HR PS Advisor – Middle East

Vanderlande Industries GmbH; Jeddah; On-site; SAR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the industry seeks an HR Advisor to provide tactical support to People Leaders in the Makkah Region. The role involves coaching managers, resolving HR issues, and collaborating on policy improvements while emphasizing the importance of local business insights and organizational effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Experience as an HR professional with a focus on tactical advice.
• Fluent in English and Arabic.
• Familiar with Employee Law and HR Compliance.

Responsibilities

• Coach and develop managers on HR events and team development.
• Resolve HR issues and enhance Employee Experience.
• Collaborate on continuous improvement of HR programs.

Skills

Consulting Agility

Effective Communication

Business Acumen

Customer Centric

Data fluency

Job description

Role Overview

The HR Advisor is part of the People Services organization and supports People Leaders in their role as people leader in effectively and efficiently managing their teams by covering tactical people and talent needs. The Advisor understands business direction and proactively advises on a tactical level on (potential) people issues and challenges. Additionally, the HR Advisor serves as a single point of contact (for Managers) for topics and questions that couldn't be covered by MSS or through the People Services Hub. The role focusses on a specific region or a large country and is an experienced HR professional.

High Level and Key Responsibilities

Vision, Strategy, Leadership

• Provide pro-active and tactical advice and solutions to business leaders/managers on organizational and talent matters (not covered by MSS/Hub)
• Understand the business direction within the own region and be able to translate relevant insights and local requirements to People Services, Business HR and CoEs (act as a linking pin between global and local)
• Coach and develop managers on a regional level in their role as people leader with regards to key HR events such as performance review
• Thinks along and provides advice on e.g. team development and to avoid future people issues
• Be a local organization (HR) ambassador, e.g. by role modelling inclusive behavior towards employees and managers

Operational Excellence

• Resolve issues that could not be covered by MSS or Tier 1 whilst having a deep focus on driving Employee Experience
• Align and collaborate with CoEs and colleagues within People Services on continuous improvement of the design and delivery of HR policies and programs, based on (local) business needs
• Together with People Services colleagues execute deployment of people solutions, in close alignment with HR BP and CoE
• Drive adoption of HR Service Delivery within the business
• Provides data, tools and solutions to effectively and efficiently manage teams

Continuous improvement

• Drive HR program- and initiative adoption within the region
• Liaises with other Regional and Global People Services Advisors to identify opportunities for improvement and to ensure alignment across countries and regions
• Collaborate with CoEs to provide input into the business case, change and communication plans for large-scale change programs

Key Competencies

• Consulting Agility
• Business fluency
• Effective Communication
• HR Policy & Administration
• Business Results / Action Oriented
• Business Acumen
• Integrator
• Data fluency
• Customer Centric
• Familiar and well-versed in Employee Law and Regulation/HR Compliance is highly desired
• Fluent in English and Arabic language