Head, Talent Management at Dangote Industries Limited

Dangote Group is one of Nigeria’s most diversified business conglomerates with a hard – earned reputation for excellent business practices and products’ quality with its operational headquarters in the bustling metropolis of Lagos, Nigeria in West Africa.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head, Talent Management

Location: Lagos
Job type: Full-time

Key Accountabilities

• Highly confidential individual who will give a clear picture with full understanding of how each SBU is running and what is happening at all levels regarding talent management.
• Use effective people skills to always ensure good relationships with all employees and external contacts.
• Develop and implement HR planning, produce accurate HR reports weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly to provide accurate information to Management.
• Benchmarking and undertaking searches and surveys for best HR recruitment and talent management practices.
• Manage a high-volume workload. The Head Talent Management will be expected to keep up with paperwork and meticulous diary-keeping to manage all workloads associated with the talent management process and development across the three SBUs.
• Communicate at all levels, with an excellent understanding of the values of the company and to ensure buy-in to those values to fulfil the position.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and implement the HR strategy aligned to the business objectives and company HR initiatives| Be responsible for all recruitment and selection processes, policy and practices, talent management, succession planning, driving performance appraisals and any other HR related function).
• Lead the work to regularly review the company's talent management processes within the business areas, including performance/potential management, resource planning and succession planning
• Where required, work in partnership on projects to aid continuous improvement and implement performance improvement programmes (e.g., changes to working practices, organisation changes and lean programmes) | Establish and maintain appropriate systems for measuring metrics that support the achievement of business goals, and necessary
• Manage all recruitment needs for the company, including implementing and continually developing a robust recruitment process.
• Overseeing the day-to-day management of the recruitment process, including reviewing job descriptions, website advertising, updating of the company resource plan, sifting through and selection of CV’s, attending interviews and selecting candidates| Creating and continually improving offer letters and contracts of employment, whilst managing the timely distribution of such documents.
• Managing the collation of references, and security clearance as relevant to each role| Ensuring all relevant certificates and employee documents are received on or before 1st day of employment.

Responsible For:
The overall management and documentation of the following:

• Talent Management| Recruitment and Selection| Transfers and Redeployment| Writing and delivery of the HR Strategy.
• Performance Management Process – including, Probation, Annual & Bi-annual appraisals, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) setting etc.

Person Specification
Education/Experience/Knowledge:

• First degree in Business Administration/ Economics or any Social Science course or related discipline with MBA or master’s degree (specializing in HR) with a minimum of 10 years’ experience in HR at managerial grade| CIPMN membership.
• Experience of designing and delivering coaching/mentoring, learning & development and talent management programmes.
• Interpersonal relationships, discretion, and confidentiality| Ability to communicate at all levels| Knowledge of employment law| Knowledge of work-based learning.
• Experience of using HR Information Systems| Experience of report writing using Microsoft Office.
• Recruitment and Selection experience| Ability to innovate, to create and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Experience of designing and writing HR policies, procedures, offers and contracts of employment| Experience of working with FMCGs and third-party Organisations, especially for outsourcing.

Competencies:

• Teamwork- Ability to build and develop relationships with internal employees, strategic partners, and other external parties/ organisations; able to resolve conflict, possessing problem-solving skills| Personal Drive- Will be able to demonstrate being self-directed, resourceful, and creative; Able to manage own time and work autonomously; Able to work on own initiative with drive and enthusiasm.
• Communication- Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills|Commercial Awareness- Able to demonstrate contribution to maximising commercial performance through controlling costs, and ensuring efficiencies where possible|
• Customer Focus- Works to understand customer needs; Strives to exceed expectations| Planning and Organising- Demonstrable experience of managing tasks and deadlines; able to resolve conflicting priorities| Compliance- Ability to audit and monitor quality of outputs; demonstrable experience of delivery against specified protocols/ procedures ensuring the highest level of performance.

Role-specific requirements:

• Flexibility to work at multiple locations, travel, and flexible working hours.
• The capacity and self-confidence to innovate.
• Excellent IT skills: competency in PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Email, Excel, and Internet Explorer.

Aplication Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online