Talent Management Lead, MEA

Description
General information: You as a Talent Management Lead, MEA will be part of
Hitachi Energy business based in Dubai; UAE. You will be implementing the
overall talent management strategy along the entire employee lifecycle in
order to develop, engage and retain employees. This comprises performance
management, talent identification, career development and succession
management, while ensuring Diversity and Inclusion (D&I). Responsibilities:
Ensuring smooth implementation of global processes and policies in area of
performance management. Supporting the implementation and design of
performance management is in line with organization's values and business
strategy through proximity to the business. Supporting business with
frameworks and enabling sessions for performance management, conduct
calibration rounds if necessary. Managing performance frameworks to align
individual and team goals with organization objectives and business results.
Owning and driving diversity and inclusion initiatives in the assigned
geography and ensure it is a fundamental part of all talent management
processes. Ensuring legal compliance of organization processes with local laws
and regulations. Promoting diversity and inclusion locally as important part
of the companies' culture as well as Employee Value Proposition and promote
organization's image as an employer of choice and place open to diversity.
Identifying critical workforce requirements e.g., skills, competencies, and
performance outcomes necessary to achieve current and future business results.
Analyzing and reporting on performance management metrics e.g., alignment
between rating and compensation decisions, compliance with goal setting and
review processes, etc. Analyzing an organization's future workforce needs
against internal and external labor markets to identify potential shortfalls
and report the findings to the leadership. Conducting and analyzing employee
engagement surveys in order to develop programs and implement changes that
will increase employee engagement and work satisfaction. Ensuring organization
design, culture change, organization transformation and change management is
driven via our leaders in the organization. Assisting leadership in workforce
and succession planning by providing analysis of current state and potential
threats. Developing and presenting organizational structures and holistic
staffing models based on internal talent bench strength in close collaboration
with Talent Acquisition (demand side) and Learning and Development (supply
side). Collaborating with talent acquisition on strategic workforce planning
and upskilling employees for mid-term vacancies. Collaborating with the L&D
team with inputs to prepare development programs supporting career development
progression of employees. Providing career frameworks and guidance on how to
develop employees and organizations further. Training people managers to
reinforce the importance of employee development, rewarding high performance,
and addressing low performance. Identifying high potentials and in
collaboration with L&D team design leadership programs (e.g. for newly
promoted people managers). Foster a global network of talent management
specialists collaborating cross country and exchanging expertise as well as
driving global TM processes cross business areas and geographies. Living
Hitachi Energy core values of safety and integrity, which means taking
responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the
business. Your background: A bachelor's or master's degree in the area of
human resources, business administration or similar. Proven experience leading
and driving large scale change processes. Understanding of performance
management or succession planning or development programs and methodologies.
Knowledge of business environment and its implications for talent processes.
Familiarity with leadership assessment and feedback giving practices. Proven
communication and presentation skills, strong intercultural competence and
strong analytical skills. Proficiency in both spoken & written English
language is required.