Jobs at Toyota

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

• The incumbent of this role will manage and provide expertise in the organisations interventions to provide employees with a positive employee experience to ultimately engage employees at all levels. The challenge for the organization is not just retaining talented people but engage them, capturing their minds and hearts at their work.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:

• Lead TSAM’s organisational effectiveness interventions with support of external expert business partner
• Design and delivery of initiatives that amplify the positive and consistent employee experience, engagement and inclusion
• Develop and facilitate interventions with management to drive culture and employee experience imperatives
• Provide specialist organisational behaviour and change leadership input to prioritised functional area initiatives
• Design, pilot and implement organisation wide change enablement interventions
• Assemble project teams, prepare timing schedules and lead specific projects to appropriate milestones for incorporation into TSAM’s new philosophy strategy and handover to business units.
• Plan and run organisational surveys
• Undertake external benchmarking tools
• Investigate organisational effectiveness business issues and prepare simple and clear visualisations of scenarios and proposals to facilitate discussion amongst TSAM top management with regards to new philosophy, company culture and values
• Act as companywide coordinator to grasp the practical activities that each area in the business are undertaking, and provide support to correctly estimate the impact of such activities, and to prioritise, accelerate and enhance high value add activities related to new philosophy and company culture

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• NQF 6 (360 credit qualification) in Industrial Psychology / Human Resources 
• Honours Degree will be advantageous.
• Prosci Change Management Certification / Project Management Certification
• Proven ability to manage projects efficiently with a focus on cost effectiveness.
• 5-8 Years in Culture and Engagement or similar relevant role
• Research and problem solving skills
• Excellent numerical and analytical capabilities
• Ability to manage tasks with multiple time spans from 1 month to 5 years and ability to respond to and manage changing priorities.
• Advanced level MS Office skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

COMPETENCIES:

• Accurate Information Gathering and Analysis:
• Awareness and Commitment to our Mission:
• Awareness of Situations and Decisiveness:
• Communication and Sharing of Mid to Long Term Plans:
• Creation of Innovation Vision:
• Establishing Framework and Systems for Organisational Learning:
• Feedback of Evaluation Results and Long-Term Development of Individuals:
• Perseverance:
• Strategic Reallocation of Resources and Review of Work Methods:
• Suitable Assignment and Objective Performance Review

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THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

• The incumbent will support D&I Senior Manager with implementation of TSAM’s Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) strategy including implementing programs that foster and affirm an inclusive company culture.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:

• Assemble project teams,
• Prepare timing schedules and
• Lead specific projects to appropriate milestones for incorporation into TSAM’s overall D&I plan.
• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders and
• Collaborate with D&I expert partner.
• Investigate and monitor external D&I best practices,
• Analyse TSAM internal data,
• Maintain and add into knowledge library,
• Prepare simple and clear visualisations and proposals to facilitate discussion amongst TSAM top management & stakeholders.
• Draft, propose and maintain the D&I annual calendar
• Plan and co-ordinate all D&I initiatives, events, communications and campaigns
• Communicate with all related stakeholders, internally and externally to bring the agreed events to life.
• Research and support to design, draft and implement policies that support to reinforce diversity & inclusion in TSAM.
• Draft company-wide communications to update on policy changes and reminders.
• Co-ordinate D&I governance meetings such as the Transformation Committee & D&I steering committee.
• Co-ordinate all committees that support the D&I governance structure & report results thereof which includes the following committees:
• Transformation Committee
• D&I Working / Steering committee
• D&I Design Team
• D&I Implementation Team
• Co-creation groups

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

NQF level 6 or equivalent 360 credit qualification in one of the following disciplines:

•       HR, Legal, Psychology, Sociology, Communications, Business Management
• Prosci Change Management Certification / Project Management Certification with ability to manage projects efficiently with a focus on cost effectiveness.
• 5 or more years’ experience in Diversity and Inclusion or culture and/or Human Resource project management, exposure to drafting and interpreting policy, and exposure to transformation legislation such as Employment Equity Act or BBBEE.
• Ability to manage various tasks with multiple time spans concurrently, respond to and manage changing priorities.
• Excellent verbal and written skills with ability to communicate at different levels.
• Advanced level MS Office skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Qualification / Certification / Experience in Transformation, Diversity & Inclusion will be advantageous.
• Willing to engage in further studies to gain knowledge in the specialist field of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion [external workshops & courses]

COMPETENCIES:

• Accurate information gathering and analysis.
• Awareness and commitment to our mission.
• Awareness of situations and decisiveness
• Communication and sharing of mid to long term plans.
• Creation of innovative vision.
• Establishing framework and systems for organisational learning
• Feedback of evaluation results and long-term development of others.
• Perseverance.
• Strategic reallocation of resources and review of work methods.
• Suitable assignment and objective performance review.

