Piwe Mnyakama

Piwe Mnyakama

Specialist consultant Executive Division

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  • About me

    A Passionate Strategic Recruiter at Beiersdorf and DEI Advocate, Championing Diversity and Inclusion with a Global Impact—From South Africa to Germany, Inspiring Change Through Talent and Purpose-Driven Leadership.

  • Education

    • Waverly High for Girls

      1998 - 2001
      High School 12
    • University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

      2002 - 2005
      Bachelor’s Degree Psychology
  • Experience

    • DAV Professional Placement Group

      Jan 2009 - Jan 2011
      Specialist consultant Executive Division

      Specialist Consultant / Head-hunter – Management and Executive Search- Generating new business- Writing job adverts- Sourcing candidates- Executive search – Head hunting- Competency based interviewing- Networking- Liaising with clients and potential clients- Market Research - Client and candidate management- Counter offer counselling - General career advice- Consulting on recruitment project plans and time lines- Client Presentations

    • Mutual and Federal

      Jan 2011 - Jan 2013
      Recruitment Consultant

      • Consulting with HRBPs and Hiring Managers on resourcing plan• Obtaining salary bands for each position. • Understanding recruiting demands and skills profiles within the relevant Service Line/s. • Drafting and approving adverts. • Making sure the job profiles/specifications are loaded on Oracle and the internal staff are aware of all vacancies• Managing the Oracle system. • Briefing agencies. • Contacting networks. • Using creative and innovative sourcing methods to acquire suitable candidates i.e. Head hunting, promoting the referral bonus policy, occasional research through career. • Conducting all recruitment and selection activities in line with the Firms' Recruitment and Employment Equity Policies and relevant legislative requirements. • Screening applications and short-listing candidates. • Conducting competency based interviews. • Conducting work history reference checks. • Conducting integrity checks through approved vendor. • Presenting short list of interviewed candidates to Line Managers to be interviewed. • Researching, negotiating and revising offers. • Presenting offer documents. • Co-ordinating offers and ensuring that contracts are signed. • Informing potential applicants about job or career opportunities in the firm. • Providing relevant documentation to the payroll and T-systems in order to get new joiners loaded onto the payroll system and laptops ready for their start date. • Compiling weekly / monthly / quarterly / yearly recruitment status update reports. • Reporting on equity stats of candidates presented and hired into the business.• Calling New starters and their counsellors monthly in order to see how they are settling in and integrating into the business• Conducting regular process, database and Recruitment Folder quality checks. • .Providing relevant recruitment best practice and remuneration market data information to Management. Show less

    • Vodacom

      Jan 2013 - Nov 2015
      Business Partner Resourcing

      Resourcing Business Partner –Support Functions • Meet business objectives in alignment with strategy and adherence to the SLA.• Balance client demand with resource capacity to manage expectations• Forecast recruitment progress against headcount.• Continuous interaction with business to ensure mutual understanding and expectation• Propose recruitment project as per hiring manager’s request• Ensure prescreening questions are prepared • Advertise on Taleo and ensure triggers are set up for applicants to complete. • Prepare and ensure interview guides are distributed to panel.• Prepare decision matrix after interviews and ensure sign off from hiring managers • Prepare benchmarking and prepare motivations to appoint for hiring managers• Quality check offers and sign off to issue to business for approvals• Send job specification to agencies as and when required and set up briefing sessions.• Organize Agency briefing sessions with Line Managers if required• Conduct competency based interviews to find talent and to ensure that the right candidate is selected for the job (job-fit)• Utilize and understand recruitment policies to fulfill recruitment needs for all the support functions• Prepare monthly recruitment report (statistics) and forward to relevant stakeholders.• Liaise with relevant departments (HRBP’s and Line) regarding recruitment and selection needs.• Utilize cost saving measures to recruit candidates e.g. referrals• Complete offers to internal/external candidates.• Give feedback to rejected candidates.• Ensure that process are followed to ensure fair selection and as per Recruitment and selection policy.• Understand organizational/business challenges as they relate to staffing as well as culture.• Suggests concrete ways to improve recruitment operations and strategies. • Establish sound relationships with all stakeholders.• Prepare and attend deep-dive monthly and quarterly meetings with clients Show less

    • MultiChoice

      May 2016 - May 2018
      Talent Acquisition Partner

      Recruitment Lead – Multichoice Africa Limited- Corporate Office for Africa and Dubai(HR, Marketing, Operations, IT, Corporate Affairs, Legal and Finance) Staff reporting: 1 HR Administrator To conduct end-to end resourcing for specialist and management roles with a focus on scarce skills and key hires, ensuring that resourcing is conducted to meet the talent resourcing requirements at MAL with a focus on key roles and within African Countries • Strategy• Processes• Stakeholder Management • Research Show less

    • Unilever

      May 2018 - Apr 2022
      Talent Partner
    • Zalando

      May 2022 - Sept 2023
      Talent Acquisition Partner (B2B)
    • Beiersdorf

      Nov 2023 - now
      Strategic Recruiting & Talent Acquisition
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