Supply Chain HR Business Partner (Maydon Wharf & Phoenix)

Unilever; Durban; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading multinational company in Durban is looking for a Supply Chain HR Business Partner to align HR strategies with business objectives. This role involves partnering with leadership to enhance employee engagement, driving workforce planning, and ensuring effective change management. Candidates should have over 10 years of HR experience, particularly in supply chain environments, and possess at least a BDegree.

Qualifications

• 10+ years’ experience in HR, with minimum of 5 years at a senior HR management level.
• Supply chain factory experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leadership to align HR culture with business objectives.
• Drive performance and enhance employee engagement.
• Lead change programs and manage people costs.

Skills

Talent management

Organizational design

Workforce planning

Change management

Coaching and facilitation

Education

BDegree or equivalent

Job description

Job title

Supply Chain HR Business Partner (Maydon Wharf & Phoenix)

Job Location

KwaZulu-Natal, Durban

Deadline

October 30, 2025

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JOB PURPOSE

• The factory site supply chain HR Business Partner plays a key role in aligning the HR culture and people plan with business objectives. A key partner to leadership, providing expertise in talent management, organizational design and workforce planning. Collaborates closely with business leaders to drive performance, enhance employee engagement, capability and support a culture of continuous improvement.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Trusted partner and coach to the leaders, focused on the development and delivery of people agenda aligned to the business strategy
• Setting the in-year and multi-year people priorities.
• Building deep business understanding and knowledge of the business area and strategy (internally and externally).
• Understanding the current organization design, the gaps and collaborating with business leaders to resource for value and build workforce plans
• Leads key change programs and the consultation processes as appropriate for any change initiatives as and when applicable
• As a member of the leadership team, accountable for and full ownership of people costs, including tradeoffs within the P&L, including temporary, fixed and variable resourcing.
• Business partnering the leadership team, ensuring HR solutions and interventions are delivered on time in full.
• Working and collaborating as part of the broader HR community to leverage scale and consistency where appropriate.
• Attracting, developing and retaining talent. Leading Talent forums including succession planning and proactive sourcing for specific capabilities, domain expertise and to address talent gaps.
• Deploying the One Unilever Expertise & Innovation agenda. Also as appropriate, contributing to and supporting experimentation and new interventions with the Expertise and Innovation teams
• Embedding the Shape Your Own Adventure principles in talent and career progression practices
• Ensuring two-way continuous dialogue and engagement with business partners
• Leveraging HR data insights and analytics to drive people and business decisions.
• Identify specific learning needs and deliver the relevant capability agenda and interventions, in partnership with Expertise and Innovation functional Learning and People Growth & Development teams.
• Team effectiveness, change & transformation, strong facilitation skills to coach and build high performing teams.
• Being accountable for development of HR Partners supporting the people agenda

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum BDegree or equivalent
• Supply chain factory experience
• 10+ years’ experience in HR, with minimum of 5 years at a senior HR management level
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