Requirements: English
Company: aramco
Region: The Hague , South Holland
Aramco Europe, is a fully integrated global petroleum and chemicals enterprise and the exclusive solutions partner of Saudi Aramco in Europe and surrounding regions.
With over 60 years of expertise, we provide a vital link between Saudi Aramco and its global operations, offering services across various sectors, including energy, finance, HR, legal, and communications. Our headquarters is located in The Hague, Netherlands.
Our dynamic Organization Consulting Unit are part of that support group in The Hague, and they are currently looking for a Strategic Workforce Planning Advisor:
The Senior Strategic Workforce Planning Advisor is a critical partner within the organisation and responsible for driving workforce planning and reporting processes to ensure Aramco Europe has the right size, shape, talent, skills, and capabilities to meet both current and future business needs.
This role requires a strong analytical and advisory mindset, deep technical expertise in Excel automation and Power BI, and the ability to bring external labour market insights into workforce strategy. The candidate will also contribute to organisational design, job architecture development, and compensation benchmarking, ensuring strategies align with the Aramco Europe operating model and growth objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Strategic Workforce Planning Reporting
- Own and evolve the workforce planning processes, integrating internal workforce data with external labour market insights and future skill needs.
- Develop, automate, and maintain workforce planning reports using Excel, Excel Automations, Power BI, and SuccessFactors reporting tools.
- Forecast workforce demand, considering factors such as business growth, retirements, emerging skill needs, and market trends.
- Collaborate with Finance and Business Leaders to align workforce planning with labor budgeting processes, ensuring headcount, cost, and workforce analytics support organisational strategy.
- Apply predictive analytics to workforce data to anticipate risks (e.g., turnover, skill gaps) and create proactive talent plans.
- Bring external perspective on talent and skills to improve workforce plans and talent supply strategies.
2. Organizational Design Development
- Partner Business Leaders to advise on organisational structures, span of control analysis, and job architecture development.
- Support development of job scopes and ensure role clarity in alignment with strategic workforce plans of Aramco Europe.
- Ensure job evaluations are aligned with the Korn Ferry or Hays methodology
- Contribute to organisational development initiatives, identifying capability gaps and aligning learning and development initiatives with workforce planning outcomes.
Qualifications and Skills
- Bachelors Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Data Analytics, or related field required
- 7+ years of relevant experience in strategic workforce planning, workforce analytics, or HR strategy roles within a mid to large-sized organization
- Strong expertise in workforce reporting, headcount budgeting, and predictive analytics
- Expert proficiency in Excel (including automation/macros) and Power BI
- Experience with SAP SuccessFactors, particularly in reporting and analytics
- Knowledge of job evaluation methodologies (Korn Ferry or Hays preferred; certification is an advantage)
- Familiarity with organizational design principles and job architecture development
- Ability to translate data insights into actionable workforce strategies
- Strong stakeholder management, consulting, and advisory skills
- Previous broader HR experience is preferable