21/08/2026
📢 We are hiring! 📢
Pple Industrial is looking for a Workforce Coordinator for a permanent role in Springs, Gauteng.
Our client, who operates within the Contract Logistics and Warehousing space is a specialised provider of end to end contract logistics solutions, delivering innovative supply chain services across multiple industries including FMCG and Industrial sectors.
We are seeking an experienced Workforce Coordinator who will be responsible for ensuring that the right number of employees with the right skills are available at the right times to meet production demands efficiently. The role requires the incumbent to be responsible for employee covers, while managing all leave and training replacements.
Applications close 28 August 2026. Send your CV directly to [email protected] and use the subject "Workforce Coordinator"
✅ Key Responsibilities:
− Demand Forecasting: Utilize available historical data trends, market trends, and business projections to forecast future workforce requirements and plan accordingly.
- Capacity Planning: Determine the optimal number of employees needed to meet production targets, service levels, or project deadlines.
- Strategic Planning: Collaborate with department heads and senior management accordingly to align workforce planning strategies and organisational targets, goals and objectives.
- Develop various staffing scenarios to assess the impact of changes in demand, budget constraints, or other factors on workforce requirements.
- Resource Allocation: Allocate human resources across different departments, shifts, or locations to ensure adequate coverage while minimising costs and ensuring that the best trained resources are allocated based on their skills.
- Monitoring Performance: Track employee’s key performance indicators (KPIs) related to workforce productivity, efficiency, and utilisation of employees.
- Schedule Optimisation: Create and maintain employee schedules that balance workload requirements with employee preferences, labour laws, contractual obligations, while maintaining overtime as regulated by the Department of Labour.
- Continuous Improvement Initiatives: Identifying opportunities for process and progress optimisation and efficiency gains in workforce planning and scheduling processes.
- Communication: Ensure to effectively communicate workforce plans, schedules, and performance metrics to stakeholders (Senior Managers, HOD’s), at all levels of the organisation.
- Problem solving: Must be able to solve problems and get to the root cause.
- Strong collaborator: Ensure that you can work independently with minimal supervision and coordination across dynamic and multi-cultural teams.
✅ Requirements
- Grade 12 - Matric.
- National Diploma in human resources, business administration, health and safety or an equivalent qualification.
- At least 2 years proven experience in workforce planning, capacity planning, or related fields.
- Strong analytical skills with proficiency in statistical analysis and forecasting techniques.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Proficiency in workforce management software (where applicable), spreadsheet applications, and other relevant data collection tools.
- Knowledge of labour laws and regulations.
- Knowledge of industry best practices in workforce planning and scheduling.
📧 To apply email [email protected] with your CV and use the subject "Workforce Coordinator"
