Human Resources Business Partner

KAL Corporate services (Pty) Ltd; Wes-Kaap; On-site; ZAR 480,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in agricultural retail as an HR Business Partner. In this role, you will execute the HR strategy, focusing on recruitment, employee relations, and performance improvement. With your expertise and leadership, you will help shape a thriving workplace culture and support growth initiatives across multiple locations in South Africa.

Qualifications

• 4 years related operational HR Business Partner experience in retail/agricultural industry.
• Ability to engage and communicate effectively across organization levels.
• Own transport and willingness to travel.

Responsibilities

• Execute HR strategy focusing on workforce planning, recruitment, and employee relations.
• Drive Employee Value Proposition and improve work relationships.
• Act as change agent for HR digital systems.

Skills

Communication

Administrative skills

Leadership

Education

B Degree (BCom or HR Management)

Job description

Join the dynamic team at Agrimark Operations Ltd, a growth-focused business and subsidiary of KAL Group Ltd, which is proudly listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). Spanning over 100 locations across South Africa and a growing ecommerce presence, Agrimark Operations Ltd with its retail branches and specialist brands offer high-quality farming supplies, solutions, and a broad range of retail products to a diverse customer base that share the same love of the land, sense of community, and can-do attitude.

Job Specification

Reporting into the Executive Manager Human Resources, the incumbent will be responsible for the execution of the company’s human resources strategy, with a specific focus on workforce planning, recruitment, employee relations, employee value proposition as well as learning and development.

Minimum Requirements

• B Degree (BCom, or HR Management)
• 4 years related operational HR Business Partner experience in a retail and/or agricultural retail related industry
• Ability to engage and effectively communicate with a high level of proficiency at different levels of the organisation
• Strong administrative skills and an eye for detail
• Own transport and willingness to travel

Key Performance Indicators

The GOLD business imperatives displayed below are to be used as key indicators in sourcing competent candidates for this critical role.

Growth

• Ability to influence and provide guidance to the business in respect of the effective people integration of acquired and/or new businesses
• Effectively drive our Employee Value Proposition (“EVP”) offering

Optimisation

• Ability to influence and provide guidance to the business in respect of labour effectiveness, employee relations, skills development, HR analytics & measurements.
• Compliance with internal company policies, procedures, processes, and external regulations

Leveraging Culture & Diversity

• Work closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale and increase productivity and retention – link to our accelerating performance culture

Digital Transformation

• Act as change agent for HR Digital systems functionality and application of people orientated digital tools

Key leadership attributes

The incumbent would need to have the ability to progress and add continuous incremental value – having impact.

• Dealing with complexity
• Sound pragmatic judgement
• Self-awareness
• Achievement orientation

As part of the KAL Group Ltd – a diversified JSE-listed retail group that operates in agricultural retail, fuel & convenience, and manufacturing markets – you will join a group of companies with more than 270 operating units across South Africa and Namibia.

You will have an opportunity to grow your career and thrive in an accelerating performance environment that values resilience and customer service, and embraces communication, alignment, and relationships. We are committed to providing our employees with opportunities within the KAL Group Ltd to take on new challenges.

If this excites you, learn more about Agrimark Operations Ltd and KAL Group Ltd here: www.kalgroup.co.za/careers/life-at-kal-group

Candidates who are not contacted within 14 working days of the closing date can accept that their application was unsuccessful. Agrimark Operations Ltd applies the principles of equal employment in line with our company’s Employment Equity objectives. Please note that in order to consider your application or interest, KAL Group Ltd will have to process your personal information and that such processing will be subject to the KAL Group HR Processing notice which can be accessed by viewing it on the KAL Group Ltd website under the following hyperlink: https://www.kalgroup.co.za/legal/