HR Advisor

Principal Buyer Company; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 300,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Principal Buyer Company in Riyadh seeks a senior HR strategy advisor to shape the organization’s people agenda and ensure alignment with business priorities and future workforce needs. You will advise on nationalization, succession planning, leadership development, and strategic workforce planning in collaboration with HR leadership and business stakeholders.

The role also covers organizational design, total rewards, and performance management to drive employee engagement and organizational

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HRM, Business Administration, or related field.
• Master’s degree in HRM, Business Administration, or related field is a plus.
• Professional certifications in HR preferred.
• English proficiency (written and spoken).
• Minimum of 9 years experience.

Responsibilities

• Advise on and contribute to the development and evolution of the HR strategy, ensuring alignment with the organization’s overall strategy, business priorities, and future workforce needs.
• Provide strategic guidance on key HR initiatives, including succession planning, leadership development, strategic workforce planning, and nationalization, in collaboration with HR leadership and business stakeholders.
• Advise on organizational design and workforce structuring, including the development and refinement of organizational structures, mandates, job descriptions, and job evaluation frameworks to support strategic and operational requirements.
• Guide and review the development and execution of culture, engagement, and employee experience initiatives to promote organizational effectiveness, engagement, and performance.
• Provide oversight and advisory input on total rewards, compensation, and benefits strategies, ensuring alignment with market trends, internal equity, and organizational objectives.
• Advise on manpower planning and workforce optimization, supporting alignment with budgetary constraints, operational requirements, and long‑term talent needs.
• Contribute to guiding business leaders and HR teams through performance management processes, including goal setting, performance reviews, talent identification, promotion recommendations, and development planning.
• Provide advisory oversight on recruitment, onboarding, and talent acquisition strategies, including sourcing channels, selection methodologies, and assessment practices, to ensure fairness, effectiveness, and alignment with workforce plans.
• Advise on HR operations governance, including payroll administration, employee relations, and grievance management, ensuring compliance with policies, regulations, and best practices.
• Consult with stakeholders to analyze workforce data and trends, providing insights and recommendations to address current and future talent, capability, and organizational challenges.
• Review and recommend enhancements to HR policies, procedures, and frameworks, ensuring continued relevance, regulatory compliance, and alignment with organizational goals.
• Advise on learning, training, and development strategies, including partnerships with external institutions, to ensure capability building aligns with business priorities and future skills requirements.
• Provide strategic input into HR forums, conferences, and external engagements, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and thought leadership priorities.
• Review and provide recommendations on materials to be submitted to the NRC and/or BoM, ensuring consistency, strategic alignment, and adherence to corporate governance standards.
• Perform any other tasks or responsibilities assigned by the line manager in accordance with PB requirements.

Skills

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HRM/Business Administration or related field

Master’s degree in HRM/Business Administration or related field

Professional HR certifications

Job description

Qualifications

Bachelor’sdegreeinHRM,BusinessAdministration,orarelatedfield.

Master’sdegreeinHRM,BusinessAdministrationorarelatedfieldisaplus.

Professionalcertificationsinthefieldofhumanresourcesarepreferred.

EnglishProficiency(Written&Spoken).

Minimum of 9 years experience

Roles and Responsibilities

• Advise on and contribute to the development and evolution of the HR strategy, ensuring alignment with the organization’s overallstrategy, business priorities, and future workforce needs.


• Provide strategic guidance on key HR initiatives, including succession planning, leadership development, strategic workforce planning, and nationalization, in collaboration with HR leadership and business stakeholders.


• Advise on organizational design and workforce structuring, including the development and refinement of organizational structures, mandates, job descriptions, and job evaluation frameworks to support strategic and operational requirements.


• Guide and review the development and execution of culture, engagement, and employee experience initiatives to promote organizational effectiveness, engagement, and performance.


• Provide oversight and advisory input on total rewards, compensation, and benefits strategies, ensuring alignment with market trends, internal equity, and organizational objectives.


• Advise on manpower planning and workforce optimization, supporting alignment with budgetary constraints, operational requirements, and long‑term talent needs.


• Contribute to guidingbusiness leaders and HR teams through performance management processes, including goal setting, performance reviews, talent identification, promotion recommendations, and development planning.


• Provide advisory oversight on recruitment, onboarding, and talent acquisition strategies, including sourcing channels, selectionmethodologies, and assessment practices, to ensure fairness, effectiveness, and alignment with workforce plans.


• Advise on HR operations governance, including payroll administration, employee relations, and grievance management, ensuring compliance with policies, regulations, and best practices.


• Consult with stakeholders to analyze workforce data and trends, providing insights and recommendations to address current andfuture talent, capability, and organizational challenges.


• Review and recommend enhancements to HR policies, procedures, and frameworks, ensuring continued relevance, regulatory compliance, and alignment with organizational goals.


• Advise on learning, training, and development strategies, including partnerships with external institutions, to ensure capability building aligns with business priorities and future skills requirements.


• Provide strategic input into HR forums, conferences, and external engagements, ensuring alignment with organizational objectivesand thought leadership priorities.


• Review and provide recommendations on materials to be submitted to the NRC and/or BoM, ensuring consistency, strategic alignment, and adherence to corporate governance standards.


• Perform any other tasks or responsibilities assigned by the line manager in accordance with PB requirements.