Workforce Analyst

About the Role & Team:

“We create happiness.” That’s our motto at Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. And it permeates everything we do. At Disney, you’ll help encourage that magic by enabling our teams to push the limits and build the never-before-seen! Are you ready to join this team and make an impact?"

Disney’s Workforce Analyst applies technical, statistical and analytical skills to develop efficient and accurate workload calculations for all Resort and/or Parks locations for multiple Lines of Business. Analysis required includes forecasting, regressions, and end-to-end impact calculations. Analysis will be done for multiple purposes including: operational projects, strategic projects, ad hoc requests, what-if analyses, and methodology redesigns. Assignments are more project based than ongoing sustainment. Business partners include Operations Leadership, Industrial Engineering, Finance, and Casting to develop creative solutions to meet calculated labor needs to staff each position throughout each day to provide desired Guest experience within budget. A successful Workforce Analyst must possess a great attention to detail, passion and curiosity to understand the “why” behind performance, and ability to create and support a story based on quantitative findings.

The selected candidate will report to the Manager Workload Forecasting and may have direct reports.

This is a Full-Time role.

What You Will Do:

• Provide quick and reasonable approach and effort estimates during project planning

• Use a comprehensive set of statistical techniques to conduct rigorous business analyses and scenario planning, and develop sustainable algorithms and models

• Conduct accurate analyses to calculate workload needs and labor bridge impacts for assigned projects

• Outline and clearly explain approach and methodology

• Use results of analysis to clearly lay out appropriate options and recommendations for decision making

• Confidently present to leadership to help influence change

• Proactively identify methodology updates needed; own and manage revision project. Work with a variety of partners to implement new methodologies

• Project manage small projects and workstreams of large projects, including effective communication and escalation

• Create and update tools to help measure effectiveness of transaction forecasting, workload development, and staffing optimization

• Leverage a solid understanding of the principles of workforce management operations and analytics

• Support teammates by sharing subject matter expertise and collaborating on analytics approach, design, and/or calculations

• Contribute to design, create test plans, and conduct testing for new Workload systems

• Provide leadership to Statistical Associates in day to day analysis and support work including analysis validation, issue resolution, escalation, operational monitoring, and documentation standards

• Consistently provide mentoring and ongoing coaching and development to Statistical Associates

Approximate responsibility division:

• 70% Project analysis

• 20% Coaching / sustainment / operational monitoring / small ad hoc requests

• 10% Enhancements / small operational assignments

Required Qualifications & Skills:

• Strong analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills

• Demonstrated creativity to approach problems in new, innovative ways

• Demonstrated strong knowledge of mathematical and statistical analysis methods and real-world application

• Experience with capacity/demand analysis and modeling techniques using multiple data sources

• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel and data manipulation and analysis tools

• Demonstrated exemplary verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to translate analytical results into clear, story-based presentations to share with non-technical and technical audiences

• Ability to manage tight deadlines; proven ability to successfully manage multiple tasks or projects at once, especially in dynamic environments

• Anticipates business impacts

• Proven partnering and relationship-building skills

• Positive change agent

• Ability to handle confidential information

• Ability to maintain and build client relationships

• Ability to be flexible with work schedule, including weekends and holidays

• Requires minimal direction and knows when to seek out information or elevate issues to a leader

• Resolve conflicts effectively

• Coordinates across multiple teams to achieve desired outcomes

Preferred Qualifications:

• Workforce Management, Operations Leadership experience and/or Cast scheduling preferred

• Expertise in Python, R, Tableau, Arena

Education:

• High School Diploma or equivalent experience

Preferred education:

• Four year College degree in related field: Mathematics, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Simulation, or related field

Additional Information:

Benefits and Perks: Disney offers a rewards package to help you live your best life. This includes health and savings benefits, educational opportunities and special extras that only Disney can provide. Learn more about our benefits and perks at https://jobs.disneycareers.com/benefits

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