Human Resources Business Partner

Job description

[[cust_contractCBU]],a subsidiary of Danone, is looking for Human Resources Business Partner South Africa (ZA)BoksburgDanone is a global food company holding top positions in healthy food through its four businesses: Fresh Dairy Products, Early Life Nutrition, Waters, and Medical Nutrition. Its mission, bringing health through food to as many people as possible, embodies commitment to human progress and business success. It gives meaning to the work of our 100,000 Danoners worldwide on an everyday basis. For passionate people looking for autonomy and exciting career opportunities, Danone truly has something special inside!

Job Purpose

To deliver human resource and employee relations support to departments; consisting of complex, routine and administrative activities. This role will act as a business partner by understanding the support requirements of the business units and delivering in such a way as to prove how effective HR positively affects the bottom line

Key Areas of Responsibility
Talent Management

·  Educate business unit managers on the principles and processes of recruitment
·  Guide and support business unit managers on recruitment, promotion, and termination procedures, in-line with legislative requirements
·  Co-ordinate employee take-on documentation and onboarding processes
·  Communicate all new appointments via the appropriate channels

Policies and Process

·  Participate in setting the HR Vision and Strategy
·  Proactively support the delivery of Best Practice HR Processes
·  Provide HR advice and support to managers and employees on strategic and operational HR matters
·  Develop, maintain and update policies as required
·  Provide guidance on the interpretation and application of company policies and procedures, as required
·  Continuously maintain department job descriptions

Performance Management

·  Collaborate with the business unit managers to improve their department's performance processes
·  Act as the performance improvement driver
·  Support department managers to diagnose and manage performance problems
·  Guide business unit managers on improvements to their management and leadership styles

Industrial Relations

·  Coach department managers on current and relevant employment legislation
·  Address employee concerns by investigating and evaluating issues discreetly, and providing advice and guidance to resolve the concern
·  Keep appropriate records and ensure that all relevant documentation is stored as required
·  Institute disciplinary processes, where appropriate
·  Attend to all CCMA conciliation and arbitration matters
·  Manage industrial action in accordance with current legislative requirements

Training and Development

·  Guide and support department managers to conduct development discussions and collate their department training and development plans
·  Monitor individual employee development within the departments
·  In collaboration with department managers, put together succession plans for the department

Employee Engagement

·  Act as a single point of contact for employees managers in relevant departments
·  Act as a business partner for the relevant departments by planning, conceptualizing and problem solving where required

Organisation Design

·  Facilitate the change process of cross-functional HR Projects within relevant departments
·  Lead and influence strategic change projects within relevant departments
·  Act as a diagnostician within departments to identify potential for change or improvements to current HR practices

Reporting

·  Update and submit the monthly recruitment tracker
·  Report on career progression and succession plans within departments
·  Monitor and consolidate information on general HR trends within the departments

Academic and Trade Qualification

·  Bachelor's degree with Honours in Human Resource Management or Industrial Psychology
·  Masters qualification is an advantage

Work Experience

·  5-7 years of work experience within Human Resources
·  A minimum of 3 years related experience in an HR Business Partner role
·  Proficient in MS Office: Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint
·  Working knowledge of current HR legislation
·  Presentation Skills
·  Facilitation Skills
·  Project Management Skills

Personal and Behvioural Characteristics

·  Goal-oriented
·  Ability to work independently
·  Proactive
·  Excellent interpersonal skills
·  Excellent administrative skills
·  High levels of integrity
·  High levels of resilience
·  Ability to provide input on strategic business management issues
·  Problem solving ability

For more information about Danone, its people and its business, please visit danone.com We have something special inside, do you?
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