Talent Manager

5 days ago


Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa myGwork - LGBTQ+ Business Community Full time

Oliver Wyman is now looking for a Talent Manager (Staffing / Resource Management) to join our Johannesburg Office

Job Overview:

  • Engage actively and personally with local consultants in IMEA as well as know and understand their current strengths and development objectives, personal preferences and career goals.

  • Frequently interact with partners across Industries and Capabilities, ACG, CCG and Specialist TMs across the region to understand and address project staffing needs and balance them with consultant preferences and career goals.

Performance Management

  • Actively engage in career review process working closely with the performance management team, your peers and senior stakeholders - quality assurance of all project reviews and read as completed, and participate in review processes.

  • Proactively seek informal feedback from Partners, Principals and Engagement Managers as projects are ending to ensure issues and development objectives are taken into account for next staffing assignments as appropriate; seek informal feedback every 2-3 months on longer projects.

  • Provide career advice to consultants in IMEA and be keenly aware of consultants' preferences and performance based on frequent personal interactions. Working closely with the local CCG Partner and fellow TMs on ensuring consultants understand development needs and coach consultants on how best to meet firm expectations.

  • Ensure skills & experiences are updated based on project reviews.

  • Advise on, and locally manage, Oliver Wyman Talent Management Programs and business school sponsorships.

Consultant Deployment

  • For assigned projects, collect all relevant details from Partners and/or ACG/CCG TMs on projects to be staffed.

  • Coordinate and interact daily with CCG and ACG TMs team to collaboratively and creatively develop team options across IMEA if required to provide "best fit" solutions. Provide Partner and/or TM Lead with appropriate team options.

  • Manage Business Development, IC and other internal work needs.

  • Manage consultants' leave request approvals and extensions.

Track and manage consultant learning & development in IMEA

  • Proactively engage consultants on up-to-date preferences and discuss options when available / appropriate.

  • Track how consultants are progressing against development objectives and line up intervention when appropriate, keeping the TM lead and CCG Partner/Practice Leads up to date on concerns and issues.

  • Track all consultants in your pool within IMEA for career progression for skills development, project rotations and suggested training curriculum.

  • Primary responsibility for consultant data integrity - keep track of consultant database including, availability, project experiences, areas of expertise, areas of interests, competency and skills development, utilization and overall career progression.

Track morale of the Johannesburg office in IMEA

  • Responsible for monitoring local office morale, close coordination with office leads, CCG committee and TM Lead on talent strategies for consultants to thrive within OW.

  • Acting as primary informal communication conduit for issues that may arise in the CCG.

  • Coordinate and raise work life balance challenges - discuss with consultant and TM team and recommend action plan closely working together with the Wellbeing Lead.

Experience Required:

  • Ideal candidates will have a bachelor's degree and 2-4 years of relevant professional experience in a fast-paced and dynamic client services business environment. Talent management or HR experience preferred.

  • Experience balancing ever-changing work demands in a challenging environment with numerous stakeholders to satisfy.

  • Proven ability to foster relationships at all levels of the organization.

Skills and Attributes:

  • Proactive, positive and a problem solver.

  • High level of energy, creativity and initiative-taking.

  • Professional, tactful and able to engage with colleagues at all levels in the firm.

  • Excellent communicator - able to deal effectively with people at all levels in a multicultural work environment.

  • Methodical, organized and excellent attention to detail.

  • Ability to maintain and respect confidentiality.

  • One who takes constructive feedback in stride and incorporates feedback quickly.

  • Collaborative team player.

Technical Skills:

  • Strong Word, Excel and Outlook skills.

  • Fluent in English (written and verbal).

  • Experience working with a resource management system highly desirable.

  • Proficient with data analysis and reporting.

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