Senior Specialist Manpower planning
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About the Role
Abu Dhabi Airports is looking for a Senior Specialist Manpower Planning to manage outsourced manpower governance, demand validation, pay equity, and cost control. The role involves challenging business cases, applying rate cards, and reconciling contingent spend.
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Responsibilities
- Review and challenge all requests for outsourced manpower
- Validate business cases for outsourced manpower
- Conduct due diligence on each request
- Apply outsourcing policy and operating framework consistently
- Act as controlled intake point for outsourced requests
- Apply rate cards consistently to ensure pay equity
- Reconcile contingent spend against OpEx envelope
- Maintain accurate outsourced manpower data and produce regular reports
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce duplication
- Partner with business units, Procurement, and Finance
Requirements
- Analytical Rigor critically evaluate demand and cost data
- Governance & Control apply standards and policies consistently
- Commercial Acumen understand cost drivers and OpEx framework
- Fairness & Integrity promote pay equity
- Communication communicate complex data clearly
- Stakeholder Management build relationships with internal stakeholders
- Collaboration work cross functionally
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Role Overview
- The Senior Specialist, Manpower Planning is responsible for day to day planning and governance of Abu Dhabi Airports’ outsourced manpower.
- The role challenges and validates outsourced demand, runs due diligence, safeguards pay equity, and reconciles contingent spend against OpEx envelope.
Demand Review & Challenge
- Review & challenge demand assess and challenge all requests for outsourced manpower.
- Validate the business case confirm each request is supported by a clear, justified business case.
Due Diligence & Governance
- Run due diligence on each request confirming role justification, scope, duration and sourcing route.
- Apply the outsourcing policy and operating framework consistently.
- Act as controlled intake point for outsourced requests.
Pay Equity & Rate Cards
- Safeguard equity by applying rate cards consistently.
- Maintain and benchmark rate cards, flagging anomalies.
Cost Control & Reporting
- Reconcile contingent spend against the OpEx envelope.
- Maintain accurate outsourced manpower data and produce regular reporting.
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce duplication.
Stakeholder Management
- Partner with business units to plan and validate outsourced manpower requirements.
- Coordinate with Procurement on vendor matters and with Finance on budgeting.
HSE
- Support review of risk assessments with HSE team.
- Promote safe work practices and reporting of incidents.
Top Competencies Required
- Analytical Rigor
- Governance & Control
- Commercial Acumen
- Fairness & Integrity
- Communication
- Stakeholder Management
- Collaboration
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