Resource Manager

About the role

This role is a critical part of the Global Fabric team 
•    You’ll be responsible for the day-to-day management and onboarding/offboarding of contractors.
•    You will have reposnbility for resource governance, ensuring accurate data, compliant processes, and effective financial control.
•    You will provide critical visibility of resource position, spend, and utilisation, enabling better planning and cost management across workstreams.

What you’ll be doing

Primary ownership for Global Fabric Programme for:

•    Collect and consolidate resourcing forecasts from project and programme managers 
•    Ensure alignment between resource plans and financial forecasts.
•    Build and maintain a dynamic demand model based on PM inputs and project pipeline data.
•    Develop a predictive workforce planning approach to identify & anticipate future resource needs, peaks, gaps and trends (internal & external), across portfolios.
•    Collaborate with Finance, HR, and Delivery teams to ensure visibility of resource needs and gaps.
•    Provide regular resource reporting and insights to support workforce planning and budget reviews.
•    Highlight resource shortfalls or surpluses and escalate risks to delivery timelines.
•    Support scenario planning and what-if analysis for resourcing decisions and contingency plans.
•    Managing the end to end contractor onboarding/offboarding process 
•    Supporting PO process including receipting
•    Ensure data integrity for reporting and insight:
o    Resource position, capacity and utlisation and financial burn

Essential Skills / Experience

Strong attention to detail and data accuracy with 8+yrs exp

•    Ability to gather and consolidate resource needs across multiple workstreams.
•    Strong attention to detail and data accuracy 
•    Skilled in building and maintaining dynamic demand models.
•    Strong Excel skills (e.g., pivot tables, Power Query) for manipulating and interpreting resourcing data.
•    Ability to model different resourcing scenarios and assess delivery impact.
•    Ability to work in a fast-paced, delivery-focused environment 
•    Proactive approach with a focus on getting things done
•    Proficiency in creating clear, actionable resourcing reports using tools like Power BI or Tableau.

Desirable Skills / Experience

•    Resource management, workforce operations, or project support 
•    Hands-on experience building and maintaining resource demand models.
•    Contractor onboarding and management processes
•    Exposure to financial processes (e.g. raising POs, tracking spend, supporting invoicing) 
•    Managing data across multiple systems or spreadsheets 
•    Ability to identify issues and provide clear, accurate reporting 
•    Working with internal stakeholders and external suppliers
•    Driving process improvement or system change initiatives
•    Use of Excel, Power BI, and project management tools in a professional setting