Global HR Business Partner

Progressive IT Resourcing; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 600 000 - 800 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading HR consultancy is seeking a skilled Global HR Business Partner in Cape Town. This role requires experience in operational HR, exceptional communication, and strategic skills to develop HR roadmaps and support business transformation initiatives. Ideal candidates will have a degree in HR or equivalent and fluency in C1 English, along with the ability to coordinate international HR activities effectively.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as global or local HR Business Partner in an operationally driven environment.
• Broad work experience in operational HR and leadership consulting.
• Relative work experience in HR, Project Management, or Consulting.

Responsibilities

• Derive HR roadmap from business needs and link it to central HR function.
• Handle customer negotiations, salary decisions, and organizational development.
• Support business transformation and organizational change projects.
• Interface with central and local recruiting organization.
• Coordinate international assignments including career & return planning.
• Prepare and present data, KPIs, and reports for decision making.
• Bundle HR topics across countries and develop creative solutions.

Skills

Experience as HR Business Partner

C1 English

High business acumen

Exceptional communication skills

IT affinity

Strategic mindset

Analytical approach

Education

Degree in HR, law or equivalent field

Job description

Our International Client is urgently seeking a skilled Global HR Business Partner.

Your skills

• Previous experience (or equivalent) as global or local HR Business Partner in an operationally and customer-driven environment
• C1 English
• Degree in HR, law or equivalent field or alternatively broad work experience (or equivalent) in operational HR and leadership consulting
• High business acumen
• IT affinity
• Previous relative work experience in HR, Project Management, Consulting, or equivalent
• Exceptional communication and networking skills, coupled with a strategic mindset and analytical approach

Your tasks

• Derive the HR roadmap from the tower's business needs and link it to the HR roadmap of the central HR function and keep close contact with local HR teams and HR Projects.
• Handle topics such as customer negotiations, salary decisions, restructuring and organizational development.
• Support business transformation (including transfer assessment) as well as organizational change projects in connection with internal functions as well as external partners.
• Be the Business Unit’s interface to the central and local recruiting organization and develop solutions for creative and cost-effective recruiting together with the Manager Talent Acquisition and the Recruiting Coordinators.
• Coordinate the international assignments within Business Unit including timely career & return planning.
• Lead the preparation and presentation of data, KPIs, reports and documents to support alignment between and/or decision making by HR and business leaders.
• Bundle the Tower’s HR topics across countries and keep close contact with the respective local HRs as well as the central HR departments to develop creative and cost-effective solutions.