Consultancy - Senior Talent & Capability Manager at Living Goods

Purpose of role:

• The role is highly visible to a large cross-section of key and senior stakeholders, which will typically involve many critical leadership roles that significantly impact the organization’s ability to achieve key strategic outcomes/BIG wins.  The TCM will be an expert in the resourcing, hiring, and talent planning process and will be a coach and mentor to their client group and will model our values enabling a high standard of best practice and facilitating brilliant talent moves and hires – while providing advice and guidance to functional units and HR stakeholders on their input to a robust multi-year talent plan and the on-going monitoring of that plan

Key Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates a deep understanding of the organizational strategic objectives and priorities to ensure the execution of LG’s talent agenda; Supports the definition and delivery of the talent and capability development framework required to support the execution of Living Good’s strategy.
• Work collaboratively to shape and define the approach and key milestones to implement these strategies, including shaping key talent and performance processes across LG; accountable for strengthening the succession pools through talent internal career pathways and external acquisition; develops plans and interventions to ensure a high quality of delivery; utilizes tools that enable the resourcing process and search for ways to innovate and drive improvements.
• Contribute to the positioning of LG’s Global Employer Brand to ensure top-of-mind awareness as a preferred employer in all the countries where we have teams.
• Deploy creative sourcing strategies to attract best-in-class talent for todays and tomorrow’s LG business needs while developing robust succession pipelines for key positions.
• Be a true business partner and coach for hiring managers and HR Managers in all talent discussions to ensure the right balance of talent buying, borrowing, and building decisions.
• Provide oversight and technical expertise in the design, delivery, and evaluation of technical as well as Leadership learning interventions.
• Lead the annual talent management process while linking outcomes from the annual performance management cycle, Talent Reviews, and annual learning needs for teams and individuals.

Qualifications & Experience Required

• First degree in Industrial psychology, Social Sciences and any other related field.
• Membership with an accredited HR professional body.
• A relevant master’s degree will be an added advantage.
• A Chartered Human resource professional will be an added advantage.
• At least 6 year’s experience of engaging with multi senior stakeholders/clients in a fast-paced matrixed business environment.
• Specialist experience in Talent Acquisition as well as in a large or fast-growing organization, preferably a multinational organization.
• Proven track record of managing senior to mid-career level recruitment with a strong appreciation of global trends and best practices in Talent management.
• Have a pragmatic approach to problem-solving with the ability to generate insight from data and derive action plans for continuous improvement.
• Possess exceptional internal consulting skills and be able to influence action and change with stakeholders.
• A good listener who persuasively conveys opinions and recommendations
• Bilingual in French is a plus.