HR Business Partner MEA at Gilbarco Veeder Root

PURPOSE OF POSITION

• To partner strategically with business leaders at a MEA regional level to drive and implement talent management initiatives for the business, whilst ensuring that all related HR initiatives are implemented and operating at optimal.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

ORGANISATION DESIGN

• Clearly understand the business vision and strategy
• Advise and participate in Organizational Design (OD) aligned to the business strategy.
• Manage the change and communication process.
• Assist managers with determining succession gaps and implementing agreed upon interventions to close gaps.
• Continuously measure the effectiveness of the OD and change management programs in place and report to the business

TALENT MANAGEMENT

Acquisition

• Consult with business leaders to better understand the business priorities and talent needs to deliver on those priorities.
• Coach and constructively challenge managers in selecting, evaluating and promoting talent using existing tools.
• Review all Position Descriptions in line with changes within the environment of responsibility.
• Ensure standard work is followed in the resourcing process and proper on-boarding happens timely within the target date of delivery.
• Facilitate the induction and probationary processes of all new employee.
• Ensure compensation and benefit packages are aligned to budget and internal salary benchmarks.

Talent Assessment and Development

• Facilitate the talent development process as well as implementation of employee retention interventions in area of responsibility.
• Guide managers in setting appropriate annual performance goals in line with business priorities.
• Facilitate the performance management process and assist with performance improvement plans for non-performers.
• Consult with business leaders to determine development needs of specific teams and departments.
• Guide managers in assessing talent in their departments and setting meaningful development plans.

Employee Experience

• Using survey results, identify engagement drivers and assist managers to devise action plans to improve employee experience in their departments.
• Guide managers in linking survey action plans to business priorities.
• Conduct bi-annual snapshot surveys to assess effectiveness of action plans and recommend improvements where required.
• Drive Inclusion, Diversity & Equity within areas of responsibility.

Industrial Relations

• Interpret the labour law for application in the context of their environment.
• Advise leadership on the application of legislation in managing their teams.
• Liaise with external labour law experts for guidance where necessary.
• Advise managers on appropriate disciplinary action.
• Manage disciplinary process where necessary.

ANALYTICS AND REPORTING

• Analyse data and compile HR and statutory reports on a monthly and on annual basis whilst liaise with leadership for consolidation.
• Use analytics to support strategic decision making.
• Measure the commercial impact of their business partnering on an on-going basis.

GENERALIST HR

• Provide generalist HR support on employment matters to managers and employees in line with company policies, procedures and within the legislative framework.
• Review and update policies in line with Group HR policies as well as legislative requirements when necessary
• Conduct site visits (set up virtual meetings) to address any HR related challenges in area of responsibility and counsel employees where required.
• Maintain, file and update HR documents related to area of responsibility on the shared data base.
• Facilitate the collation of payroll related documentation for timely submission.
• Administer and train on the use of the internal employee HR online systems.
• Internally administer employee benefits
• Implement and drive recognition programme for the region.
• Participate in HR Projects within the limits of own competencies.

PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Required

Education/achievements

• HR Tertiary Qualification or related

Preferred

• Post-graduate qualification including research methodology

Experience/Knowledge

Required

• Minimum 5 years’ industry experience
• Ability to interpret and apply Labour legislation
• Experience in Talent Management Processes
• Experience in Office Suite

Preferred

• Advanced Excel skills
• Technologically inclined
• Proven skills to influence culture change.

Specific Skills

• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication & interpersonal skills
• Attention to detail.
• Personal Organization and time management
• Change agent

Potential Skills

• Experience leading a team

ROLE SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES & BEHAVIOURS

Competency

Customer Driven

• Gains insight into customer needs.
• Identifies opportunities that benefit the customer.
• Builds and delivers solution that meet customer expectation.
• Establishes and maintains effective customer relationships.

Collaborative

• Works cooperatively with others across the organization to achieve shared objectives.
• Represents own interest while being fair to others and their areas.
• Partners with others to get work done.
• Credits others for their contributions and accomplishments.
• Gains trust and support of others.

Inclusive

• Seeks to understand different perspectives and cultures.
• Contributes to a work climate where differences are valued and supported.
• Applies others’ diverse experiences, styles, backgrounds, and perspectives to get results.
• Is sensitive to cultural norms, expectations, and ways or communicating.

Accountable

• Follows through on commitments and makes sure others do the same.
• Acts with a clear sense of ownership.
• Takes personal responsibility for decisions, actions and failures.
• Establishes clear responsibilities and processes for monitoring work and measuring results.
• Designs feedback loops into work.

Champions VBS

• Identifies and creates the processes necessary to get work done.
• Separates and combines activities into efficient workflow.
• Seeks ways to improve processes, from small tweaks to complete reengineering.
• Is a simplifier, focused on cutting through complexity.
• Prioritizes to the critical few – focuses on what matters most.

Self-Aware

• Reflects on activities and impact on others.
• Proactively seeks feedback about shortcomings.
• Admits mistakes and gains insight from experiences.
• Knows strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and limits.

Pioneering

• Comes up with useful ideas that are new, better, or unique.
• Introduces new ways of looking at problems.
• Can take a creative idea and put it into practice.
• Encourages diverse thinking to promote and nurture innovation.
• Anticipates and adopts innovative digital and technology applications.

Agile

• Learns quickly when facing new situations.
• Experiments to find new solutions.
• Takes on the challenge of unfamiliar tasks.
• Extracts lessons learned from failure and mistakes.
• Bounces back from setbacks and failure.