Talent & People Development Manager

JOB PURPOSE:
Within the framework of Sanofi South Africa business strategy, the People and Talent Development Manager, defines, develops and implements a People Development and Talent Development Strategy for the affiliate, aligned to the business needs, as well as within global/ITC sytems, processes and guidelines, and maintains records and submits reports in accordance with the BEE and Skills Development Acts.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT:

• Develops the People Development Strategy for the South African affiliate in line with Global and Local best practices and Sanofi South Africa’sbusiness strategy and needs
• Develops, implements and ensures adherence to all training related policies including Recognition of Prior Learning, assessments, moderation, performance management,quality assurance, health and safety (specific to training) etc.
• Designs and conducts best practice and in-depth training needs analysis to identify training needs for the entire affiliate
• Compiles and communicates annual training strategy and calendar to all employees inclusive of training programmes available
• With assistance from the HR trainee, manages the training workshop bookings and arranges and sets up for all training workshops
• Develops a culture of continuous development and improvement through the marketing of available training programmes
• Designs training programmes in line with company (national and international) requirements in order to address training needs as well as strategic/business requirements
• Ensures that professional training material is developed in line with organisational, industry and national training best practice as per internal customer needs, where required
• Ensures the implementation of internal training programmes and training plan in line with organisational, industry and company needs.
• Identifies and works with reputable, high calibre external service providers to meet the training requirements of the company
• Ensure the Learner Management System is updated and maintained -ensures that all training records, learner files and other training related information is up-to-date at all times
• Manages the training budget, plans and controls all local training expenditure in a cost efficient and effective manner, within budget
• Provides managers with ongoing training related information relevant to their team as well as providing them with training reports for team members attending training
• Ensures that all training processes are evaluated and meet SETA and organisational requirements
• Ensures the involvement of all relevant stakeholders in training projects through meetings, ongoing feedback and communication to ensure alignment of and support to organisational initiatives e.g. HR, Medical, Marketing etc.
• Company SDF for Commercial site, all activities
• Compile and submit the WSP for the company according to agreed training plans and timelines for submission (by end April each year) - plan and report
• Co-ordinates the reimbursement of skills grants with Chieta
• Build and manage a knowledge café intranet site for development articles, blog, interactive discussion platform on relevant topics for all employees
• Ensure regular training articles that are topical, relevant, cutting-edge and aligned to best practice are circulated to line managers
• Provides one-on-one coaching to learners and ongoing support to learners with specific training needs
• Responsible for the implementation and roll-out of an induction programme for all new employees
• Designs and maintains an effective training quality management system to evaluate the effectiveness of the training cycle and people development strategy

TALENT MANAGEMENT:

• Facilitates the identification of HIPOS and recommends relevant ITC/Global training programmes to support their development needs, as well as co-ordinates training arrangements
• Provides consistent support to Head of HR on all Global Talent Management initiatives
• Supports line management with Individual Talent Management conversations and ensures effective implementation of career development and succession plans
• Ensure in-depth TM development plans are put in place for all HP’s, EP’s, successors, and ensures management buy-in to developing effective ITD’s
• Prepares Country Key Points and KPI’s, ensures presentation submitted for Talent reviews, according ITC timelines
• Coordinates and ensures the quality of Talent Management documentation
• Facilitates cross activity meetings for Sanofi South Africa in cooperation with Head of HR, to ensure cross activity synergies
• Source external development programs for Key Talent and different development groups (POTENTIALS), such as GBS Programes - align development iro appropriately sourced programmes through GIBS and other business schools, as appropriate
• Ensures effective implementation of the Global Talent Management process, according to agreed process and within Global time