L&D Consultant | Talent & Leadership Development | Al Futtaim Automotive

Job Requisition ID: 160436 

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United A”rab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al-Futtaim Group’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate. 

By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration and integrity; Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.

Overview of the role

As the Talent & Leadership Development Manager, the primary purpose of the role  is to support the development of leadership development strategies and paths and deliver talent management solutions that strengthen Al Futtaim’s  leadership bench strength, retaining and developing high potential employees, middle managers, senior leaders and UAE Nationals. The role will act as a strong contributor to growing internal talent and leadership capabilities that align with Al Futtaim’s strategic goals and objectives, and empower leaders to drive high performance, foster a positive work culture, and achieve excellence.

What you will do

• Support review and develop the framework to identifying critical roles and successor planning. Responsible to action, follow up and review the collective and individual development needs for both critical roles and successors
• Coordinate divisional wide annual and periodical talent identification exercises with HRBPs and identify high potential talent and talent pools
• Develop high impact solutions and actions to increase the development and retention of all leadership talent, including nationals.
• Define and communicate talent data and analytics to stakeholders as relevant
• Design and conduct assessment centres for talent validation and succession planning, including the use of various talent assessment tools/psychometrics
• Develop Talent Management programs and solutions to support achieving the Talent Management & Leadership strategy and roadmap
• Design career and learning paths for defined roles and job families
• Input into the divisional leadership development strategy and objectives which caters for leaders from middle management to executive board members
• Design leadership development pathways and programs to complement the leadership development strategy
• Design and facilitate leadership skills courses to middle managers (both face to face & virtual) using various instructional and digital design techniques
• Partner with the business to conduct relevant needs diagnosis and gap analysis that input into leadership development strategy and planning
• Implement mentoring and coaching frameworks and tools for leadership development             
• Coordinate annual performance cycle activities and report progress from the goal setting, performance reviews.
• Work with HRBPs and Talent Centre to embed ‘continuous performance management’ culture
• Manage divisional comms plan for performance management milestones and awareness in coordination with group level communication cascade

Required Skills to be successful

1. Strategic thinking
2. Consultative capabilities
3. Content design & Facilitation skills
4. Coaching skills
5. Influence and Negotiation Skills
6. Advanced Excel/PowerPoint Knowledge
7. Data Analytics
8. Instructional Design 

What equips you for the role

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business Administration, or related field (Master's degree preferred).
• Minimum 7-10 years of experience in leadership development, talent management and L&D or related roles
• Proven experience in designing and delivering leadership learning pathways that align with business objectives and drive performance.
• Experience in implementing talent review, talent identification and succession planning.
• Proven experience in defining career and learning paths across job families.
• Experience designing and delivering various leadership skills courses to supervisor levels/middle managers
• Strong knowledge of leadership theories, models, and best practices, with the ability to apply them to real-world scenarios.
• Excellent facilitation and presentation skills, with the ability to engage and inspire senior leaders.
• Strong analytical skills and comfortable with reporting and analysis backed by advanced excel capability. Preferable experienced in creating dashboards to support data-driven decisions using various tools
• Experience implementing coaching and mentoring programs/solutions for leaders
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate complex concepts in a clear and concise manner. Skilled in using creative communication platforms a plus (e.g. Canva, Genialy, Biteable, etc.)
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with senior leaders and stakeholders, with a collaborative and consultative approach.
• Qualified to administer and debrief various psychometric tools preferable (e.g. Hogan, SHL, etc)

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