European Resource Manager (m/f/d)

Description

Companies, investors and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) for leadership, action and results. Privately held since its founding in 1983, A&M is a global leading professional services firm that provides advisory, business performance improvement and turnaround management services.  

With over 10000 people across 6 continents and based in 86 locations, we deliver excellent results for corporates, boards, private equity firms, law firms and government agencies facing complex challenges. Our senior leaders and their teams leverage A&M’s restructuring heritage to help companies act decisively, catapult growth and accelerate results.   

Our non-hierarchical, hands-on-approach, small expert teams and an international focus are characterizing for A&M.  

The Resource Management team effectively partners with business leaders to ensure optimal staffing solutions considering skills, availability and utilisation levels. We are trusted business partners who manage deployment opportunities across the firm and drive balanced levels of utilisation through enhanced visibility of skills and capacity.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Go-to person for all staffing matters for specific business units and countries in Europe

• Assess and plan future resource requirements, driving utilisation based on a thorough understanding of current and future project pipeline. 

• Effectively plan for and advise on conflicts and issues, on a regular basis, prioritising based on commercial needs and key skills available

• Build relationships across the European business with internal stakeholders including senior management, Talent Acquisition, HR, Finance and Operations teams

• Build awareness of individuals’ performance goals and development needs

• Make resourcing decisions that further the continuation of business and individual skill-set development

• Utilise staffing and workforce planning tools and reports (for example PowerBI) in influencing staffing decisions

Essential requirements:

• Previous resource management experience in a consulting firm or matrix organisation

• Able to effectively partner with Business Leaders and other Resource Managers in the firm

• Excellent relationship building skills, communicating with Business Leaders and staff across various business units

• Able to manage staffing by effectively prioritising multiple competing demands and dealing with tight deadlines

• Able to present meaningful reporting insights to senior leadership, delivering key resourcing messages and driving agreed upon actions

• Excellent communication skills, fluency in English and German

• Keen to take on responsibility and grow the role

• Strong time management skills with the ability to plan and prioritise workload

• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail

If you want to be part of A&M’s success story and would like to grow in a dynamic environment, we are looking forward to your application.   

Diversity & Inclusion

A&M’s entrepreneurial culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who can positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M’s core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are the main reasons our people love working at A&M. Inclusive Diversity means we embrace diversity, and we foster inclusiveness, encouraging everyone to bring their whole self to work each day. It runs through how we recruit, develop employees, conduct business, support clients, and partner with vendors. It is the A&M way.

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