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# Workforce Planning Analyst (Maternity Cover) at Motorway

- **Company:** Motorway
- **Location:** Brighton
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-10-08
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-19
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/motorway/2c32553c-b460-400c-80f1-4e5cf78be0c3

## Job description

## About Motorway

Motorway is the UK's largest online car-selling platform. We connect private sellers directly with over 8,000 dealers nationwide. Our online platform helps sellers achieve great prices for their cars while giving dealers fast, reliable access to the stock they want for their dealerships. Founded in 2017, our award-winning, technology-led approach has redefined the experience of selling a car. Motorway is backed by some of the world’s leading technology investors, having raised £143 million in Series C funding. This is a unique opportunity to join a fast-growing scale-up at a crucial phase of growth and help change an industry for the better.

## About the Role

This is an exciting opportunity to become an integral part of Motorways Workforce Planning Team. As the critical link, you will directly support Contact Centre teams across Motorway in achieving their Service Delivery Plans. Your analysis and utilisation of resources are essential to meeting critical Service Level Agreements, while simultaneously increasing overall productivity and efficiency. You’ll proactively drive value through effective planning and detailed analysis of performance, including communicating current and future performance outlooks to stakeholders. You will create and distribute agent schedules based on demand forecasts and operational targets, ensuring optimal resource allocation across all contact channels (Voice, Live Chat, Email, and Tickets).

Key components of this role include tracking real time and historical operational performance and adherence to plans, utilising tools such as Calabrio, Zendesk Contact Centre/Amazon Connect, and Google Sheets. You'll provide deep analysis and insights into KPI performance and productivity metrics to identify critical trends and highlight performance risks. A deep understanding and application of end to end workforce planning methodologies, processes and systems, is essential for success in this fast paced contact center environment.

## What You'll Do (Key Responsibilities)

- Develop accurate demand forecasts and capacity plans across all channels (Voice, Live Chat, Email, and Tickets).
- Create, adjust, and distribute daily and weekly agent schedules, utilizing WFM principles to optimise resource allocation and utilization.
- Actively track and monitor the real time performance of KPIs and adherence to plans.
- Implement dynamic intraday adjustments to staffing and skill routing to mitigate performance risks.
- Provide deep analysis and data driven insights into operational performance (i.e. utilisation, occupancy, productivity).
- Proactively update and engage with operational stakeholders on current and future performance outlooks, translating complex WFM data into actionable business language.
- Maintain, build, and enhance operational reports to support data driven decision making.

## What You'll Bring (Required Skills and Experience)

- Demonstrated success and hands on experience in end to end workforce planning and real time monitoring.
- Strong working knowledge of WFM systems (e.g. Calabrio, Genesys, NICE or similar) and contact center omnichannel platforms.
- Exceptional skill in using analytical tools (such as Google Sheets/Excel) to manipulate large data sets and translate complex data for stakeholders.
- Excellent ability to manage multiple, conflicting priorities effectively, particularly urgent real time needs.
- A proactive, self motivated approach to identifying operational gaps and implementing solutions independently.
- Experience working in a fast paced omnichannel contact centre environment.

Our interview process

- Intro Call with Talent Partner - 30 minutes
- Hiring Manager Interview - 60 minutes
- Final Interview and Take Home Assessment - 60 minutes

You can expect to hear back from us within a week of each interview stage. You'll have the opportunity to speak with a talent partner throughout the interview process should you have any questions or need any type of accommodations.

Job details

- Shift pattern: Monday to Friday 8:45am to 5:30pm
- Duration: 12 Months FTC

## Benefits

We've got your back, in life's biggest moments and the everyday ones too.

- Competitive salary
- Equity scheme - we all share in Motorway’s success
- 25 days holiday
- Sea-front office with bi-weekly massages and free snacks
- Private medical insurance via BUPA
- Life assurance
- Pension scheme (we contribute 5%)
- Enhanced family leave (e.g. 26 weeks full pay for maternity or adoption)
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme
- EV leasing scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Nursery salary sacrifice scheme
- 1 paid volunteering day a year

## About Motorway

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Motorway is the UK’s leading online marketplace that connects private car sellers directly with a national network of verified dealers, using a daily auction system to deliver the best price fast.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C / Venture Capital-Backed)
- **Headquarters**: London, England, United Kingdom (Fitzrovia office) with a second office in Brighton.
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Tom Leathes (CEO) and Harry Jones

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Automotive marketplace, used car sales, online vehicle auctions, fintech (Motorway Pay).
- **Target customers**: Two-sided marketplace serving consumers (private sellers) and B2B buyers (over 8,000 verified car dealers).
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To build a better car market by making car selling simpler, faster, and fairer for everyone.

