Senior HR Business Partner

SENIOR HR BUSINESS PARTNER

Our Client is South Africa’s largest independent spirits group. They produce, distribute, sell, and market award-winning local and international brands. Their success comes from empowering people who seek to achieve great things.

ABOUT THE ROLE
The job purpose is to design and deliver Organisational Development (OD) programs and innovative initiatives to support the strategic people plan of our business. The OD manager will be accountable to assess, diagnose, design and deliver custom solutions needed to enhance the employee experience
This includes custodianship of the performance, talent, engagement, wellness and employee relations practices across the organisation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Leads and facilitates the implementation of the organisation wide engagement strategy including the development of a leading employee wellness culture
• Drives a robust Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that is meaning and relevant to employees across our value chain
• Custodian of the employee engagement tools and manages the implementation, communication, analysis and actions arising therefrom.
• Assess organisational culture and works collaboratively with relevant teams, employees and union stakeholders in increasing employee engagement, wellness and inclusion;
• Analyses trends and developments within and external to the business and proactively diagnose the need for targeted interventions. Develops relevant Organisation Effectiveness metrics and measurement for the business across entire HR lifecycle
• Lead the practice of and provide support to line management to ensure effective use of our Performance & Development Review processes. Analyses organisation wide insights and leads the development of initiatives and best practice enhancement to the practice.
• Leads the development of a suitable talent management framework that allows for effective review of high performance and high potential employees, ultimately allowing for proactive and successful succession planning and risk management.
• Consistent review and enhancement of the exit management process incl. interviews and is accountable for analyses of feedback to determine trends and build insights for retention.
• Develop, maintain and review ER policies and procedures to ensure equitable treatment of all employees.
• Is responsible for providing industry and country specific Industrial Relations (IR) advice to the business, incl. knowledge of legislative and consequent impact on the organisation, relationships with unions, government/regulatory bodies
• Maintains a strong relationship with the union to ensure a stable IR climate and involvement in wage negotiations.
• Ensure effective ER capacity building programmes for managers and employees are implemented and monitored
• Delivers HR support to the business and ensuring HR delivery is fully aligned to business goals in their area of business

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
• At least a 3 year B degree in Human Resources or similar
• A minimum of 10 years HR Business Partner experience, with at least 4 being in a Snr HRBP or Lead capacity
• A proven track record of HR practice management / ownership of the Performance, Talent and Engagement Practices at an organisational level.
• Relevant experience in ER/IR systems and process in a complex environment
• Understanding of management trade unions, key legal, compliance, safety and other regulatory issues involved in key HR processes
• Performance Improvement
• A proven record of practice management through a best practice HRIS system facilitating a data centric approach to practice and process enhancement
• Expert knowledge of key HR processes, roles and responsibilities across the entire HR lifecycle

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
• Leading Change
• Delivering through others
• Ability to influence key stakeholders in the context of change
• Strong analytical capability with the capacity to turn insights into measurable action
• Gravitas in communication and resilience when engaging with key external industry partners