Job Opportunities at Maersk Line

Key Responsibilities:

• Cultivate strong relationships with Business Leaders, Frontline Managers, and employees across various sites within the designated scope.
• Implement and execute Maersk’s People strategy in collaboration with Business Leaders aligning with the overarching business goals of the organization.
• Partner with Leaders and managers on the local delivery of the annual People calendar including annual performance management, compensation, succession planning and development and other initiatives.
• Conduct employee investigations, gather witness statements and make recommendations.
• Work closely with the Employee Relations & People Advisory team to ensure compliance with Labour laws.
• Partner with Business Leaders to strategically manage headcount and address temporary staffing needs.
• Oversee and conduct thorough checks to ensure high data integrity.
• Proactively anticipate and address the needs, critical issues, and risks for supported sites/units, presenting viable options for resolution.
• Support initiatives aimed at enhancing processes by streamlining and standardizing them.
• Lead the team of People Advisors reporting in.

We’re looking for:

• To thrive in this role, you must have the ability to navigate complex stakeholder matrices and influence senior leaders on a range of business and people-related issues.
• You will need flexibility and adaptability to operate in a fast-paced, developing project environment, taking ownership, and setting directions with minimal guidance.
• A self-driven, passionate individual with a ‘can-do’ mindset and excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal, is essential.

The ideal candidate must have:

• Relevant HR Degree
• Minimum 7 years of HR generalist experience, demonstrating proficiency across various HR disciplines and tools, including strategy, business partnering, performance management, employee and labour relations, employee engagement, compensation, and talent management.
• Experience in managing Employee relations.
• Passionate about the business and partnering with leaders to deliver on business results.
• Experience in implementing new initiatives and rolling out new ways of working.

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Key Responsibilities:

• Consistently drive and deliver high quality and integrated People Partnering within a country/group of countries to ensure great employee experience for office-based colleagues, site-based colleagues, and third-party workers
• Provide leadership to the FLPO People Partners and People Advisors team in the country/group of countries, creating and maintaining an environment where employees are highly engaged, proud of their work and have a strong sense of purpose.
• Ensure key stakeholder engagement and a high degree of satisfaction in the region.
• Implement the people strategy within the region in alignment with People Business Partners and in close collaboration with respective Heads of Delivery and Employee relations in the country/group of countries.
• Ensure best practice sharing within the region and with global peers to continuously improve the effectiveness and efficiency of delivery as well as employee experience.
• Continually review teams’ capabilities and resource levels in line with business demand and as the new operating model and technology adoption mature.
• Uphold the Maersk brand and values and business knowledge within the FLPO team.

We’re looking for:

• We hope the position sounds as exciting to you as we see it. To succeed in this role, you should have a passion for building strong relationships and trust with internal stakeholders. This is a unique opportunity in a time of great transformation, so you should ideally enjoy working at a fast pace, leading teams through change and deal with ambiguity. As someone in our team said: you should feel comfortable changing the wheel while the car is in motion.

The ideal candidate must have:

• Minimum 8 - 10 years of HR generalist experience in roles with increasing complexity and scope, and solid understanding of HR fundamentals, preferably in contract logistics or 3PL or 4PL companies.
• Experience in managing Employee relations.
• People leadership experience, be a natural leader and passionate about driving team engagement, it would be preferred if your leadership experience spans across multiple sites.
• Experience in leading change, managing transformations and organization building.
• Passionate about the business and partnering with leaders to deliver on business results.
• Experience in implementing new initiatives and rolling out new ways of working.
• Experience in large international organizations.
• Ability to navigate complex stakeholder matrix and influencing senior leaders on a range of business / people issues.
• Flexibility and adaptability to operate in a fast-paced, developing project environment, taking ownership and setting directions with minimal guidance.
• Resilience: the change process, is anything but straightforward; accepting uncertainty and bouncing back from setbacks while keeping your enthusiasm is a tall order, but we need it.
• Be self-driven, energetic, and have a ‘can-do’ mindset.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Client strategy and planning:

• Manage and develop relationships within the customer portfolio
• Work closely with the local product organization to grow and deliver revenue growth
• Develop account business plans (for customers with specific area importance), that encompass Ocean as well as Logistic & Services products

