BI or workforce planning systems
• Confidence working with large and complex datasets to uncover trends, risks, and opportunities.
• The ability to translate data into clear, compelling insights that drive better decisions.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence and partner across diverse teams.
• A solution‑focused mindset, balancing customer experience, cost efficiency, and workforce capability
• The ability to manage competing priorities and deliver under tight deadlines.
• You’re someone who enjoys improving how things are done, collaborating across teams, and using insight to shape smarter workforce decisions that genuinely make an impact.
• In this role, you’ll ensure the organisation has the right people, with the right skills, in the right place, at the right time—balancing customer experience, team capability, compliance, and labour cost efficiency

If this role sounds like the right fit and you are as passionate about pets as we are, we’d love to hear from you — apply today!

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At Petstock we are passionate about supporting the communities we're part of, where possible we aim to hire candidates from the same geographic region (typically within an 80km radius) to strengthen community connections and support local economies.  Whilst we do not prioritise local candidates over others, we recognise the benefits of hiring individuals who have unique insights into the local community.

Our diversity makes us better...we are a diverse team with varying strengths and an inclusive organisation, committed to providing equal opportunities for all.   

We encourage applications from people of diverse backgrounds who wish to be part of a culture where everyone can proudly be themselves.