At TRIMANE, the Area Manager plays an essential role in the smooth running of a team. Equipped with management skills, he contributes to improving internal performance and is the guarantor of the company’s image. This article explores his key functions, his role and his impact on the company’s overall activities.
What is a Pole Manager ?
The role of Area Manager is an internal activity within the company, providing close management and support for TRIMANE’s talent. The Pole Manager supervises a team of consultants working on similar projects or areas of expertise, requiring skills in project management, technical team leadership, strategic planning and resource management.
What are the main functions of a Pole Manager ?
The Area Manager is responsible for the performance and satisfaction of his/her team. His role is to supervise, coordinate and manage the activities of his consultants.
He/she monitors the progress of team members by regularly assessing their performance, and helps them to draw up improvement plans by providing technical and organizational support, particularly in the event of complex problems encountered during the course of an assignment.
As the guarantor of his team, he plays the role of mentor, ensuring that the skills of his talents are developed under optimum conditions, in line with the wishes and career prospects of each individual.
Last but not least, he or she supports Human Resources, by ensuring that the company’s strategy is properly aligned with the business unit’s orientations, and that internal procedures and policies are applied, by raising awareness of good business practice.
In concrete terms, they provide support to help employees succeed in their careers, while contributing to the company’s overall success.
What’s the point of defining Pole Managers ?
Defining Pole Managers brings many advantages, both internally and externally.
Internally, Managers play a key role in improving individual performance for the benefit of the company as a whole. Their expertise enables them to optimize talent motivation and retention, and to identify growth opportunities by acting as support and coach. At the same time, they contribute to the development of employee skills by identifying and encouraging training needs, offering day-to-day learning opportunities and adding value to projects. They participate in sharing the company’s values and vision, thus fostering a collaborative and positive working environment.
Externally, the Sector Managers represent the company’s expertise, highlighting the specific skills of their teams in response to customer needs. Their presence testifies to the company’s solid organizational structure, and reassures customers that their teams are managed with the utmost care. What’s more, their project management know-how guarantees efficient, professional execution.
How do you go about integrating new employees with a Pole Manager ?
Induction into a division is carried out in close collaboration between Human Resources and the Division Manager.
As soon as the consultant arrives, an induction interview is held with the Area Manager, enabling everyone to introduce themselves and to define together the objectives for the coming year. Once the new member of staff has taken full possession of his or her duties, regular meetings and an annual appraisal are held to monitor progress. These meetings enable the Manager to take the consultant’s comments and needs into consideration, thus promoting his or her development in the best possible conditions in terms of training and career aspirations. At the same time, the Manager regularly organizes events to bring his team together and maintain its cohesion, which is essential to its smooth running.
“Having been a trainee myself for several years, I appreciated the close relationship and the practical, efficient way in which we interacted with the company. Gradually, I became interested in the role of Pole Manager, based on the experience I had gained.
As I see it, this role is first and foremost one of time and support devoted to the consultant throughout his or her Trimanian life. This includes needs relating to the mission: providing information and contextual elements about the organization, gathering and passing on the consultant’s point of view, but also needs for information or additional information on the HR side, for example. Of course, there are the annual reviews, which are a special time for taking stock and getting feedback on improvements within TRIMANE.
I enjoy meeting new colleagues, who have different personalities and profiles, and with whom I maintain good relations”, says Christian BURLET, Senior Data Engineer Consultant, who has held positions as developer, designer, architect and data trainer at TRIMANE.
At TRIMANE, we believe that the role of Division Manager ensures a balance between the well-being of our employees and the management of our projects. Much more than a simple team manager, the Pole Manager is a key player in promoting a corporate culture based on strong human values. As a mentor, he or she contributes to building a dynamic environment in which employees can flourish and contribute to the company’s development.
