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• We are seeking an experienced and hands-on HR Manager to lead the Human Resources function at our Rosslyn manufacturing facility being the largest plant within the AMET Cluster. This role is a critical business partner to plant leadership, responsible for driving people strategies that support operational excellence, employee engagement, productivity, and compliance.
• The successful candidate will have a strong background in manufacturing or industrial environments, with demonstrated expertise in employee and labour relations, workforce planning, talent management, organizational effectiveness, and change management.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic HR Partnership

• Partner with Plant and Functional Leaders to align people strategies with operational and business objectives.
• Provide proactive HR guidance on workforce planning, organizational design, and talent development.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives through effective people management practices.
• Partner with HR Delivery Centre and the Centres of Excellence to ensure consistent execution of HR policies, initiatives, and approaches across South Africa.

Employee and Labour Relations

• Lead employee relations processes, including investigations, disciplinary actions, grievances, and dispute resolution.
• Ensure compliance with labour legislation, company policies, and HR governance requirements.
• Provide risk-based advice and guidance on employment-related matters.

Talent Acquisition and Workforce Planning

• Manage recruitment and selection processes for hourly and salaried employees.
• Develop workforce plans to meet current and future operational requirements.
• Support onboarding and integration of new employees to SC Johnson .

Performance Management and Development

• Drive performance management processes across the facility.
• Coach and support managers in performance improvement and employee development.
• Identify capability gaps and implement learning and development initiatives.
• Support succession planning for critical operational and leadership roles.

Employee Engagement and Culture

• Lead employee engagement initiatives aimed at improving retention, productivity, and workplace culture.
• Promote diversity, inclusion, employee wellbeing, and a safe working environment.
• Support change management initiatives associated with organizational growth and transformation.

HR Operations and Governance

• Ensure compliance with local labour laws, employment regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Maintain accurate HR records and reporting.
• Analyse workforce data and HR metrics to identify trends and opportunities for improvement.
• maintain audit readiness and HR governance standards.

Total Rewards

• Advises on Total Rewards Policies and support salary merit cycle processes, job evaluations, and reward and recognition programs.
• Ensure fair and consistent application of compensation policies.
• Execute pay strategies in alignment with Total Rewards strategic objectives.

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications

• Minimum bachelor’s degree in human resource management, Industrial Psychology, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Postgraduate qualification in HR, Labour Relations, or Business Management will be advantageous.

Experience

• Minimum 7-10 years of progressive HR generalist experience.
• At least 3-5 years in an HR management role within a manufacturing, industrial, FMCG, engineering, mining, or production environment.
• Strong experience in labour relations and employee relations.
• Experience supporting hourly workforce population.
• Demonstrated success in implementing HR initiatives in operational environments.

Key Competencies

• Strong labour relations and industrial relations expertise
• Business partnering and stakeholder management.
• Workforce planning and talent management
• Change management and organizational development.
• Employee engagement and culture development
• HR analytics and data-driven decision-making
• Problem-solving and conflict resolution
• Effective communication and influencing skills.
• High level of integrity and professionalism

Behaviours you will need:

• Strong ability to work in matrix organization and multinational environment.
• Previous experience in a manufacturing environment is highly preferred.
• Experience with Performance Management, Talent Management, Employee Relations, Labour Relations, Compensation programs and local labour laws and regulations
• Demonstrated skills in leadership, integration, facilitation, and complex problem solving.
• Ability to work effectively in an environment of change and manage multiple priorities concurrently through strong project management, systems knowledge, and effective communication.

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About the role

• This role works within the Customer Financial Services department (Credit Control) to improve SCJ's financial performance by managing collections and credit management operations, reducing open deductions, speeding up validation of claims and ensuring accurate allocation of invoices to correct accrual; all in line with departmental KPIs targets.

Responsibilities:

• Develop, maintain and improve relationships with internal and external customers to ensure timely cash receipt, allocation and query resolution
• Manage the customer rebates and promotional invoices, ensuring customers invoices are validated with the accruals tracker and processed in a timely manner
• Conduct thorough investigation of price and logistics claims
• Manage the creation of long-term agreements, avoiding non-approved expenditure
• Monthly reconciliation of the subsystem (TSM) to SAP GL accounts and month end reporting

Experience you’ll bring:

• Good experience in an accounting environment or accounts receivable
• Previous experience in Business to Business claims within a service center or a back-office environment.
• Strong Excel skills with good analytical and numerical skills

Behaviors you’ll need:

• Good attention to detail and be process improvement orientated (Lean mindset)
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to adapt to working in a fast paced, changing environment
• Strong team player with strong Proactivity and Personal Ownership

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive pay incl Profit Share
• Subsidized product allowance
• Excellent Medical Aid and Provident Fund company contribution

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Role Overview

• The Production Leader is responsible for leading the overall production function at the Rosslyn site, ensuring delivery of safety, quality, service, and cost targets. This role provides strategic and operational leadership across all production lines and shifts, building capability within Production Line Shift Supervisors and driving a high-performance culture. The Production Leader partners closely with Maintenance, SHE, Quality, and Supply Chain to deliver site objectives and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

