Lungi Selma

Talent Attraction and Acquisition Specialist - Africa Region

Maersk Tankers • Fulltime

May 2024 - Present • 2 yrs 4 mos

• Contribute to a consultative partnering process to business leaders and hiring managers • Intake & Alignment: Partnering with hiring managers to conduct robust intake briefs—establishing not just the job criteria, but the specific skills,competencies, and team culture fits needed. • Demand Forecasting: Collaborating with organizational leaders to anticipate talent needs 6 to 12 months in advance based on business growth orregional expansion. • Market Intelligence: Providing data-backed insights on competitor hiring practices, local talent availability, and salary benchmarking to manageinternal expectations. • Proactive Sourcing: Utilizing advanced Boolean search, professional networks (like LinkedIn Recruiter), and internal referral schemes to find nichetalent. • Screening & Calibration: Reviewing portfolios or CVs and conducting structured initial screenings to assess competency, cultural alignment, andcareer motivation. • Conduct Competency based interviews • Pipeline Management: Building and nurturing "talent pools"—maintaining warm relationships with strong runner-up candidates (silvermedallists) or industry professionals for future openings within industries. • Ensure candidate experience positivity throughout the recruitment process, from job positing to offer negotiations. • Onboarding new colleagues, or colleagues transitioning into new roles -hiring in system (Workday) • Projects management: • Lead recruitment for roll out of 2 cold stores in South Africa with 200 staff compliments across both sites – managed the entire recruitment andonboarding process in 2025 • Lead hiring project for West Africa for new warehouses launched across Nigeria and Senegal for specific clients in 2025 • Bulk hirings for learnership programme in 2024 for 100 young people • Roles worked / working on at different levels JL0s – JL4 – Senior roles in various portfolios from IT Warehousing Business Analysis, BusinessDevelopment, Depot First line roles, Industrial Engineering, Logis