HR Generalist

Job Purpose:

This position is responsible for the delivery of a professional and comprehensive HR service for Weylandts Furniture Creations (WFC) and Weylandts Furniture Creations Upholstery (WFCU).

This position will be based in Epping, Cape Town.

Main accountabilities:

• Ensure compliance with HR policies and procedures within WFC & WFCU.
• Manage end-to-end recruitment, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and selection.
• Ensure compliance with recruitment policies and best practices.
• Support internal talent mobility, including transfers and promotions (confirmation of employment etc.), in alignment with business needs.
• Responsible for offer of employment & candidate relationship through to start date.
• Oversee new starter induction and onboarding.
• Maintain the company’s biometric system.
• Capture and monitor daily attendance tracker.
• Ensure that payroll information is collated and submitted to the Payroll Specialist for weekly wages to be processed.
• Serve as back-up to Payroll Specialist for weekly wages to be processed.
• Management of employee relations to support, enhance and strengthen the relationship between employees, their representatives and employers.
• Support Production Manager with the maintenance and allocation of incentives.
• Partner with Team Leaders, Supervisors and Managers on action plans to address non-performance and capability gaps.
• Provide sound HR solutions to workforce issues identified by Team Leaders, Supervisors and Managers. Proactively identify potential concerns and mitigate risk.
• Maintain company organization charts.
• Partner with employees to investigate and resolve concerns and workplace issues.
• Identify training and development needs within WFC / WFCU & propose training plans.
• Ensure that all regulatory/ compliance training is completed annually.
• Ensure that all statutory & SETA requirements are met and that WSP and ATR process is completed annually
• Process terminations and ensure that exit paperwork is submitted timeously.
• Collect and interpret data across the portfolio to improve business outcomes.
• Participate in and/ or manage HR projects as and when required.
• Assisting other HR team members during high workload periods.
• Coordinate staff welfare logistics for WFC & WFCU.

Technical Skills:

• Grade 12
• Relevant certificate, diploma or degree in HR Management or related field
• 5 years’ experience in an HR environment; manufacturing advantageous.
• Registered SDF and proven SETA funded programme experience advantageous
• Good PC literacy (MS Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word).
• Valid driver’s license and own reliable transport

Behavioral Competencies:

• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Positive, can-do attitude and approach to work
• Problem solver; solutions-focused
• Take ownership and accountability for output and quality of work
• Self-starter
• Accurate, good attention to detail
• Sound decision-making skills
• Confidential & discreet