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Talent & Workforce Planning Manager
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About the role
- Talent and workforce planning manager leading succession, workforce readiness, assessments, and internal mobility programs. Supporting NFI, a global manufacturer of sustainable buses and motorcoaches.
Responsibilities
- Lead and continuously improve succession planning and talent review processes, including process design, preparation, facilitation, documentation, and follow-up.
- Partner with leaders and HR teams to identify critical roles, assess successor readiness, strengthen talent pipelines, and address talent and retention risks.
- Maintain succession and talent information and translate findings into development priorities and actions.
- Coordinate workforce planning activities to identify current and future talent and capability needs aligned with business priorities.
- Analyze workforce trends, talent gaps, and organizational risks and translate findings into recommendations.
- Develop career development frameworks and pathways supporting employee growth opportunities.
- Strengthen internal mobility practices across teams and business units.
- Establish and manage the talent assessment framework, including psychometric, behavioral, cognitive, leadership, and job-suitability assessments.
- Develop talent dashboards, succession reporting, workforce planning metrics, and analytics for leadership insights.
- Evaluate program and assessment effectiveness and identify improvement opportunities.
- Own end-to-end delivery of enterprise talent planning programs, including annual cycles, communications, stakeholder coordination, training, reporting, and administration.
- Establish processes, tools, standards, and guidance for consistent talent planning practices.
- Ensure effective program delivery through governance, controls, documentation, and accountability.
- Report to the Group Director, Human Resources.
Requirements
- 3–5+ years of progressive experience in talent management, succession planning, workforce planning, organizational development, or a related HR discipline.
- Post-secondary education in Human Resources or a related field is preferred; equivalent education and relevant experience will be considered.
- Experience leading or supporting enterprise-wide talent review and succession planning processes within a large, complex organization.
- Strong understanding of succession, talent assessment, career development, internal mobility, and workforce planning practices.
- Experience with talent systems, analytics, dashboards, and reporting tools.
- Ability to interpret workforce and talent data and translate insights into practical recommendations and actions.
- Strong facilitation, consultation, and communication skills.
- Ability to influence leaders, guide talent-related discussions, and build partnerships across the organization.
- Strong project and program management skills.
- Ability to independently lead multiple enterprise-wide initiatives from design through execution.
- Up to 10% travel.
- Must be eligible to travel to Canada or the U.S.
- Availability for Monday–Friday, 7:30 AM–4:00 PM standard hours.
Benefits
- Competitive Wages and comprehensive benefit package with Immediate benefit eligibility.
- Paid holidays and vacation
- Registered pension plan with generous company match
- On-the-job training in a continuous learning environment
- Advancement opportunities within our family of companies
- Inclusive workplace culture that values and empowers team members
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