We are looking for a Workforce Strategy Advisor to help shape and optimize workforce planning, organizational design, and talent strategy to support business growth and operational effectiveness.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Partner with hiring and engagement managers to understand workforce requirements and translate business needs into appropriate workforce strategies.
- Analyze work requirements by breaking down traditional roles into tasks, skills, and capabilities required to achieve business objectives.
- Advise stakeholders on the full workforce ecosystem, including employees, contingent workers, outsourced solutions, and location strategies.
- Apply the "Build, Buy, Borrow, Bot, and Base" framework to determine fit-for-purpose and compliant workforce solutions.
- Analyze internal workforce data and external market intelligence to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities for workforce optimization.
- Provide regular workforce insights, reports, and recommendations to support workforce planning and decision-making.
- Utilize data-driven insights to support workforce strategy recommendations and business cases.
- Determine and validate final work type classifications in accordance with workforce management policies.
- Ensure compliance with global and local workforce policies, labor laws, tax regulations, and workforce governance requirements.
- Coordinate with source system owners and stakeholders to improve data quality and ensure accurate workforce-related data management.
- Collaborate with Talent Acquisition, HR, Procurement, and business stakeholders to deliver integrated workforce solutions.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives related to workforce planning, talent strategies, and workforce governance.
Requirements
- Experience as a Workforce Advisor, Talent Advisor, HR Generalist, Global Process Coordinator/Manager, Procurement Associate, Buyer, or similar role.
- Strong understanding of workforce planning, talent management, workforce strategy, and workforce operating models.
- Experience working with HR, talent, workforce planning, or procurement systems and tools.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret workforce data, identify trends, and generate actionable insights.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all organizational levels.
- Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and conflict-resolution abilities.
- Knowledge of workforce compliance, labor laws, tax implications, and workforce governance principles.
- Experience with contingent workforce management, outsourced services, or workforce procurement is highly desirable.
- Procurement experience and exposure to contract reviews are considered a strong advantage.
- Ability to work in complex, global environments and balance multiple stakeholder priorities effectively.
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Candidates must declare criminal record extract not older than three months
Benefits
- Broad range of activities, tasks, and projects
- Flexible working conditions
- Minimum 5 weeks of vacation
- Paid sick days
- Meal vouchers
- Vouchers (B-day voucher, wedding, and new born surprise)
- Contributions to wellness programs (multisport card)
- Fishing for Friends program – our referral program
- Refreshments in the D-ploy office
- Further development and professional advancement
- Friendly and international working environment
- Company-sponsored events
- Competitive salary and various benefits
Skills Required
- Experience as a Workforce Advisor, Talent Advisor, HR Generalist, Global Process Coordinator/Manager, Procurement Associate, Buyer, or similar role
- Strong understanding of workforce planning, talent management, workforce strategy, and workforce operating models
- Experience working with HR, talent, workforce planning, or procurement systems and tools
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret workforce data, identify trends, and generate actionable insights
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills
- Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and conflict-resolution abilities
- Knowledge of workforce compliance, labor laws, tax implications, and workforce governance principles
- Experience with contingent workforce management, outsourced services, or workforce procurement
- Procurement experience and exposure to contract reviews
- Ability to work in complex, global environments and balance multiple stakeholder priorities effectively
- Bachelor's degree in human resources, Business Administration, or a related field
- Candidates must declare criminal record extract not older than three months
What We Do
D-ploy is an IT Engineering and Consulting Company with a wide portfolio of services and solutions suitable for globally as well as regionally operating companies. Our strength is in providing proven standard and individually tailored solutions helping our customers achieve their strategic and business goals. Our core competencies are operational IT Infrastructure services and consulting in the areas of Service Management, Program and Project Management as well as Quality Management. Company Profile Founded in January 2003 in Kaiseraugst, Switzerland, D-ploy has been growing steadily by expanding its expertise, portfolio and geographical presence across Europe and in the US. Our main focus has always been on ensuring that IT enables the Business, supports value generation and contributes to the overall work efficiency. With the customer-centric attitude and pragmatic approach to IT, we became a trusted and preferred IT partner to many customers proving again and again, that we can do IT. Building our expertise and establishing long-term partnerships with our customers, we understand the value of sustainable practices driven by compliance with industry standards and implementing best practices. Therefore, since 2016 D-ploy has been ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 20000-1 and as of 2017 ISO/IEC 27001 certified. We strive to continuously offer the most suitable and innovative service solutions to our current and future customers by staying agile, understanding the industry needs and keeping up to date on the market trends.