Production Strategy & Performance

• Lead execution of the site production strategy, aligned with business goals and customer demand
• Own and deliver Safety, Quality, Service, Cost, and OEE targets across all production areas
• Establish and drive daily, weekly, and monthly performance management systems
• Analyze performance data to identify losses and implement sustainable improvements

Leadership & People Development

• Lead, coach, and develop Production Line Shift Supervisors to build a strong leadership pipeline
• Foster an engaged, accountable, and high-performing culture across production teams
• Lead Production People Capability Development Strategy in collaboration with HR Department
• Drive clear expectations, performance management, and succession planning
• Promote a culture aligned to SCJ values and behaviors

Operational Excellence & Continuous Improvement

• Drive Lean, TPM, and continuous improvement initiatives across the production function
• Partner with Maintenance to improve equipment reliability and reduce downtime
• Lead loss elimination efforts and root cause problem solving
• Standardize best practices across shifts and lines

Safety, Quality & Compliance

• Ensure strict adherence to SHE and Quality standards across all production activities
• Lead incident investigations and ensure robust corrective actions
• Drive a zero-harm culture and proactive risk management
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and company policies

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with Maintenance, Quality, Supply Chain, and Engineering to optimize plant performance
• Align production plans with supply and demand requirements
• Support new product introductions and process changes

Resource & Budget Management

• Manage labor planning, productivity, and cost control within production
• Optimize resource utilization (people, materials, equipment)
• Support capital projects and operational investments

Communication & Governance

• Lead effective communication forums (tier meetings, reviews, escalation processes)
• Provide clear reporting on production performance to site leadership
• Drive accountability through structured governance routines

Required Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Production, Operations, or related field
• Minimum 7–10 years manufacturing experience, with at least 3–5 years in leadership roles
• Proven experience leading multiple teams or shifts in a production environment
• Demonstrated ability to deliver on performance metrics (Safety, Quality, OEE, Cost)
• Legally authorized to work in South Africa 
• GCC Qualification advantageous

Preferred Knowledge:

• Strong knowledge of Lean Manufacturing / TPM principles
• Excellent leadership, coaching, and team development skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability
• Effective communicator with strong stakeholder management skills
• Experience in FMCG / CPG manufacturing environment
• Ability to translate strategy into clear execution plans
• Collaborative and results-driven mindset

Skills & Behaviours you’ll need:

• Leadership skills
• High level of integrity
• Problem solving attitude
• High degree of initiative
• Easy relationship approach
• Excellent communication skills (via different media)

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Overview:

• The responsibility of this role is driving sustainable category growth and profitability by combining shopper, consumer, customer, and market insights. The role works closely with Sales, Marketing, Finance and Supply Chain to develop category strategies, identify growth opportunities and improve performance across customers and channels. The role is a data driven meaning all sales data driven tools (customer platforms such as Rex, Accelerate, PnP NIQ are deployed and managed through this role.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement category strategies aligned with overall business and customer objectives (Lead Category Thought Leadership).
• Identify category growth opportunities using market, shopper, consumer, and customer insights.
• In partnership with Customer Marketing, develop category selling stories that demonstrate opportunities for both the business and its customers.
• In partnership with Customer Marketing and Sales, develops Planograms, Fixturization, and CatMan strategies and executional guidelines for major Customers
• Establishes multi-level cross-functional working relationships with the customers to further drive business growth
• Completes periodic category analysis on assortment and make recommendations on optimisation 
• Develops planograms for assigned categories, and ensures that these are timely and properly implemented across channels/targeted customers
• Supports the Sales Team in the development of business plans and review decks (Customer Top 2 Top meetings)
• Supports the Customer Marketing and Sales Team in executing Advantage Survey action plans
• Pro-actively support the Field Sales Operations Manager in setting executional targets (e.g. Forward shares)
• Manage all sales data analytics (Customer platforms, Nielsen and Internal data control (Dial)

Experience you’ll bring:

• At least 3 years in a Customer Marketing and/or a Category Management role
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Commerce, Economics, or a related field.
• Knowledge of the Categories, pertinent Key Customers, and key Competitive set
• Strong management and leadership skills
• Proven track record of delivering objectives consistently

Behaviors you’ll need:

• Strategic mind set, understands the strategic & tactical nature of the business.
• Clear understanding of the different channel Go-To-Market principles/strategies, structures – Super/Hyper Markets, Wholesale, Distributor, and Club.
• Understands “ACNielsen NIQ” syndicated data, Customer Platforms like Rex, Accelerate and PnP NIQ
• Understands and able to operate Space Management Tools
• Strong Computer skills, Microsoft Office
• Manages executions diligently, with keen attention to details
• People management will be an advantage
• Analytical Skills

What’s in it for you?

• Excellent Medical Aid & Provident Fund
• Subsidized product allocation
• Profit sharing scheme
• Cell allowance