Operational Lead HR Business Partner (East London) at Nestle

Experience: Senior-level

Education: Bachelors

Job-type: Full Time

Location: Eastern Cape, South Africa

Nestlé is a global food and beverage leader founded over 150 years ago by Henri Nestlé and the Page brothers. Today, it operates in 185 countries with around 277,000 employees and offers more than 2000 brands, ranging from global icons to local favorites. The company is committed to quality, innovation, and sustainability, striving to enhance lives through its diverse product offerings.

Job overview 

  • You will be responsible for the implementation of people agenda within the East London factory and the driving force behind implementation of people plan aligned with business agenda. You will also represent the complete HR Service / Value Chain for the site.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to the execution of the business plan through the creation (where appropriate) and implementation of People Strategies that attract, develop and retain employees.
  • Support the organizational short, long-term business needs to drive competitive advantage and address opportunities and threats.
  • Pro-actively challenge the established organizational structure of the function to drive superior performance (taking account of Nestlé principles, policies & local business context).
  • Ensure people issues are a key consideration when discussing and planning business activities.
  • Establish and maintain effective win-win working relationships with managers, employees and their representatives through an environment that fosters communication and co-operation.
  • Promote and foster a culture and environment that is productive, open, empowering, safe and equitable and coach others to behave and make decisions in line with Nestlé Management and Leadership Principles and Nestlé Corporate Business Principles.
  • Responsible for compliance in HR (policies and practices).
  • Ensure Performance and Talent Management at individual and team level, drive the achievement of business goals through objective and development plan setting, performance calibration and talent development.
  • Lead talent review/calibration at the site to ensure high performance is rewarded and developed in line with the Management Development Cycle.
  • Facilitate implementation of function succession planning and talent management plans that support business goals.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in HR or a similar qualification.
  • Minimum 5 – 8 years’ experience in a Factory or Operations HR Management position with strong HR Generalist and ER experience.
  • You must have exposure to Core HR processes, i.e. Talent Management, Learning & Development, Employee Relations, Compensation & Benefits, Recruitment, Performance management.
  • Proven working experience in a highly unionized manufacturing environment and handling CCMA proceedings such as conciliations and arbitrations.
  • In-depth knowledge, application and understanding of labour laws such as LRA-Labour Relations Act, BCEA-Basic Conditions of Employment Act, EEA- Employment Equity Act and SDA-Skills Development Act.
  • Experience in implementation & execution of people strategies for a business, function or unit.
  • Experience working in a matrix environment and driving results through effective influence and collaboration.
  • Exemplify integrity and practice high level of confidentiality.
  • Demonstrable courage to constructively challenge.

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