Resource Specialist

The purpose of this role is to manage supply and demand across a Service Line or within a specific discipline with accountability for executing strategies to meet resourcing needs for client teams and the organization. You will partner and collaborate with growth, HR, finance, operations, and talent acquisition to staff teams timely and ensure excellence in client delivery. Key responsibilities: - Own and manage resource requests by validating requirements and affordability, searching for candidates, and presenting candidates for consideration. - Assist in reviewing capacity across capability areas on an ongoing basis and proactively work to re-balance professionals who are above/below utilization targets. - Engage with resources as a Career Navigator, gain a meaningful understanding of their skills, experience, and aspirations, and identify the right opportunities for them. - Identify instances of current and potential future over/underutilization and work with leadership to address issues and mitigate risks. - Liaise between Account, service line leadership, recruiting, HRBP, and Operations for applicable supply and demand. - Proactively review the opportunity pipeline to create and understand the picture of upcoming demand. - Propose resources with current or near-term availability to projects that align with their skills, professional goals, and/or staffing preferences. - Resolve staffing conflicts to the satisfaction of all parties, which may include identifying creative staffing alternatives and negotiating with projects and resources. - Support resource meetings to understand impacts on resource needs (new projects, timeline movement, etc.) and facilitate risk/issue mitigations. - Understand and communicate the impacts (financial, client relationship, skill) of applying one resource over another or removing a resource from work. Location: Pune Brand: Merkle Time Type: Full time Contract Type: Permanent,