SEA Staffing Specialist (Resource Management/Scheduler)

The Boston Consulting Group; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading management consulting firm in Kuala Lumpur is seeking an SEA Staffing Specialist to optimize workforce deployment across projects. The role involves liaising with consultants to understand their career aspirations and staffing needs while closely working with partners to ensure skill balance. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's Degree and at least 6 years of experience in staffing or resource planning within a consulting environment. Strong communication, negotiation, and problem-solving skills are a must.

Qualifications

• At least 6 years of experience in staffing or resource planning in a consulting environment.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage own workload efficiently.
• Discrete and maintaining confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Optimize workforce allocation across projects.
• Engage with BCG consultants to understand their development needs.
• Maintain accurate data and reporting for staffing and mobility.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Negotiation skills

Problem solving

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Outlook

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

SEA Staffing Specialist (Resource Management/Scheduler)

The Boston Consulting Group – Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur

Who We Are

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.

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.

What You’ll Do

Staffing and Mobility are both business critical functions at the heart of what we do at BCG. You will be working closely with senior partners and managing directors in the company to optimize the workforce which directly impacts profitability. You will also be working closely with other HR teams and engage regularly with BCG consultants to understand their development needs, career ambitions and find the right development opportunities for them via project allocations.

You should have excellent communication and negotiation skills as you will be dealing with the high‑caliber BCG consulting team on a daily basis. Thinking on your feet and problem solving capability is also a must give the complex and ambiguous situations this role is exposed to regularly.

This role covers Staffing and Mobility function for the BCG South East Asia Consulting Team spanning across 6 countries – Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Philippines. Travel to these locations is expected on an intermittent basis.

Staffing

• Work with Partners to achieve optimum deployment of consultants to projects
  • Understand upcoming projects and expected staffing requirements
  • Negotiate with Partners to ensure skill and experience balance across case teams
  • Advise partners on right teaming keeping in mind client needs, skill‑set match and consultant development needs
• Work closely with Consultants to manage their staffing needs, understand their development needs, advise them on the available opportunities and find the right projects for them
• Communicate regularly with the partners and office heads to maintain up‑to‑date view of the project pipeline, business development needs and the needs of the business and advise them on capacity and people related matters
• Actively participate in Career Development meetings for consulting staff to provide staffing perspective on consultants and better understand their individual development needs and strengths
• Be a problem solver and ensure the right balance between needs of partners, clients and consultants in making all decisions
• Active contributor to the Regional Asia Pacific and Global teams on staffing related matters and be a catalyst in introducing best practices and new global initiatives to South East Asia
• Actively work towards improving process and efficiency of the function by introducing new policies, guidelines and processes
• Work closely with the finance team to ensure synergy with case commercials resulting in overall profitability
• Responsible for large amounts of up‑to‑date and accurate data maintenance

Mobility and Flexibility

• Responsible for attracting, finding, closing positions for BCG SEA from the global BCG pool of consultants
• Work closely with the Global Mobility Function to manage global programs for SEA such as ambassadorships, associate abroad, social impact secondments
• Work closely with local SEA teams – leadership, practice area leaders, career advisors to make recommendations on incoming and outgoing profiles
• Actively contribute to flexibility policies and guidelines in BCG SEA. Being an advisor to the consulting team on these policies
• Responsible for Mobility and Flexibility data reporting and management

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor's Degree
• At least 6 years of experience in staffing, resource planning in a professional services or consulting environment. Candidates from recruitment/talent acquisition are welcome and encouraged to apply.
• Lateral thinker with excellent problem solving skills
• Strong communication and negotiation skills
• Ability to influence, persuade and negotiate
• Diplomatic
• Highly organized
• Ability to take initiative
• Excellent attention to detail
• Proactive - ability to manage own workload and be autonomous
• Can work at a very fast pace and under pressure
• Discrete and maintains confidentiality
• Confident in the use of Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel reporting

Locations

Locations : Kuala Lumpur | Hồ Chí Minh | Hanoi

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.

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