(Senior) Expert People Analytics & Workforce Strategy (f/m/x)

About employer

For the department HRP (HR Projects & Digitalization) in Mönchengladbach or Hilchenbach, we are looking for a candidate, in part-time or full-time, as:

(Senior) Expert People Analytics & Workforce Strategy (f/m/x)

Responsibilities

Your tasks

As (Senior) Expert People Analytics & Workforce Strategy (f/m/x), you will shape and implement SMS group’s global approach to strategic workforce planning, People Analytics, and HR Controlling.

This role combines strategic conceptual work with hands-on implementation. You will develop frameworks, processes, governance models, and planning methodologies while actively driving their execution across the organization. Working with stakeholders and senior managers worldwide, you will turn strategic objectives into practical solutions—often under high time pressure and within complex transformation projects.

These are the main activities:

• Translate business strategy into practical models for headcount, FTE, labor cost, skills, capacity, productivity, forecasting, and scenario planning.
• Lead projects from concept through implementation, including scope definition, planning, milestones, risk management, decision-making, and delivery.
• Facilitate workshops, resolve conflicting requirements, and drive timely decisions across an international and matrix organization.
• Develop and implement requirements for workforce planning, reporting, analytics, data governance, and supporting technology solutions.
• Prepare management presentations, business cases, recommendations, and decision papers for senior stakeholders.
• Ensure the effective adoption, continuous improvement, and consistent application of global concepts and processes.

Requirements

Your profile

• University degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Economics, Data Analytics, or a comparable discipline.
• At least five years of experience in Strategic Workforce Planning, with a proven track record in developing and implementing a workforce planning framework.
• Strong experience in People Analytics, HR Controlling, workforce planning methodologies, process design, governance, and organizational transformation.
• Proven project management experience, including the delivery of complex, cross-functional initiatives under tight deadlines and high time pressure.
• Strategic thinker with a strong hands-on mentality and the ability to move quickly from concept to implementation.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and align stakeholders, influence without formal authority, and work confidently with senior managers.
• Experience in an international matrix organization; knowledge of SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Analytics Cloud, Power BI, or comparable solutions is advantageous.
• Fluency in written and spoken English; German language skills would be a plus.
• Willingness to be based in the Hilchenbach or Mönchengladbach office.

Offer

Salary level

EG 14 – AT, depending on qualification and professional experience.

Contact

We kindly request interested employees to preferably apply through our internal career portal on the intranet. However, you can also submit a written application, including a short cover letter and CV, to HR Management, referring to the Job ID.

SMS group GmbH
People Management
Martina Erens
Telephone: 02161 350 2859

Notice till: 10/2/2026