## Products & Services
- **Motorway (Consumer Platform)**: A fully online service where private car owners get a free instant valuation, profile their car using a mobile app, and list it in a daily auction where 8,000+ verified dealers bid. The highest offer is presented to the seller. Includes home collection, same-day payment via **Motorway Pay**, and automatic settlement of outstanding finance.
- **Motorway for Dealers**: A B2B platform allowing dealers to buy privately-owned used vehicles directly from sellers, bypassing traditional wholesale middlemen.
- **Motorway Remarketing (Enterprise Service)**: A new B2B line launched in 2025/2026 giving dealers direct access to end-of-finance vehicles from fleet and finance partners (e.g., Mobilize Financial Services).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Total funding raised is **$308.75M** (approx. £250M+).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by world-class investors including **Index Ventures**, **BMW i Ventures**, **Latitude**, **Unbound**, and **Trinity Capital** (which provided a £25M credit facility in May 2026).
- **Growth Signals**:
    - Over **1 million cars sold** through the platform.
    - Rated **’Excellent’** with **100,000+ Trustpilot reviews**.
    - **84% of sellers** get more than market price for their car (independently validated).
    - Expanded into the **fleet remarketing** space in 2025/2026.
    - Team has grown to approximately **400 employees** across London and Brighton.

## Competitive Advantages
- **True Two-Sided Network Effect**: A large base of private sellers attracts more dealers, which in turn drives better prices for sellers (84% beat market price), creating a powerful flywheel.
- **Tech-First Experience**: Fully online, app-based valuation and listing process removes the friction of physical inspections and haggling.
- **Motorway Pay**: An in-house payment system that enables instant, secure bank transfers on the doorstep, eliminating payment risk for both parties.
- **Trust and Transparency**: No upfront fees (fee only charged on successful sale), combined with verified dealer network and high ratings.

## Strategic Focus
- **Deepening the enterprise & fleet channel**: The launch of the remarketing service shows a move to capture more B2B supply.
- **Scaling dealer services**: Expanding offerings for dealers beyond just auction access (e.g., financing, logistics).
- **Data & AI investment**: Actively hiring a **Principal Generative AI Engineer** and **Senior Marketing Data Analyst**, indicating a focus on leveraging AI to improve matching, pricing, and operational efficiency.
- **UK market dominance**: With $308M in funding, Motorway is well-capitalized to consolidate its position as the UK’s leading digital used car marketplace.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: Described as a community that cares about much more than cars. Core values include “Create new roads” (innovation), “Take the wheel” (ownership), and “Be humble” (ego-free teamwork). Features employee-led D&I, LGBTQ+, and Women’s committees.
- **Hybrid Work**: London office operates on a **hybrid schedule**. Employees can also **work from Europe for up to 4 weeks a year**.
- **Dog-Friendly**: Dogs welcome in the London office on Mondays and Fridays.
- **Perks & Benefits**:
    - Financial: Employee stock option scheme, generous pension, save 40% on a new electric car.
    - Wellness: Comprehensive BUPA private health insurance, 24/7 Employee Assistance Program.
    - Family: Generous maternity/paternity leave, nursery fee coverage.
    - Office Life: Communal lunches, themed breakfasts, sea views in Brighton, and regular social events.
- **Engineering Culture**: With ~400 people and a focus on data and AI, the engineering and product teams are central to the business. Current openings include a Principal Generative AI Engineer and Executive Assistant to the CPO, signaling a high-priority product organisation.

## Sources
1. [motorway.co.uk](https://motorway.co.uk/about)
2. [careers.motorway.co.uk](https://careers.motorway.co.uk/)
3. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/motorway)
4. [uk.linkedin.com](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/motorway-online-ltd.)

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