Workforce Manager

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About The Opportunity
Grubhub is looking for a highly collaborative, data-driven, results-oriented Manager to join our Workforce Management team. The Workforce Management team is focused on Call Center Operations - we surface insights that drive productivity and performance across the organization. In this role, you will be responsible for accuracy of the forecast and aligned staffing plans through execution and service level performance. Senior Leaders will look to you to provide strategic thought leadership in the WFM space and sphere of influence. You will be guiding analyst priorities and development; understanding the 'who, what, and whys' of our business. Working cross-functionally is a must as you support the team digging into trends, and surface opportunities that create impact and value. To succeed in this role, you must be innately curious, deeply analytical, highly driven and a strong communicator.
Strategic Planning

  • Understands requirements and impact of strategic Initiatives throughout the implementation cycle
  • Reviews inputs to the capacity plan model with LT forecast analyst on a regular basis to support forecasting accuracy.
  • Partners with BPOs /internal teams to optimize their WFM plan
  • Acts as a WFM subject matter expert providing input on strategic decision making regarding footprint, contact structure, and process impacts
  • Conduct analysis on the impact to service level performance by adjusting specialist schedules to ensure adequate resource coverage. Makes recommendations to improve performance.


Workforce Optimization & Long Term Forecasting

  • Analyzes and evaluates workforce metrics to improve human resources capacity planning and maximize labor utilization rates.
  • Collaborate to proactively meet SLA's based on contact volumes, handle times, and staffing requirements for multiple departments within the Grubhub Care organization


Leadership & Partnership

  • Leads a team of WFM Analysts and Sr. Analysts
  • Acts as knowledge leader assisting to create synergy between short term, long term, scheduling and command efforts
  • Acts in conjunction with other WFM leaders as WFM point of contact for the organization
  • Partners with Reporting & Analytics to create digestible summaries and business insight for Care leadership
  • Provides WFM guidance on outsource contract considerations (AHT, Volume Allocation, etc.) to partner operations team
  • Partners with departments that cross-functionally influence Care (Marketing, Product, Finance, Talent Acquisition, etc.)
  • Participate in the hiring and onboarding process to ensure the plan is met and that command center is prepared.


The Impact You Will Make
Teamwork

  • Works successfully in a team environment creating effective relationships with business stakeholders
  • Resolves team conflict and executes strategies to meet team performance expectations
  • Responsible for career development for direct reports
  • Understands team impact on other business operations and influences results
  • Partners with analysts to ensure optimization of WFM plan
  • Shares accountability when delegating
  • Ensures staff have the skills and resources to get things done successfully
  • Drives proactive communication, analysis and data engagement; making recommendations to improve results


Workforce Optimization

  • Analyzes and evaluates workforce metrics to improve human resource efficiency maximizing labor utilization rates.
  • Collaborates to proactively meet SLA's based on contact volumes, handle times, and staffing requirements for multiple departments within the Grubhub Care organization
  • Acts as a subject matter expert in WFM driving a rigorously analytical approach to digesting and communicating performance trends
  • Demonstrates critical thinking skills while considering the big pictures and impact on results.


Leadership & Partnership

  • Leads a team of WFM Command Center Analysts and Sr. Analysts
  • Acts as knowledge leader assisting to create synergy between short term planning and command efforts
  • Acts in conjunction with other WFM leaders as WFM point of contact for the organization
  • Partners with Reporting & Analytics to create digestible summaries and business insight for Care leadership
  • Collaborates to ensure the plan is met and that command center is well positioned to provide WFM guidance to both in house and outsourced operations teams
  • Partners with departments that cross-functionally influence Care (Marketing, Product, Finance, Talent Acquisition, etc.)
  • Proactively communicates deficiencies and plans to resolve


What You Bring to the Table

  • Bachelor's Degree
  • 5+ years experience or equivalent of relevant industry experience in forecasting and staffing contact centers.
  • 3+ years of formal management / team leadership experience required
  • Excellent Excel skills and data analysis acumen, including the ability to draw accurate conclusions from raw data, and provide suggestions to address gaps
  • Continuous Improvement mindset
  • Extensive experience in fast-paced environment
  • Ability to skillfully handle change that comes with working in an ever-changing environment
  • Comfortable challenging leadership in their assumptions and aligning on agreeable approach
  • Detail oriented with desire for quality work
  • Able to independently problem solve, plan and organize resources; calculated decision-maker
  • Ability to travel 25%
  • Demonstrates professionalism, tact, detail orientation and strong sense of urgency
  • Exercises initiative; highly self-motivated
  • Ability to network, and build effective relationships across organizations outside of care (including Finance, Marketing & Operations, senior leadership in Care and leadership teams at our BPOs.


