Talent Manager (Graaff-Reinet) at Montego Pet Nutrition

Description

• The Role (or your chance to shape the future of Montego)
• As our Talent Manager, you’ll design, drive, and embed our Talent Management Strategy across the business. From psychometric assessments to career pathing and succession planning, you’ll ensure we have the right people, ready at the right time — not by chance, but by design.
• You’ll also lend your expertise to Learning & Development initiatives and help craft an employee experience that feels seamless, meaningful, and unmistakably Montego — from first day to farewell.

What you’ll be doing (besides being brilliant)

Talent Management

• Develop and continuously refine a forward-thinking talent management strategy aligned to business goals
• Build robust frameworks to identify, assess, and develop high-potential talent
• Lead talent reviews and calibration sessions with leadership
• Turn talent data into actionable insights (and not just pretty graphs)
• Partner with Heads of Department to ensure strong pipelines for critical roles
• Track key metrics like retention, mobility, and engagement

Psychometric Assessments

• Own the full assessment lifecycle across recruitment, development, and succession
• Select and manage best-in-class psychometric tools
• Deliver meaningful feedback that actually makes a difference
• Ensure full compliance with the Employment Equity Act, Health Professions Act, and HPCSA guidelines
• Upskill HR and line managers in interpreting assessment results
• Continuously refine the assessment toolkit for fairness and relevance

Career Pathing & Succession Planning

• Design clear, inspiring career pathways across the organisation
• Map competencies and build development journeys that people can actually follow
• Lead succession planning for key and senior roles
• Build and maintain succession pools with real depth
• Facilitate career conversations that go beyond “where to next?”
• Present readiness insights to leadership with confidence and clarity
• Align initiatives with Employment Equity and transformation goals

Learning & Development (Support)

• Align development initiatives with insights from assessments and succession planning
• Support targeted programmes for high-potential employees
• Contribute to WSP and ATR processes
• Inform Individual Development Plans with meaningful data
• Help integrate coaching and mentorship into the broader development strategy

Employee Experience & Life Cycle

• Champion a thoughtful and consistent employee experience across every stage
• Enhance key touchpoints from onboarding to offboarding
• Design engagement surveys and turn feedback into action
• Support retention strategies using real data and insights
• Align employee experience with Montego’s culture and brand
• Contribute to EVP initiatives that attract and retain top talent
• Monitor sentiment, turnover, and life cycle metrics

Requirements

What you’ll need to bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Psychology, HR, Organisational Psychology, or related field (NQF Level 7)
• Registered Psychometrist or Industrial Psychologist with the HPCSA
• Postgraduate qualification (Honours/Master’s) — advantageous
• At least 5 years in HR or Talent Management
• Strong experience with psychometric assessments (administration and interpretation)
• Proven track record in succession planning and talent reviews
• Experience building career frameworks and development programmes
• Exposure to FMCG or manufacturing environments — beneficial
• Familiarity with HRIS or talent systems
• Skills that make things happen
• Strategic thinking and planning
• Strong stakeholder management
• Confident facilitation and presentation
• Employee experience design
• Learning & development insight
• Solid project management capability
• And the behaviours that make it stick
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Uncompromising ethical standards
• Organisational savvy
• Adaptability and resilience