Warehouse Labour Planning Analyst
Role Overview
The Labour Planning Analyst supports operational efficiency, service performance, and labour optimisation in a fast-paced warehouse operation.
The description identifies the warehouse operation as being in Wellingborough.
Key Skills for This Role
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About Whistl
Whistl provides delivery management services across business mail, parcels, fulfilment, and doordrop media in the UK and internationally.
The company describes itself as having 23 UK locations and a team-oriented culture.
Role overview
The Labour Planning Analyst supports operational efficiency, service performance, and labour optimisation in a fast-paced warehouse operation.
The description identifies the warehouse operation as being in Wellingborough.
Responsibilities
- Forecast labour requirements from historical and live data; create daily, weekly, and monthly labour plans.
- Recommend shift patterns and resource levels to meet SLAs.
- Adjust staffing plans with warehouse management in real time and monitor productivity through WMS and labour systems.
- Support task prioritisation to maximise throughput.
- Track labour spend against budget, highlight risks, and plan agency flex hours for peak activity.
- Ensure compliance with working time and health and safety regulations.
- Report on labour utilisation and productivity, identify trends, recommend improvements, and support continuous improvement.
Essential skills and experience
- Proven labour planning and workforce optimisation experience, with strong data analysis and reporting skills.
- Experience in a fast-paced logistics or distribution environment; knowledge of warehouse KPIs and operational workflows.
- Understanding of UK labour legislation and safety standards.
- Proficiency in Excel and workforce planning tools such as Kronos, Reflexis, or similar.
- Experience managing agency labour.
- Able to work under pressure and adapt to changing priorities; strong problem-solving and communication skills.
Benefits
- 23 days of annual leave, company pension, long-service rewards, health cash plan, life assurance, and critical illness cover.
- Benefits portal, career development opportunities, and an employee assistance programme.
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