Manager, Industry Engagement

What the role is

You will play a key role in supporting the jobs and skills pillar under the Industry Transformation Map (ITM) for the sector under your purview. This includes:

Stakeholder Engagement and Management

• Outreach to companies to promote the adoption of WSG programmes and progressive human resource practices to address their manpower needs.
• Engage companies from business development perspective, with a growth strategy of outreaching and onboarding new companies to add on to the list of account managed companies.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with strategic partners and stakeholders.
• Engage strategic company accounts to diagnose gaps and identify opportunities.
• Collaborate with industry stakeholders including government agencies, associations, tripartite partners, programme partners to develop and implement relevant manpower interventions to address industry manpower issues.
• Consult with employers to promote adoption of WSG programmes and progressive human resource practices to address their manpower needs.

Strategic Manpower Planning

• Identify and assess key industry, manpower challenges and skills needs.
• Manage and collaborate with strategic partners and engage companies to diagnose gaps and identify opportunities.
• Recommend the design of appropriate strategic human capital solutions based on industry or companies’ business and manpower needs.
• Support the Industry Transformation Map (ITM) – Jobs and Skills Pillar, and Jobs Transformation Map (JTM).

Project Management

• Plan and review budget requirements and ensure compliance to policies and processes.
• Organise or support outreach and marketing events, career events and industry engagements.
• Track programmes’ progress and analyse industry related information to evaluate and make recommendations for management decision making.

What we are looking for

Requirements

• At least two (2) years of working experience in industry engagement/ business development/account management is preferred.
• Salary will commensurate with experience.

You should possess the following skill sets:

• Industry Engagement and Business Development: Capable of developing and maintaining strong engagement and relationships within the industry of various profiles (from C-suites to grassroots) and utilizing trend analysis and government initiatives to drive business strategies and growth.
• Negotiation: Able to strategize negotiation, formulate gameplan and engage in complex discussion to drive collaboration and implementation with stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.
• Communication: Proficient in writing clear submissions and reports, and able to frame appropriate narratives to effectively engage diverse audiences, and also skilled in public speaking.
• Personal effectiveness: Able to manage multiple tasks in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, and work both independently and in teams.
• Critical thinking: Able to compile, analyse, and interpret data to recommend data backed decisions and program monitoring.
• Consulting Advisory and Innovative Solutioning: Capable of diagnosing gaps and identify opportunities for businesses and innovative solutions to enhance business processes.

All applicants will be notified on whether they are shortlisted or not within 4 weeks of the closing date of this job posting.