Commonwealth Bank is Australia's leading financial institution, committed to delivering exceptional outcomes for our customers, businesses and communities.
Retail Operations plays a critical role in supporting our customers and frontline teams, delivering operational services at scale across a diverse and complex portfolio.
We are evolving our workforce planning capability to better connect customer demand, workforce capacity and operational performance - enabling faster, smarter workforce decisions.
Location: Sydney/Perth preferred
As Senior Workforce Planning Manager , you will own workforce planning for Retail Operations portfolios, partnering with senior leaders to translate customer and business demand into robust forecasts, capacity plans and actionable workforce decisions.
Working across short, medium and longer-term horizons, you will bring together demand, workforce availability, productivity and operational performance to anticipate capacity requirements and recommend actions across workforce allocation, hiring, training and cross-skilling.
You will also help embed advanced forecasting, analytics and AI-enabled planning capabilities, supporting our shift from reactive workforce planning towards a more proactive and data-driven workforce intelligence capability.
Do work that matters
Own workforce planning for your portfolio - connect business demand, capacity and operational performance to support better workforce decisions
Shape strategic and operational decisions - provide senior leaders with clear recommendations and trade-offs across capacity, allocation, hiring, training and cross-skilling
Lead forecasting and capacity planning - translate demand, workload trends, FTE, leave, shrinkage and productivity into robust workforce requirements
Develop scenarios and recommendations - identify capacity gaps and opportunities and inform decisions across allocation, hiring, training and cross-skilling
Influence through insight - act as a trusted adviser to senior leaders,



constructively challenging assumptions and translating complex analysis into clear actions
Embed proactive planning rhythms - connect demand, capacity and performance through structured daily, weekly and monthly planning
Improve planning outcomes - monitor forecast accuracy, challenge assumptions and continuously improve workforce utilisation, productivity, service and cost outcomes
Champion new capability - embed advanced forecasting, analytics and AI-enabled tools into workforce planning and identify opportunities to improve how workforce decisions are made
WE'RE INTERESTED IN HEARING FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE
Strong experience in workforce planning, capacity planning, demand forecasting or operational planning within a large or complex environment
Demonstrated ability to own workforce planning outcomes and influence senior leaders on complex workforce and capacity decisions
Strong analytical and commercial capability, with an understanding of demand, capacity, productivity, service and cost
Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with confidence partnering with and constructively challenging senior leaders
Ability to translate complex information into transparent insights, recommendations and actions
A continuous improvement mindset and curiosity about how analytics, automation and AI can improve workforce decisions
Why this role
Own workforce planning across a complex operational portfolio
Act as a trusted adviser to senior operational leaders
Influence real decisions across capacity, allocation, hiring and workforce capability
Gain high visibility and exposure to senior operational leaders
Help embed evolving forecasting, analytics and AI-enabled workforce planning capabilities
Deliver tangible customer, people and commercial outcomes
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Advertising End Date: 09/09/2026
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📌 Senior Manager Workforce Planning (New South Wales)
🏢 Commonwealth Bank
📍 New South Wales