The definition of Strategic Workforce planning is a need to match the organizations requirements (demand) and available resources (supply), both in short and long perspective.
To run a closely integrated Strategic Workforce Planning process linked to Company Strategic and business plan gives prerequisite to proactively spend our efforts to attract, recruit, develop exit and retain competencies that are crucial for our future business needs to enable our strategy.
A key question is how to determine the optimal personnel needed (core competencies) in order to fulfill requirements and maintain sustainability today and yet meet the long-term business expectation to guarantee future success. Furthermore to give guidance to both newly recruits and present employees to find ways to take a next step in their working life.