Senior Manager, Talent & Career Management at Best Search Recruitment

Job description

• Extract value from what we already have through divisional focused commercial activities such as: divisional business optimisation projects, contracts review and negotiation, capital/budget efficiency activities within division, etc.
• Innovation – identifying and taking advantage of new business opportunities, e.g., through stimulating new business opportunities, divisional products launched, division product/process innovation, structural changes within division, etc.
• Maintain leadership in the ICT/Digital industry by influencing state/local legislations & policies, participating in local level industry think-tanks, building & extending national B-2-B and similar relationships, etc.
• Enhance/expand the organisation’s role in the larger national and ecosystem through participation as a thought leader, executing local CSR projects, involvement in local industry non-ICT policy & think-tank activities etc.
• Divisional people leadership activities: coaching, staff development and motivation through intra staff coaching, employee networks mentorship/support, own division employee engagement projects, faculty roles, inter/intra talent mentorship, etc.
• Generic activities necessary for positive business outcomes such as: supporting recruitment, thought leadership as internal (interview/disciplinary) panel member, influencing next level leaders (e.g., at BPR) etc.
• Develop and ensure consistent deployment of the organisation’s career and talent management strategy in line with Group standards.
• Develop structures to determine return on investments on career and talent management interventions towards fine-tuning the processes to be more effective.
• Develop a functional and effective Talent Pipeline and Succession Planning strategy / framework for the organisation
• Partner effectively with the Business Partners to retain the organisation’s top talents
• Review trends in career & talent management and develop Talent Management Framework and Strategy in alignment with corporate strategy.
• Provide periodic analytical reports on the performance of Career & Talent Management initiatives.
• Drive the implementation of Strategic Workforce Planning
• Oversee the successful implementation of internal mobility programmes and skill enhancement schemes including project participation, job rotation, secondment, etc., and create an effective system to monitor and track the performance of staff on these initiatives.
• Facilitate annual talent review sessions, assess talent readiness and identify pool of talent within the organisation and translate to talent development and succession/retention plans.
• Manage the Mentoring & Coaching Framework and ensure clear definition of criteria for identifying participants and ensuring consistency in the implementation of the Framework.

Requirements:

• First Degree
• MBA is desirable
• Professional Qualification from a recognized HR Body
• Minimum 10 years’ experience including:
• Manager track record of 5 years or more; with at least 3 years in relevant sector/industry
• Worked across diverse cultures and geographies advantageous
• Work experience preferably in the Consulting, Research & Business Development or Human Resources profession.
• 2/3 years’ experience in either performance, career, reward, learning or talent management