And Of Course, Perks!

  • Flexible PTO. Grubhub employees are provided a generous amount of time to recharge their batteries.
  • Health and Wellness. We provide programs that support your overall well-being such as generous medical benefits, employee network groups, company-wide fitness challenges, and a comfortable and casual workplace! We also support our parents by offering 8 weeks of paid parent bonding time, a 4-week returnship program, and 6-8 weeks paid medical leave.
  • Learning and Career Growth. Your personal and professional development is a priority at Grubhub. From day one, we empower you to lead and be an active participant in your career growth. We provide continuous learning opportunities, training, and coaching and mentorship programs.
  • MealPerks. Who's ready for some lunch? We provide our employees with a weekly Grubhub credit to enjoy and support local restaurants. We also offer company-wide meals several times a year to bring our Grubhub family together.
  • Fun. Every Grubhub office has an employee-led Culture Crew that connects people through fun, meaningful events and initiatives. Some of our popular past events include: Wing-eating contests, Grubtoberfest, 5k Runs, Bring Your Child to Work Day, regular happy hours, and more!
  • Social Impact. We believe in the importance of serving the communities that support our business. In addition, employees are given paid time off each year to support the causes that are important to them.
    Grubhub is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here: DOL Poster. If you are applying for a job in the U.S. and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and contact information. Please note that only those inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.
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Technology we use

  • Engineering
  • Product
  • Sales & Marketing
    • JavaLanguages
    • JavascriptLanguages
    • RubyLanguages
    • ReactLibraries
    • ReduxLibraries
    • Ruby on RailsFrameworks
    • SpringFrameworks
    • Google AnalyticsAnalytics
    • SQLAnalytics
    • AxureDesign
    • IllustratorDesign
    • SketchDesign
    • FigmaDesign
    • JIRAManagement
    • SalesforceCRM

Location

We are in the heart of downtown Boston's financial district, easily accessible by bus and train, and surrounded by tons of restaurants and amenities.

An Insider's view of Grubhub

How do your team's ideas influence the company's direction?

Our inside sales team lives on the company's front lines, playing an integral part in our growth strategy. Our sales team has direct access to our CSO, CEO and the entire marketing team. Their feedback, ideas, and suggestions -- even down to who they choose to call day in and day out ultimately define who our next client becomes.

Kathleen

Inside Sales Manager

What are Grubhub Perks + Benefits

Grubhub Benefits Overview

PTO. Grubhub employees enjoy a generous amount of time to recharge.

Health and Wellness. Excellent medical benefits, employee network groups and paid parental leave are just a few of our programs to support your overall well-being.

Competitive Pay. You’ll receive a competitive base salary with eligibility for generous incentives, bonuses, commission or RSUs (role-specific).

Learning and Career Growth. Your personal and professional development is a priority at Grubhub. We empower you to be a leader and grow your career through training, coaching and mentorship opportunities.

MealPerks. Get meals on us! Our employees get a weekly Grubhub credit to enjoy and support local restaurants.

Fun. Every Grubhub office has an employee-led Culture Crew that connects people through fun, meaningful events and initiatives like Wellness Wednesdays, Slack competitions and happy hours!

Social Impact. At Grubhub we believe in giving back. In 2021, the Grubhub Community Fund gave more than $25 million to over 23 charitable organizations.. Employees are also given paid time off each year to support the causes that are important to them.

Friday Half Days! Grubhub has newly instituted a permanent Friday afternoon holiday -- meaning Permanent Friday HALF DAYS!!! Our offices are closed every Friday, so in-office teams will work remote every Friday. All employees are encouraged to end their Friday's at 1:00pm local time to get a head start to the weekend! Depending on certain business needs, some teams may implement a different schedule for this time off ... but everyone is getting extra time off, regardless!!!

COVID-19. Grubhub Covid-19 vaccination policy requires employees to be fully vaccinated, and employees must be able to show proof of full-Covid-19 vaccination, prior to starting employment.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
Grubhub partners with many Non Profits through our “Donate the Change” program. Past examples include The National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), Feed the Soul Foundation, and World Central Kit
Open door policy
Pair programming
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Highly diverse management team
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity manifesto
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Pet insurance
Wellness programs
Team workouts
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
401(K) matching
Company equity
Certain roles within Grubhub are eligible to receive company equity.
Performance bonus
Certain roles within Grubhub are eligible for bonuses.
Charitable contribution matching
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Childcare benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Generous PTO
Paid volunteer time
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free snacks and drinks
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Relocation assistance
Home-office stipend for remote employees
Onsite gym
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education stipend
Technology employees are eligible to receive up to $2,000 annually for continuing education opportunities such as conferences, bootcamps and events.
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available

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