Lead Specialist Human Resources - Staffing

<p class="job-description-header">Who We Are</p><p>Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.<br><br>To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.</p><br><br><p class="job-description-header">What You'll Do</p><p>Manage overall staffing demand of few Practice Areas – understanding the project details, requirement/ skills required. Individually manage staffing of senior cohorts (Project Leader, Principals, Partners). Effective interaction with senior consulting leadership to close team staffing for cases. Ensure people development needs are addressed by identifying right people for the right cases. Working closely with members of the staffing team to ensure the right team construct is offered to the case leadership. Work closely with CDC (HR), Finance, Mobility & Recruiting team as there are linkages with other teams. Weekly Staffing meeting – Prepare weekly agenda and staffing forecast scenario for staffing meetings. Maintain an updated availability sheet for all team discussions. Leave management – Plan and manage Cohort's leaves in a way to ensure business as usual during peak holiday periods. Career Development Process - facilitate the CDC team with staffing inputs to manage the experience opportunity identified for consultants.</p><p><br>YOU'RE GOOD AT</p><p><br>Cohort Ownership:<br>•Open Forum calls / Staffing Queries.<br>•Personal Preferences<br><br>Resource management/ Staffing experience :<br>•Engage with all Case Leadership on an ongoing basis to monitor the Team's performance and proactively highlight and action changes to an individual's Staffing If needed.<br>•Weekly Staffing sheet – Publish the weekly Staffing sheet which serves as an input to Finance and other teams for weekly reconciliation.<br>•Track Case Staffing % and trigger exceptions or swaps to meet 60% -70% case staffing<br>•Staffing Flags – ensuring development opportunity met based on CDC Must Do flags and staffing guidelines</p><br><br><p class="job-description-header">What You'll Bring</p><p>•8-12 years of experience in HR domain, Staffing experience.<br>•Experience in a service industry preferably an MNC<br>•Fluency in written and spoken English<br>•Individual must demonstrate leadership qualities and be willing to take a hands-on approach and also be able to excel in a large international company culture<br>•Excellent people manager able to motivate and develop the local teams<br>•Advanced technical skills with proficiency in desktop applications and Excel<br>•Extensive use of Windows and the following software applications: PowerPoint, Excel, and Word<br>•Strong communication skills both written and oral<br>•Solid business partner with the ability to dialogue, communicate at all levels<br>•This is an exciting and challenging position.<br>•Personal touch – Explain logic of Staffing based on home location, Case preference, CDC input and staffing flexibility.</p><br><br><p>Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws. <br>BCG is an E - Verify Employer. <a href="https://careers.bcg.com/global/en/e-verify" target="_blank">Click here </a> for more information on E-Verify.</p>