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DURATION : 2 YEARS FIXED-TERM CONTRACT

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

• The incumbent of this role will implement comprehensive coaching programs that cultivate employee knowledge and skills in the Toyota Philosophy and values, enhance organizational effectiveness, and foster a culture of the Toyota Way. By aligning training initiatives and internal communication with the company's values and mission, this role aims to maximize employee potential, improve performance, and contribute to the overall success and growth of the organization.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS:

• Lead with alignment of employees to the new Toyota Philosophy and Toyota Values ensuring it’s the living culture across the organisation with support of external expert partner.
• Propose and lead initiatives aimed at enhancing the business culture in alignment with the Toyota Philosophy and Values.
• Roll out of training of employees on the New Toyota Philosophy to enhance organizational effectiveness, and foster culture towards transforming into a Mobility Company.
• Facilitate transparent and effective communication channels to maintain clarity on cultural expectations.
• Champion and nurture the desired business culture, ensuring alignment with the company's values and mission.
• Assemble project teams, prepare timing schedules and lead specific projects to appropriate milestones for incorporation into TSAM’s new philosophy strategy and handover to business units.
• Support the execution of culture surveys and data review and prepare simple and clear visualisations of scenarios and proposals to facilitate discussion amongst TSAM top management with regards to new philosophy, company culture and values.
• Act as companywide coordinator to grasp the practical activities that each area in the business are undertaking, and provide support to correctly estimate the impact of such activities, and to prioritise, accelerate and enhance high value add activities related to new philosophy and company culture

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• NQF 6 (360 credit qualification) in Industrial Psychology / Human Resources 
• Honours Degree will be advantageous.
• Prosci Change Management Certification / Project Management Certification
• Proven ability to manage projects efficiently with a focus on cost effectiveness.
• 5-8 Years in Culture and Engagement or similar relevant role
• Research and problem solving skills
• Excellent numerical and analytical capabilities
• Ability to manage tasks with multiple time spans from 1 month to 5 years and ability to respond to and manage changing priorities.
• Advanced level MS Office skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

COMPETENCIES:

• Accurate information gathering and analysis.
• Awareness and commitment to our mission.
• Awareness of situations and decisiveness
• Communication and sharing of mid to long term plans.
• Creation of innovative vision.
• Establishing framework and systems for organisational learning
• Feedback of evaluation results and long-term development of others.
• Perseverance.
• Strategic reallocation of resources and review of work methods.
• Suitable assignment and objective performance review.

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ABOUT THE PROGRAMME

• Toyota invites graduates to move their career to the next level through an exciting 2-year development opportunity aimed at producing future leaders. For the past 2 decades Toyota has been a market leader in the Automotive industry. Our organisation is based in Durban and Johannesburg and offers the opportunity of a structured career progression programme in various sectors including Engineering, Finance, IT, Computer Science, Supply Chain Management, Marketing, Commerce and Human Resources.
• With its emergence as a diversified, international corporate leader, Toyota has an established set of values, beliefs, principles and business methods that act as the lifehood of the company; we call them The Toyota Way. Two main pillars support The Toyota Way: Respect for People and Continuous Improvement. These two pillars are the Foundation of the Graduate Programme which strives, to develop excelling individuals through a combination of 70% on-the-job development, 20% classroom training and 10% mentorship.

SUPPORT PROVIDED

• Immersive Training programme
• Access to a variety of benefits such as: Study assistance, Car benefits, Relocation assistance, Competitive salary packages, Subsidised canteen facilities and Employee well-being and health services.
• Performance Management - Competency and value driven performance management system aimed at developing future leaders.

WHO CAN APPLY

• Applicants must be in their final year of studying or have completed the required qualification.
• 34 years and younger

Qualifications: 

•  Engineering – BSc/BTech/BEng: Mechanical, Mechatronics, Industrial, Electrical, Electronics,
• Supply Chain – Btech/BCom
• Computer Science/Coding – BSc
• Marketing – BCom
• Economics - BCom 
• LLB – Bachelor
• Management/Communications - BSoc Sci/BCom/BA
• Chartered Accountant - served articles at one of the Big 4 auditing firms.
• CIMA / l3 CIMA
• Accounting /Management accounting – BCom
• Business Administration - BBusSci/BBA
• Information Technology - BSc/BTech / ND
• Human Resources - BTech

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

• Agile learners and committed to self-development               
• Self-starters with a strong will to make a difference and meaningful contribution
• Resilient and passionate Innovators who can drive our organisation forward

WHAT TO EXPECT AFTER THE APPLICATION?

• Should you be shortlisted, our recruiter will be in contact with you to complete a series of Assessments.

Assessments:

• Panel Virtual Interview
• Technical Presentation
• Psychometric Assessments
• The 2-year development programme commences 3rd February 2025