Director of Talent Planning

Kenco • Chattanooga, TN

5d

About The Position

The Director of Talent Planning is responsible for leading the development of integrated talent strategies that drive operational effectiveness, foster an inclusive and engaging culture, and elevate the overall employee experience. This role ensures the seamless integration of critical talent functions to include Talent Acquisition, Community & Culture, People Analytics, and Employee Engagement, ensuring these functions work together to build a future-ready workforce and thriving organizational culture. Partnering closely with senior leadership, HR business partners, and business unit leaders, the Director anticipates talent needs, designs workforce strategies, and drives initiatives that strengthen our talent pipeline. By producing predictive analytics and delivering actionable insights, this role plays a critical role in informing workforce design and supporting enterprise-wide strategic objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Human Resources or related field required or equivalent years of experience required. Equivalent years of experience is defined as one year of professional experience for each year of college requested.
• 7 years of experience in leading and growing cross-functional teams.
• 3-5 years of experience in data analytics, reporting and data interpretation.
• Experience in leading enterprise-wide initiatives creating leadership buy-in.
• Experience applying talent planning strategies to support current and future growth across an organization.

Responsibilities

• Drive enterprise-wide talent strategy by developing strong strategic partnerships across business units to ensure unified workforce planning.
• Optimize people analytics and workforce insights by translating complex datasets into clear, compelling talent recommendations that enable informed decision-making and support an engaged culture.
• Champion employee engagement by aligning community, culture, and talent strategies to create a thriving, future-ready workforce.
• Enhance workforce resilience by partnering with senior leadership to anticipate risks and establish contingency plans for critical talent needs.
• Develop and implement innovative long-term workforce strategies that align talent skills with evolving business priorities.
• Accelerate data-driven decision-making by delivering advanced workforce forecasts that reveal skill gaps, labor demands, and opportunities for optimization.
• Partner with senior leadership to identify critical roles and ensure robust succession planning, leadership readiness, and talent bench strength.
• Define, monitor, and report on key KPIs, including turnover, time-to-fill, vacancy rates, succession planning, culture and engagement.
• Collaborate closely with TA and business leaders to ensure position accuracy and design strategies that build internal and external pipelines for current and future needs.
• Partner with leadership to drive adoption of talent planning practices across the organization, fostering a culture of proactive workforce planning and agility.
• Advise and mentor the field HR teams to drive performance and innovation for talent planning and engagement.

Benefits

• Medical insurance including HSA, HRA and FSA accounts
• Supplemental insurance including critical illness, hospital indemnity, accidental injury
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Basic Life and Supplemental Life
• Short Term and Long Term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• 401(k)
• Paid Time Off approximately 2 weeks (accrual begins on Day 1 of employment)
• Employer Paid Holidays- 10 days

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees