At CVS Health, we’re building a world of health around every consumer and surrounding ourselves with dedicated colleagues who are passionate about transforming health care.
As the nation’s leading health solutions company, we reach millions of Americans through our local presence, digital channels and more than 300,000 purpose-driven colleagues – caring for people where, when and how they choose in a way that is uniquely more connected, more convenient and more compassionate. And we do it all with heart, each and every day.
Job Purpose and Summary:
This position is responsible for long range (12-18 months) and midrange (0-26 weeks) business forecasting and staff capacity planning for call and back office operations for Specialty Operation. This individual will be part of a team that owns the business planning, including staffing requirements and metrics performance as well as the many different types of analysis that are needed on an ad-hoc and reoccurring basis.
This role is responsible for forecasting, modeling, performance projections, intermediate financial variance explanations, and analysis. This person must be able to clearly articulate a clear and concise narrative regarding weekly and monthly variances to budgets and/or quarterly reforecasts.
Building strong working relationships with in a heavily matrixed environment and delivering on individual commitments will be critical to the success of this role. Candidates should possess outstanding analytical and critical-thinking skills as well as a proven track record of collaboration within cross-functional organizations (i.e. operations and finance).
This person MUST be curious and want to understand how things work to drive continuous improvements.
Primary Job Duties & Responsibilities:
Maintain accurate labor forecasts to predict staffing needs under a variety of intake volumes, workloads, work activities, rates and other conditions using data/statistical analysis.
Participate/Lead weekly and monthly resource discussions with business partners including Operations, HR, Talent Acquisition, Training, and Vendor Management, to ensure current and future business outlooks are well documented and socialized.
Maintain volume and handle time forecasts for all lines of business for all call and pharmacy functions; produce and communicate vendor locked forecasts.
Investigate volume and handle time forecast variances and incorporate into upcoming forecasts.
Actively participate in peak season staffing planning meetings including coordination of new hire classes and target LOBs.
Contribute to quarterly forecast submission data for financial outlooks.
Required Qualifications:
- 3-5 years of experience with Call Center and Backoffice Workforce Management/Resource Planning
- Specialty Pharmacies
- Basic finance fundamentals
Skill In:
- Strong Excel a MUST
- Tableau and/or other BI tools preferred
- Avaya/CMS, Verint or NICE
- Having a curiosity to drive change and improvements
Ability To:
- Data analysis, problem solving, communicate at upper management level
Education:
- Bachelors Degree in related field or equivalent experience is required
Preferred Qualifications:
- 5-8 years of experience in Pharmacy/PBM Operations
Skill in:
- Plan and operations optimization
Ability To:
- Ability to obtain, review, analyze and compile information from multiple data sources
- Ability to handle multiple tasks with competing priorities
Anticipated Weekly Hours
40
Time Type
Full time
Pay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$54,300.00 - $159,120.00
This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.
Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.
Great benefits for great people
We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits – investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:
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Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.
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No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.
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Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.
For more information, visit https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 04/30/2025
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.
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What We Do
CVS Health is the leading health solutions company that delivers care in ways no one else can. We reach people in more ways and improve the health of communities across America through our local presence, digital channels and our nearly 300,000 dedicated colleagues – including more than 40,000 physicians, pharmacists, nurses and nurse practitioners.
Wherever and whenever people need us, we help them with their health – whether that’s managing chronic diseases, staying compliant with their medications, or accessing affordable health and wellness services in the most convenient ways. We help people navigate the health care system – and their personal health care – by improving access, lowering costs and being a trusted partner for every meaningful moment of health. And we do it all with heart, each and every day.
