Human Resources Manager

Promasidor; Durban; On-site; ZAR 500,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food and beverage company in Durban is seeking an experienced HR Manager to develop HR strategies and ensure the effectiveness of HR operations. The ideal candidate should have a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, 8–10 years of experience in HR, and advanced proficiency in HRIS platforms. This role involves overseeing HR initiatives, managing legal compliance, and enhancing staff engagement and development.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of experience in a comparable role or capacity.
• Advanced proficiency in HRIS platforms, financial software, and tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop HR strategies to ensure availability of requisite human resources.
• Lead industrial relations activities including union relations and staff welfare.
• Oversee all HR initiatives and systems.
• Supervise HR activities related to Compensation & Benefit and Performance Management.

Skills

HR principles

Relationship Building

Planning & Organizing

Communication

Negotiating and Influence

People Development

Innovation and Change

Strategic Focus

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Professional certification in HR

Tools

HRIS platforms

Excel

ERP systems

Job description

Purpose

To develop HR strategies and lead in the process of ensuring the availability of the requisite human resources with the appropriate skills, abilities and knowledge for the achievement of the goals and objective of Promasidor Limited. Also to serve as liaison for all legal issues as well as ensuring all HR operations are carried out smoothly and effectively.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Provides strategic support for the development of HR policies across the Company ensuring the adoption of best practices that promote equity and diversity.
• Leads industrial relations activities including union relations, staff welfare and safety
• Develops programs and initiatives that enhance staff commitment and improve Promasidor as a place of work and provides matrices for their measurement
• Develops human resource operations financial strategies by estimating, forecasting, and anticipating requirements, trends, and variances; aligning monetary resources; developing action plans; measuring and analyzing results; initiating corrective actions; minimizing the impact of variances.
• Leads the selection, placement and retention processes for the right calibre of employees for the Company
• Complies with state and local legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements and advising management on needed actions.
• Liaises with the company\'s lawyer on legal matters and ensures the provision of all required and relevant documents/information for the pursuit of legal cases and the protection of company\'s interest
• Oversees all HR initiatives and systems
• Supervises all HR activities pertaining to Compensation & Benefit; Payroll Administration, Leave Administration, Staff Welfare, Performance Management, Training & Development & Employee Relations
• Produces HR analysis reports on a regular basis, analysing trends, interpreting and communicating same and making recommendations
• Provides support to Management and staff through correspondence, reports and develop schedules to resolve various employee issues – welfare and benefits administration
• Oversees Health, Safety, Security and Environment
• Provides support for the Management for handling issues of staff discipline.
• Provides other adhoc task as assigned by the Managing from time to time

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
• Professional certification in HR or a related discipline.
• 8–10 years of experience in a comparable role or capacity.
• Advanced proficiency in HRIS platforms, financial software, and tools such as Excel and ERP systems.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA) required

• Knowledge of contemporary HR principles, ability to coordinate HR daily activities; knowledge of DRC Labour and employment laws, regulations and practices
• Ability to plan, organize, co-ordinate, motivate and control
• Computer literate – MS Word, Spreadsheet, Database Software
• Knowledge of HRMS, payroll management and workforce analysis
• Good written and oral communication skills to prepare correspondence make recommendations and liaise/communicate effectively with employees and management.

Key Competencies

• Relationship Building: To identify, develop, acquire and retain exceptional business relationships with internal and external clients, while having an excellent approach to meeting clients’ needs
• Planning & Organizing: To plan, control and provide problem solving skills to resolve day to day complex business issues
• Communication: Proactive in determining the communication needs of internal and external customers and ensures satisfaction
• Achieving Results: Develops work priorities and seek out resources to deliver on long and short term strategic objectives
• Negotiating and Influence: To persuade and convince internal and external stakeholders towards a desired company objective. To continuously engage and manage stakeholders expectations for long term business opportunities
• People Development: To set clear work standards and expectations and technically sound to inspire, coach and mentor employees to performance and professional development
• Innovation and Change To create a culture of creative thinking, managing change and always seeking opportunities for innovation. Able to take own initiative and risks towards making changes, while mobilizing others towards transformation
• Strategic Focus: To assimilate complex situations, identity clear and strategic decision making and impact of same