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Description

This role requires a seasoned professional capable of developing and executing strategic human capital initiatives to support organizational goals and foster a positive work culture. In this capacity, the incumbent will collaborate closely with the leadership team and Group Centres of Excellence (COE) to comprehend and implement the organization's human capital and talent strategy, addressing current and future talent requirements, recruitment, retention, systems management, and succession planning. All these efforts will be executed in accordance with Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) and HC metrics.

Strategy:

• Develop and implement HC strategies and initiatives aligned with the overall business strategy
• Collaborate with executive leadership to shape and drive the overall HC vision
• Facilitate effective implementation of new people management initiatives in different departments and levels of the business as appropriate
• Oversee the HCBP function within the Holdings division and function with a view to embed an out-perform and sustainable staff engagement

Business planning:

• Contribute to the definition of tactical plans that will contribute to the Group Human Capital Strategy
• Responsible for delivering a comprehensive and people centric service, aligning both people management and business strategies
• Work closely in partnership with Group HC Centres of Excellence to ensure the business areas are supported effectively
• Ensuring that solid basic transactional HC functions are managed within the function according to required procedures and standards
• Collaborate with Group wide Human capital teams to lead a high performing, relevant and impactful HC department in Holdings

HR Data Analytics and Insights Monitor:

• Monitor, analyse and report on key HC enablers such as employee movements, training ,People Management, Reporting and Analytics; Governance, SLA’s and HC Metrics to optimize the Human Capital of the organization
• Analyzes and reports on KPIs and trends related to human capital in the business and uses these findings to develop plans and solutions

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Provides consulting and coaching to departmental leaders and managers to support the business’s vision, mission, and overall objectives

Leadership and Direction:

• Proactively, lead, coach and manage the HCBP function, ensuring best in class delivery and the management of an effective business partnering service across the business

Talent Acquisition:

• Play a role in designing, developing and executing full cycle of recruitment plans and talent sourcing strategies aligned to the COE Talent Acquisition, to ensure the attraction, selection and successful recruitment of potential talents
• Develops and executes with the HCBPs the workforce plans, provides exceptional candidate experience and builds and maintains a candidate pipeline through networking

Requirements

Formal Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Capital or BA/B.Com degree (Industrial or Organisational Psychology)
• A relevant postgraduate qualification is an advantage

Overall experience:

• Proven experience in human capital leadership roles, demonstrating strategic thinking and execution of human capital business strategies
• 10 Years’ experience within a HC role focusing on all facets of the lifecycle of an employee with a minimum of 5 years’ management experience preferably at Mid-Management level with proven experience in engaging Group-level executives

Specific experience, knowledge and registrations:

• At least 5 years’ experience as a HC Business Partner- experience in the following: human resources management / HR Organization capability management / change management / talent management (Succession planning, Recruitment, Development, Employee Experience and Retention) / performance & reward / human capital planning / ER, IR and wellness / job evaluation / organisational design and workforce planning
• Experience in advising on Industrial Relations issues with experience at CCMA or other dispute resolution bodies
• Experience in Project Management and HCMS (SAP, VIP, CRS)
• Experience in influencing senior management and departmental heads into the adoption of ultimately beneficial people management policies and procedures.

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Overview

Manage and supervise the manufacturing/packing of products. Manage production frontline staff and drive shift production performance against key metrics. Ensure production problems are identified and solved. Deliver planned production output and achieve plan adherence goal. Deliver operational efficiencies and reduce unplanned downtime. Performance management of direct reports, monitoring of performance management within section and support pharmaceutical responsibility, if a qualified pharmacist.

Responsibilities

Planning and Section Management

• Provide input into operational planning of section, and prioritization of objectives
• Provide input into, interpret and execute policies and procedures
• Provide input into and manage budgets and resource requirements for section
• Plan daily and weekly activities of section
• Provide daily coaching and supervision for section
• Manage staff performance to achieve right efficiency, good quality and SHE goals through company performance management
• Implement top loss and waste management programs, to achieve targets

Production Preparation

• Monitor the execution of production plans and take corrective measures where necessary
• Obtain support from Functional Heads to meet Production targets, where required
• Develop and implement contingency plans to manage risk
• Prepare shift and overtime schedules
• Conduct pre shift and handover meetings
• Plan changeovers with Engineering and Maintenance to ensure operational efficiency
• Review equipment/ machines on shift to ensure optimal efficiency
• Ensure that production score boards are updated daily

Compliance Checks

• Ensure GMP and GDP compliance of Production operations
• Monitor room performance to compliance requirements
• Perform checks to ensure correct setup and operation of equipment and cleanliness of Plant as per SOP 

Governance & Risk

• Provide input for improvement of risk based compliance systems
• Monitor implementation and correct own and/or team compliance with legislation, policies and procedures

Requirements

Skills Required

Background/experience

• National Diploma in Engineering/ Chemistry/ Operations with 5 years’ related experience
• Pharmaceutical manufacturing experience
• Project Management experience
• Supervisory experience

Specific job skills

• Advanced knowledge and understanding of Pharmaceutical manufacturing, TPM/Operational Excellence and Lean Manufacturing
• Problem solving and solution engineering
• Pharmaceutical standards and compliance requirements
• Coaching, leadership and mentoring
• Ability to interpret and implement policies, processes and objectives

Competencies

• Managing performance
• Planning and organising
• Meeting deadlines
• Finalising outputs
• Taking action