Forecasting Analyst III

E2 Consulting Engineers•Irwindale, CA

2d•$65,000 - $85,000•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for building workforce plans that support our day‑to-day operations. It includes forecasting, staffing plans, schedule development, and performance analysis, with close partnership across Operations, Systems, and our vendors to keep service on track.

Requirements

Experience with WFM platforms such as: Aspect/Alvaria, Genesys WFM, NICE/IEX, Verint, Calabrio, etc.
Experience with multi-site and/or vendor/BPO operations (and managing different shrinkage patterns)
Experience supporting multi-skill routing and queue/skill strategy
Knowledge of intraday management practices and real-time levers (OT, VTO, reassignments, skill changes)
Familiarity with capacity planning for seasonal peaks and event-driven volatility (outages, billing cycles, weather)
SQL, Power BI/Tableau, or data modeling skills
Experience building standard work, playbooks, governance routines, and reporting automation
Exposure to labor rules / union environment (if relevant), timekeeping systems, and policy constraints
Experience coaching/mentoring and driving adoption of WFM best practices
Bachelor Degree in applicable profession, business, or technical discipline or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Responsibilities

Hands-on WFM experience in a contact center (forecasting + scheduling + performance analysis)
Strong understanding of key call center drivers and metrics: Forecast inputs (volume, AHT, shrinkage), service level/ASA, abandon rate, occupancy, adherence, backlog
Proven ability to turn data into operational recommendations, not just reports
Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, nested formulas, PowerQuery)
Experience producing staffing plans and explaining tradeoffs (service vs cost)
Comfortable working with ambiguity and changing priorities (weather/events/outages/system issues)
Strong communication skills, able to clearly explain performance drivers and provide direct, easy‑to-understand updates
Strong stakeholder partnership collaborating well with Operations and vendors
High attention to detail and follow-through (schedule accuracy, assumptions, documentation)