Senior Staffing Coordinator - Healthcare & Life Sciences

Senior Staffing Coordinator - Healthcare & Life Sciences

In Mexico - Mexico City

Simon-Kucher is a global consultancy with more than 2,000 employees in 30+ countries. Our sole focus is on unlocking better growth that drives measurable revenue and profit for our clients. We achieve this by optimizing every lever of their commercial strategy – product, price, innovation, marketing, and sales – based on deep insights into what customers want and value. With 40 years of experience in monetization topics of all kinds, we are regarded as the world’s leading pricing and growth specialist.

We are currently seeking a Senior Staffing Coordinator to provide staffing support and execution to Simon-Kucher’s Healthcare & Life Sciences consulting team. As the Senior Staffing Coordinator, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the strategic deployment of internal talent to effectively meet the dynamic needs of our clients within the global Healthcare & Life Sciences division.

What makes us special:

Become part of a unique entrepreneurial team. Think independently, use your initiative, and take some risks. Entrepreneurship is a powerful force that drives the growth not only of our firm but our clients and people.

Unlock the power of opportunity. Advance your career in a thriving company that creates positive impact. We invest in your professional development every step of the way.

Enjoy balance and flexible working. Be empowered to do your best work – whether it’s remotely or in the office.

Prioritize your health and wellbeing. No matter where you live, we offer a competitive suite of health benefits to help keep you and your loved ones safe.

Work in a values-driven culture. At Simon-Kucher, our vision is to become the world's leading growth specialist. Our values guide the way we do business and communicate our distinctiveness. They sum up what we stand for, influence our culture, and drive how and why we do things.

How you will create an impact:

Receive staffing requests from Partners in the Global Healthcare & Life Sciences Division and collaborate with the Global LS Staffing Team to fulfill requests promptly. Adhere to division’s staffing principles but propose creative solutions as necessary to achieve best and pragmatic staffing solutions.

Anticipate and address skills shortages, excess capacity and supply/demand imbalances before there is a negative impact on the business.

Address and resolve staffing challenges, including reallocation and redeployment of consultants as needed, with a creative approach.

Optimize resource allocation in cooperation with the Global LS staffing team to ensure efficient use of talent and meet project deadlines.

Embrace the ebb and flow of talent through our pipeline programs (summer internships, CoOps and PhDs) from a staffing perspective and assist with those programs’ activities

Assists with HR administrative tasks supporting the Healthcare & Life Science practice within the areas of career and performance management, coaching and skills development, competency development, manpower planning/budgeting, employee engagement, employee relations, and DE&I.

Assist with reporting on all metrics related to people productivity and utilization including current and forecasted chargeability (supply/demand).

Establish and maintain updated skills profiles on all consultants in the pool.

Support tracking skill development requests from staff and monitor training needs across the division.

Understand short- and long-term business expansion plans and build them into the supply plans for the resource pools.

Assists with key people change initiatives that drive the advancement of Simon-Kucher’s HR strategy aimed at driving a high-performing and highly engaged culture.

Understand linkages between consulting engagement staffing, the required learning and development program and performance management to help make insightful recommendations on areas for improvement.

Engages with day-to-day support and issue resolution of staffing matters related to policies and business processes, HR data, employee relations, career and performance management, learning and skill development, etc.; Identifies new approaches and process improvements to existing or non-existing business processes, policies, and/or procedures.

Uses data to provide insights, advice, and to support informed decision making. Can analyze historical staffing data and project performance metrics to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities for optimization.

Shows strong social skills and can build strong stakeholder relationships and partnerships across a global team environment.

Your profile:

Bachelor’s Degree strongly preferred

3–5 years of experience in work staffing, scheduling, resource planning and/or project management.

Demonstrates strong technical skills with the ability to quickly adapt to new platforms.

Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Possess a strong client service and problem-solving orientation

Fluency in English

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Possesses a high level of accuracy and organizational skills.

Ability to multi-task effectively, meet deadlines, and perform well under pressure.

We believe in building a culture that embraces diversity, equity, and inclusion, creating an environment in which our people feel valued, are able to be themselves and feel their contribution matters. If we get that right, remarkable things will happen; people will grow faster, innovate, feel valued, and create better outcomes for everyone – our people, our clients and, of course, our business.

If you’re interested, and if you’d like to offer your skills and commitment to our international team, then we would be pleased to receive your application.