
Piwe Mnyakama
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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 - 2001High School 12
University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria
2002 - 2005Bachelor’s Degree Psychology
Experience

DAV Professional Placement Group
Jan 2009 - Jan 2011Specialist consultant Executive DivisionSpecialist 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 2013Recruitment 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 2015Business Partner ResourcingResourcing 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 2018Talent Acquisition PartnerRecruitment 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 2022Talent Partner
Zalando
May 2022 - Sept 2023Talent Acquisition Partner (B2B)
Beiersdorf
Nov 2023 - nowStrategic Recruiting & Talent Acquisition
Licenses & Certifications
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Excel with LinkedIn Recruiter Assessment
LinkedInOct 2021
Languages
- enEnglish
- xhXhosa
- zuZulu
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