Workforce Management

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About this opportunity

As part of One Service Build India (OSBI) Workforce Management organization, the Senior Manager - Workforce Management will lead the end-to-end operational management of the contingent workforce across multiple Customer Units. The role is responsible for ensuring seamless workforce lifecycle management, operational excellence, stakeholder satisfaction, adherence to established compliances & establish robust & action-based governance frameworks.

Working closely with Customer Units, HR, Sourcing, Business Control, EWM, ARP Suppliers, and other enabling functions, this role will drive consistent service delivery capacity & capability, optimize workforce capacity & operations, and build a scalable operating model that adheres to the SL Build delivery & workforce strategy.

Key Responsibilities

Workforce Operations

• Lead the end-to-end management of the contingent workforce lifecycle, including project deployments, onboarding, deployments, transitions between CUs, extensions, renewals, and offboarding.
• Ensure timely and accurate execution of workforce processes while maintaining agreed service levels and business continuity.
• Monitor operational performance and drive timely resolution of workforce-related issues and escalations.
• Be accountable for the Workforce related KPI’s like Utilization, Absorption, Competence, performance.
• Manage Workforce Capacity & capabilities based on capacity & competence forecasts submitted by the CUs.
• Drive the Fixed to Variable workforce transformation Initiative, that aims to transfer the ARP competencies to ASP’s enabling a service-based delivery.
• Drive operational efficiency, service quality, and customer satisfaction through continuous improvement initiatives.

Workforce Management & Governance

• Ensure adherence to agreed Ways of Working (WoW), Roles & Responsibilities (R&R), policies, and WLAs.
• Drive operational governance through regular service reviews, performance tracking, and compliance monitoring.
• Maintain workforce data integrity across HRMS, SAP, XRM, and other enterprise platforms.
• Competence Transformation, performance management, mentoring & conflict management.
• Compliance management
• Drive Workforce related transformation initiatives.

Team Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop the Workforce Management team to deliver high-quality services.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and customer focus.
• Drive resource planning, workload management, and capability development within the team.
• Resolve people related issues & maintain a strong functional relationship with CU stakeholders

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What will you do

• Deliver seamless end-to-end workforce management services.
• Lead a contingent Workforce across India Customer Units
• Manage Workforce related KPI’s like utilization, Absorption & Efficiencies.
• Ensure SLA compliance and operational excellence.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships across Customer Units and enabling functions.
• Drive governance, compliance, and workforce data accuracy.
• Support business growth by building a scalable and efficient workforce management function.

The Skills You Bring

Education & Experience

• Education & Experience: Bachelor or master’s degree in Telecoms or Business administration
• 15+ years of experience of the Telecoms industry and 5+in NRO business aspects and 5+ years in leading CPM office and extensive network deployments
• Strong competence on Ericsson portfolio with strong competence of NRO technology and solutions being a plus.
• Broad experience in Ericsson internal processes, organization (both global and CUs)
• Extensive experience in Workforce Management, Resource Management, Automation Deployments, Data Analytics, Process Excellence, & Delivery Transformation.
• Proven experience in managing contingent workforce operations within a large, matrixed organization.
• Strong exposure to cross-functional collaboration involving HR, Finance, Procurement, Business Control, Customer Units, Suppliers, and Shared Services.
• Experience in driving process improvements, governance frameworks, and operational excellence initiatives.

Functional Competencies

• Contingent Workforce & Resource Management
• Workforce Lifecycle Management
• Service Delivery & Operational Excellence
• Stakeholder & Supplier Management
• Workforce Governance & Compliance
• Team Leadership & People Development
• Process Improvement & Change Management
• Risk & Escalation Management

Required Skills

• Ericsson RAN portfolio
• NRO Delivery Tools & Process.
• SAP, HRMS, XRM
• Advanced Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Power BI (Preferred)

Behavioural Competencies

• Customer Focus
• Ownership & Accountability
• Collaboration & Influencing
• Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills
• Planning & Execution
• Communication & Presentation Skills

“All academic credentials must be from recognized and accredited institutions and are further subject to verification.”

Why join Ericsson? At Ericsson, you´ll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of what´s possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world’s toughest problems. You´ll be challenged, but you won’t be alone. You´ll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next.

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Primary country and city: India (IN) || Gurgaon

Req ID: 788560