Group Head of Talent at an Industrial Group - Adexen Recruitment Agency

Adexen was mandated by an industrial group to recruit a qualified individual to fill the position below:

Job Title: Group Head of Talent

Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Industry: Industry & Manufacturing
Job Seniority: Director
Job Category: Human Resources
Employment Type: Full time

Responsibilities

• Develop a group wide talent strategy to improve recruitment and business performance
• Developing and implementing employee retention programmes or strategies
• Understanding workforce planning and resource forecasting.
• Developing effective strategies for identifying skills gaps within the workforce
• Articulate the corporate culture and underlying values for the Group and its businesses and drive the implementation across the Group
• Developing and implementing progressive talent management policies and processes for all roles across the Group
• Managing talent promotion and succession planning process
• Own all talent attraction and retention projects and initiatives across the Group for C level roles
• Serve as an advisor regarding key talent strategies and issues, including succession planning, leadership development, employee retention, compensation and benefits etc.
• Managing a highly-skilled team to assist with talent development and acquisition
• Planning regular employee performance reviews and feeding back to the business
• Ensuring the talent processes are implemented, communicated, and integrated 
• Define recruitment marketing guidelines 
• Monitoring and reporting on staff turnover rates.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field from a reputable institution
• MBA is a plus
• Minimum of 10 years of HR experience, with 5 years specifically in a similar senior position within an international corporation or a leading consulting company
• Proven track record of success facilitating progressive organisational change and development within a growing organisation
• Solid understanding of data analysis, budgeting
• Outstanding collaboration skills
• Working knowledge of any HR cloud based software is required
• Strong understanding of leading HR practices and industry trends
• Strategy agility and capability to partner with business and HR leadership
• Strong influence skills and capable to work in matrix organisations
• Leadership assessment, coaching and development experience is highly preferred
• Critical thinker strong analytical, consulting, coaching and influence skills.

Skills:

• HR Project Management
• HR Strategy
• Talent Acquisition
• HRIS
• Employee Engagement
• SAP
• Succession Planning.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.