CenterPoint Energy, Inc

Senior Resource Allocation Planner

CenterPoint Energy, Inc • $91K — $137K *
Minneapolis, MN 55407In-Person
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or related field.
  • 6+ years in forecasting, planning, and resource deployment in the service industry.
  • 8+ years of relevant work experience with focus on Business/Finance/Accounting.
  • Strong analytical skills with proficiency in workload forecasting and modeling.
  • Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

  • Create and analyze workload forecasts to optimize staffing schedules.
  • Manage daily routing of front-line staff to meet service delivery levels.
  • Monitor and adjust staffing plans based on changing demands and capacities.
  • Provide regular reports for staffing, scheduling, and training needs adjustments.
  • Improve business processes to achieve optimal results.
  • Build and maintain positive relationships with internal and external partners.
  • Exhibit leadership behaviors to foster a productive team environment.

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits from day one.
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) with company contributions.
  • 401(k) plan with dollar-for-dollar company match up to 6%.
  • Flexible work schedule, including paid time off and holidays.
  • Professional development programs and tuition reimbursement.
Full Job Description
Job Summary

Effectively manages front-line resource allocations by creating, maintaining and communicating appropriate models and reports. Evaluates workforce capacities and pending or forecasted work to achieve optimal workforce alignment and makes recommendations to the appropriate audience related to staffing and/or training needs.

Essential Functions

  • Understands company resource capabilities and capacities and creates and analyzes workload forecasts and plans to develop a front-line staffing schedule which utilizes resources to their fullest.
  • Enables the routing of the front-line staff to assure appropriate levels of service delivery are met on a daily and weekly basis.
  • Monitors and adjusts the plan sufficiently, based upon changing demand requirements and resource capacities, by completing comprehensive analysis, converting data to usable information.
  • Provides regular and ad-hoc reports to make staffing, scheduling, training, and other planned event adjustments that allows the workforce to meet the customer needs and expectations.
  • Maintains a thorough understanding of workload forecasting and modeling and seeks to improve business and work processes to assure business results are achieved.
  • Cultivates positive business relationships throughout the CNP organization and with key external partners.
  • Acts as a liaison between the various workforces and departments by exhibiting desirable and appropriate leadership behavior including integrity, ability to learn, results orientation, ability to interact effectively with others, team-playing, coaching, sense of urgency, and independent judgment that creates a productive unit dedicated to the achievement of business goals.


Education Description

Requires a bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting or related discipline from an accredited college and university and/or equivalent work experience.

Experience

Requires a minimum of six (6) years of experience in forecasting, planning and resource deployment in the service industry or related environment.

Or eight (8) years' work experience with emphasis on Business, Finance or Accounting. Every two years of experience is equivalent to one year of education.

Physical Requirements
  • Able to communicate either written and verbal communications either in person or through technical equipment such as telephone.
  • Able to demonstrate and apply the manual dexterity to operate a personal computer and common office equipment.
  • Able to sit, stand or walk for long periods of time.
  • Able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a minimal amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.
  • Able to operate a motor vehicle and drive a motor vehicle daily or for extended time periods, in a safe manner, and enter/exit vehicle unassisted.


Working Conditions
  • Required to participate in CenterPoint Energy's Emergency Operation Plan (EOP).
  • Able to work regular hours, with occasional or mandatory overtime; may be required to work rotating shifts.

What we bring to you
  • Competitive pay
  • Benefits eligibility begins on your first day
  • Medical, Dental, Vision Benefits
  • Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
  • Health/Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match dollar-for-dollar up to 6% and a company contribution of 3% regardless of your contribution
  • Flexible work schedule, paid holidays and paid time off
  • Paid training
  • Professional growth and development programs including tuition reimbursement
  • Life, AD&D, Disability
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Transit subsidies
  • Access to discounts at fitness clubs and an on-site wellness center at our headquarters in Houston

Job Type: Full Time
Posting Start Date: 09/02/2026
Posting End Date: 09/11/2026

Compensation: $91,366.40 to $137,049.60 Annually
CenterPoint Energy is required by Minnesota law to provide a good faith estimate of the minimum and maximum starting compensation range at the time of posting for the opportunity. This annual compensation range is specific to Minnesota and takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

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About CenterPoint Energy, Inc

CenterPoint Energy is a domestic energy delivery company. The Company’s business segments include Electric Transmission and Distribution, Natural Gas Distribution, Competitive Natural Gas Sales and Services, Interstate Pipelines, Field Services and Other Operations. The Company serves metered customers primarily in Arkansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas. The company also owns a 58.3% interest in a midstream partnership it jointly controls with OGE Energy Corp. with operations in natural gas and liquids-rich producing areas of Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana.

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Learn more about CenterPoint Energy, Inc
Size
9,418 employees
Market Cap
$19.2 billion
Industry
Energy & Utilities
Net Income
-$773 million
Founded
1866
5 Year Trend
+2.1%
Revenue
$7.4 billion
NASDAQ
CNP
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