Manage:

• Maintain an overview of customers’ business within the geography
• Identify and win opportunities relevant to Ocean & Logistics products
• Sell standalone products depending on customer needs
• Define and deliver changes to business targets based on market/asset view: 
• Work with the Capacity/Campaign Manager function to formalize the commercial plans and ensure maximization of assets

Customer satisfaction:

• Actively monitor local NPS across segments and drive local initiatives to improve customer satisfaction for all local Accounts​
• Manage stakeholders across the Area, Region and global functions​:
• Actively provide feedback to the sales channel lead based on customer feedback and insights

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

Someone with:

• Minimum 2– 5 years’ experience in a Sales role within Logistics/Supply Chain
• Understanding of the local export commodities market
• High-level product understanding including how it solves customer pain points
• Insight selling, stakeholder management and strategic negotiation and influencing skills

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

In partnership with the Global IMO, Area Leadership Team, Regional Leadership Team and Regional HR team, you will lead and project manage the HR critical work stream activity for integrations, mergers, and transformation activities in the Front Line People Organization business in Africa.

IMO Projects:

• Primary regional point of contact to lead HR critical workstream activities in Africa for regional transformation projects.
• Provide communication and onboarding to local stakeholders during the OD and Staffing phase as applicable.
• Working with the stakeholders in Africa, translating business changes/requirements, cross functional dependencies into overall plans.
• Work with People Partners to ensure resources available and allocated to update HR systems with new organizational Design.
• Liaise with Data Management team to ensure high data quality
• Communicate and align with People Partners and HRBPs on critical outcomes, criteria and differentiators.
• Ensure required data inputs are available in time (Finance, Legal, Facility Management) and support in the documentation and system integration.
• Provide regional/local input on quality concerns, risks and opportunities for rollout of global projects.
• Contribute to ensure proper change management during the implementation and hypercare of global projects.
• Ad hoc support needed in relation to IMO projects.

Integration projects/ Setting up new sites across Africa:

• Lead HR critical workstream for Integration/ new warehouse projects, following global governance and policy for the different areas across Africa.
• Provide input to HR policy, playbooks, and plans on core HR activities, including talent retention, organizational optimization etc.
• Contribute to the HR and Integration workstream of local/regional/global M&As with regional and local ramification.
• Support Regional HR Ops Excellence Integration Lead – IMEA with the implementation of regional projects.

Other projects:

• Lead Regional HR projects/initiatives with organizational impact/HR implications.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

The ideal candidate must have:

• A relevant HR degree
• 3 – 5 years experience in HR project management, preferably within the Logistics & Supply Chain industry
• Sound understanding of local labour law
• Exceptional stakeholder management and project management skills
• Ability to thrive in high pace environment
• Strong business acumen

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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support People Partners in managing all processes of Employee Lifecycle including on-boarding and promotions/transfers/terminations, compliance, reporting, performance appraisals, compensation reviews and employee relations as needed
• Supports the ER team in ensuring compliance with employment laws and regulations whilst upholding best practices for sustained compliance
• Respond to employee inquiries regarding HR policies and procedures, including compensation, benefits, performance management, leave policies, payroll, HR applications, and other aspects related to the employee lifecycle
• Manage Off Roll employee recruitment including coordinating with Vendors & Hiring Managers
• Collaborate and support on a range of employee engagement activities with stakeholders to boost retention and engagement levels
• Encourage the utilization of the employee HR Portal by offering guidance on HR knowledge content, such as global and local HR policies, procedural instructions, and more
• Guide employees and managers in using self-service in Workday and other HR systems, to facilitate technology adoption
• Cascade HR communication to the teams and/or offices
• Execute transactions in Workday and other HR applications to ensure the maintenance of high-quality data
• Collaborate with People Partners and functional specialists to solve complex queries
• Support initiatives aimed at enhancing processes by streamlining and standardizing them

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

Someone with:

• Relevant tertiary qualification in Human Resources or related fields
• Knowledge of South African labour laws as well as a strong foundation and understanding of HR principles, practices, and legal compliance requirements
• Experience in resolving employee relations issues
• Great collaboration and communication skills
• Fluency in written and verbal English
• Experience in Workday or other HRIS is preferred