Head of People Yuppiechef at Mr Price Group

Job Description

• With broad generalist Human Resources experience at a senior level, you will be expected to bring demonstrable strategic people experience along with the ability to drive a culture of high-performance collaboration and trust.  You will partner with Group HR specialist teams to deliver strategic group HR imperatives. 

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of short and long-term people strategy to achieve targeted KPI’s in line with strategic business objectives.
• Partner with the Senior Leadership team of the division, through providing leadership support, contributing to the divisional strategy, and collectively agreeing on the direction of the people strategy and priorities.
• Lead talent forecasting, recruitment and on boarding in line with current and future business requirements. Oversee the implementation and management of reward and recognition programs to attract, retain and motivate staff whilst ensuring internal equity and external competitiveness. 
• Lead and drive organisational design, training and development, succession planning, organisational culture (including Diversity and inclusion) and performance management imperatives to retain and grow top talent, manage poor performance and meet current and future human capital requirements.
• Oversee the management of change as it relates to people by driving the implementation and execution of change management processes
• Keep abreast of statutory requirements and industry best practices relation to Human Resources to understand changes in the employee/ workforce landscape, maintain and enhance HR frameworks and mitigate risks and compliance with employment legislation
• Contribute to management/ board reports on the overall health of human capital and progress on related projects.
• Manage employee relations policies, procedures, and practices to ensure consistency and fair employee relations practices are in place across the organisation.

Qualifications

• A completed Degree majoring in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology
• 7+ Years of HR Business Partnering experience with at least 2+ years at a Senior HR management level
• Financial planning and budgeting, Process knowledge, People management, Disciplinary processes, Labour scheduling, Policy and procedures, Communication skills, Leadership and development skills, Analytical ability, Labour relations & legislation, Strategy development