Head Of Workforce Planning

Job Description

With offices all over the globe, MPC is one of the world's leading visual effects (VFX) studios, creating award winning, high-end VFX for the film and advertising industries.

We are constantly looking for the best talent in the world, enthusiastic people that come in everyday to be a part of some of the best work in the industry. Our teams in London, and throughout our global network of studios, produce creative, visually stunning and technically challenging VFX and digital projects of the highest quality, and we are looking for candidates with a desire to be involved in the
success of these projects.

The Resource Manager is responsible for managing a highly dynamic planning and scheduling function. The main focus of the role will be deployment of resources in conjunction with show production schedules. To maximise productivity and capacity effectiveness, the Resource Manager will be working closely with the VFX Producers, Heads of department and Central Production.

This role will also involve the identification of all changes and issues relevant to resource planning and the associated corrective action management. The Resource Manager will inform decisions within the business and give visibility through data analysis of potential risks and opportunities.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Assess the plan for future resource requirements, based on outputs from production bidding, levels of attrition and skills shortages, ensuring headcount and utilisation levels are in line with the show requirements
• Optimise the utilisation of staff across the studio, prioritising work and partnering with the management teams to drive resource allocation decisions
• Partners with the Department Heads and the Recruitment to identify the hiring requirements
• Maintain proprietary scheduling tools and reports for tracking the department crews, show assignments and vacancies
• Participates in and presents analysis and resourcing reports in leadership meetings and working sessions
• Builds and maintains close relationships with the Senior Management Team and cross functional partners
• Attend internal meetings to understand resource implications of potential new work
• Leveraging resources of related departments to address the studios resource and capacity challenges
• Maintain proprietary scheduling tools and reports for tracking the department crews, show assignments and vacancies

Qualifications
• Strong working knowledge of Excel
• Knowledge of Shotgun & the Hub preferred
• Experience with resource and / or production management

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gpmobx-18-117-184-62-42 in your application.