Senior Rostering Manager Jobs in South Africa

A client is seeking a senior workforce planning and rostering manager to oversee workforce scheduling, manpower allocation and rostering governance across multiple operations, in Johannesburg. Offered through Dananda Talent, this permanent intermediate role focuses on workforce optimisation, accurate reporting, labour cost forecasting, compliance and alignment between operational and payroll requirements.

About the company and the work

Dananda Talent provides an agile talent management solution, formed in 2007, and works with professionally qualified students and graduates, senior managers and the executive market. The client needs a senior rostering manager who can keep staffing aligned to operational requirements and contractual staffing levels across multiple sites and contracts.

Role details / duties

• Oversee workforce scheduling and rostering across multiple operational sites and contracts.
• Ensure manpower allocation aligns with operational requirements and contractual staffing levels.
• Monitor staffing shortages, overstaffing, absenteeism and workforce utilisation.
• Identify opportunities to improve rostering efficiency, workforce allocation and overtime management, and oversee rostering administrators and maintain consistent operational controls.
• Maintain accurate workforce information across centralised rostering systems, and prepare management reports covering manpower allocation, attendance, leave, overtime and workforce trends.
• Analyse workforce data to identify discrepancies, operational risks and areas for improvement, and ensure alignment between rostering information, payroll records and financial reporting.
• Oversee workforce and wage forecasting across multiple operations, monitor actual labour costs against forecasts and investigate variances, support overtime reduction and effective manpower utilisation, and ensure workforce allocations comply with applicable wage structures and labour regulations.
• Support workforce compliance reporting, including UIF, ETI, B-BBEE and skills development requirements, and coordinate workforce information relating to learnerships, training initiatives and employee development.
• Support shift structure implementation and workforce-related operational projects, provide guidance to rostering teams and coordinate workforce requirements with Operations, HR and Payroll, identify and implement improvements to workforce planning processes and reporting accuracy, and support senior management with workforce analytics, operational reporting and strategic initiatives.
• Ensure continuity of workforce planning and rostering activities during management absences.

Requirements

• Grade 12.
• Minimum 8-10 years’ experience in workforce rostering, scheduling or manpower management.
• Advanced experience with Easy Roster or comparable centralised workforce rostering systems.
• Proven experience managing large-scale workforce scheduling across multiple sites or contracts.
• Experience overseeing rostering teams, workforce reporting and manpower analytics.
• Strong understanding of labour cost forecasting, overtime management and workforce compliance.
• Experience working with different wage structures and operational requirements.
• Exposure to learnership administration, workforce development and statutory reporting.
• Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving abilities.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills advantageous, and a relevant qualification in Operations Management, Human Resources or Business Administration advantageous.

Where to find / apply safely

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Practical tips

• Show large-scale, multi-site rostering and Easy Roster experience clearly.
• Give examples of labour cost forecasting, overtime reduction and reporting improvements.
• Highlight compliance, payroll alignment and team leadership experience.

How the process works

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Important information

This post is informational only, and openings and requirements change at any time. Readers should always verify the details on the original listing before applying. Salary was not disclosed in the source advert.

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