The Company

Aramco is a world leading integrated Energy and Chemicals Company with operations in Saudi Arabia, Europe, the United States and the Far East. Our offices in Europe support a wide range of activities from facilitating the safe and reliable delivery of energy to customers around the globe, to pushing for breakthroughs in research and innovation

The Role

Senior Strategic Workforce Planning and Data Analyst is a critical partner within the organisation and responsible for driving workforce planning and reporting processes to ensure Aramco Europe has the right size, shape, talent, skills, and capabilities to meet both current and future business needs.

This role requires a strong analytical and advisory mindset, deep technical expertise in Excel automation and Power BI, and the ability to bring external labour market insights into workforce strategy. The candidate will also contribute to organisational design, job architecture development, and compensation benchmarking, ensuring strategies align with the Aramco Europe operating model and growth objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Strategic Workforce Planning, Reporting and Dashboards

• Own and evolve the workforce planning processes, integrating internal workforce data with external labour market insights and future skill needs.
• Develop, automate, and maintain workforce planning reports using Excel, Excel Automations, Power BI, and SuccessFactors reporting tools.
• Build Dashboards for all levels, present the story behind the data in a compelling and insightful manner
• Forecast workforce demand, considering factors such as business growth, retirements, emerging skill needs, and market trends.
• Collaborate with Corporate Planning, Finance and Business Leaders to align workforce planning with labor budgeting processes, ensuring headcount, cost, and workforce analytics support organisational strategy.
• Apply predictive analytics to workforce data to anticipate risks (e.g., turnover, skill gaps) and create proactive talent plans.
• Bring external perspective on talent and skills to improve workforce plans and talent supply strategies.

2. Organizational Design & Development

• Partner Business Leaders to advise on organisational structures, span of control analysis, and job architecture development.
• Support development of job scopes and ensure role clarity in alignment with strategic workforce plans of Aramco Europe.
• Ensure job evaluations are aligned with the Korn Ferry or Hays methodology
• Contribute to organisational development initiatives, identifying capability gaps and aligning learning and development initiatives with workforce planning outcomes.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Data Analytics, or related field required
• 8+ years of relevant experience in strategic workforce planning, workforce analytics, or HR strategy roles within a mid to large-sized organization
• Strong expertise in workforce reporting, headcount budgeting, and predictive analytics
• Expert proficiency in Excel (including automation/macros) and Power BI
• Experience with SAP SuccessFactors, particularly in reporting and analytics
• Knowledge of job evaluation methodologies (Korn Ferry or Hays preferred; certification is an advantage)
• Familiarity with organizational design principles and job architecture development
• Ability to translate data insights into actionable workforce strategies
• Strong stakeholder management, consulting, and advisory skills
• Previous broader HR experience is preferable

***THIS IS A 12 MONTH ROLLING CONTRACT ****