Plan headcount hires by role, not by individual employee

Description

Planning headcount hires by role, and not by individual employees, is a workforce planning capability required in Corporate Performance Management (CPM) software used in various industries. This function enables a more strategic approach to staffing and budget allocation where hiring is based on organizational needs and roles rather than individual specifications.

Example Use Case

Scenario: A growing manufacturing company is preparing for a significant production increase over the next year, requiring additional employees. However, instead of basing its hiring strategy on specific employees, the company wants to plan based on functional roles needed to support increased production.

Solution: Using their CPM software, they carry out workforce planning by identifying key roles such as Machine Operator, Quality Control Inspector, and Supply Chain Analyst. They define the number of employees needed for each role, considering existing headcount, incoming projects, and production targets to calculate the headcount deficit in each role. Based on this analysis, the company can strategically plan its hiring to meet production requirements.

Considerations

This functionality should require configuration that allows the user to select drivers such as:

• Demand metrics like units, gallons, dollar amounts, or any other value that tells a business that hiring is required to sustain or grow it
• CapEx needs for the hires
• Hire dependencies like managers, office space, software licenses
• Hiring timelines - when will these expenses hit?

Once built out, these expenses flow into the master plan and influence the P&L. This can then be used for scenario analysis.

Questions to Ask a Vendor

• Planning Capabilities: How can your system facilitate planning headcount hires by role rather than by individuals? Is there a specific module or is this always a custom job?
• Drivers: What drivers are available to create our headcount needs? Can we use any of our metrics to create a hiring forecast?
• Hiring Dependencies: How can the system be configured to track hiring dependencies like CapEx, manager hires, software and so on?
• Demand Planning: Does this tie in to any existing Demand Planning module?