Head of Talent, Learning & Culture Lead - Sub-saharan Africa at Danone

Job Purpose

• The Head of Organisation Design & Culture Lead is in charge of all facets of talent acquisition, development, employee experience  and organisational wiring in South Africa, Ghana, Francos and Nigeria.

Business Strategy

• Craft Sub-saharan Transformation agenda to enable business performance

Talent Management

• Lead talent management strategy for Sub-saharan Africa i.e. buy, borrow or build talent pipelines
• Facilitate talent & performance calibration sessions in Sub-saharan Africa
• Deploy innovative strategies to promote the employee value proposition

Learning

• Lead Sub-saharan capability programmes by skilling, reskilling and aniticipating future learning needs based on medium to long term growth plans

Organisational design

• Manage fixed costs in line with business strategy
• Review country org models in line with business strategy, processes/tools, systems, capabilities and internal benchmarks

Culture

• Create and implement strategies to promote a positive, collaborative company culture in line with Danone Values, behaviours and People Survey Results.

People & Teams

• Lead a team of 7 professionals

Requirements and Qualifications:

• Completed HR Related Degree
• 10+ years of experience in a similar role, preferably overseeing Talent, Learning, Culture and Organisation design in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Lead with right values i.e. humanism, openness, proximity and enthusiasm
• Put Danone First - We act and work as one team, across countries and functions
• Lead with People - We grow as leaders by developing others
• We keep it simple - We deal with complexity by bringing focus and a pragmatic approach
• Be Accountable - We are decisive and fact based
• Walk the Talk - We do what we say, acting as role models