Purpose:

A pharmaceutical company is seeking a Human Resources Manager (People and Culture Division) who will be responsible to contribute to the development of the company’s overall business strategy, driving and implementing the People and Culture strategy and business plan (within budget) in the various commercial and support functions. To provide HR leadership, partnering with business clients and stakeholders to attract, recruit and develop human capital to achieve the division's goals and strategic objectives on a sustainable basis

Key Job Outputs:

• Acts as business partner, trusted advisor on all HR related issues for the business, under the guidance of the HR Director in line with legislative requirements
• Supports HR Director with implementation of HR Strategic Priorities
• Support business with appropriate HR practices to facilitate business transformation
• Actively build relationships and network with business teams and line management through communicating appropriately and proactively providing solutions to address business needs
• Integrate HR Strategic Priorities with the Business strategy and identify challenges within the business that need HR intervention
• Works with the Business Leaders to identify key trends, shifts or issues relating to people that impact on strategy delivery and ensures that an effective HR plan is in place to address these issues (realignments, restructures, PIP’s etc)
• Facilitate adherence to HR policies and procedures and relevant legislation and develop new policies where appropriate
• Identify HR risks within the division and identify and communicate interventions to reduce/prevent and rectify
• Ensure awareness and implementation of all legislative & compliance issues relating to HR / HRD (NQF, Skills Development Act)/Employment Equity Act)/Labour Relations Act/ Basic Conditions of Employment Act
• Ensure forecasted staffing requirements (capacity/manpower planning) are documented and action accordingly
• Recruit select and place candidates in terms of agreed recruitment and selection process
• Facilitate training needs for own business area
• Actively facilitate a learning culture in the group, encouraging staff to take accountability for their own career development and advising when necessary
• Instill a high-performance/ winning culture within the group
• Ensure implementation of appropriate performance management processes throughout the group
• Facilitate group rewards and recognition processes
• Manage the engagements of successful candidates by ensuring that all the required documents are completed and signed and processed through Payroll
• Manage the SLA and relationship with Suppliers
• Ensure core HR Processes (Onboarding, Engagement, Terminations, Exits, IR Matters) are implemented efficiently with minimal supervision, building line manager capabilities
• Facilitate training needs and learning culture in the group, encouraging staff to take accountability for their own career development and advising where necessary
• Drive the facilitation and implementation of change and transformation processes and activities (realignment)
• Create awareness of diversity, monitor adherence to achievement of Employment Equity plan and take corrective action where necessary
• Ensures BBBEE Skills Development score is optimised through Learnerships and proper administration and recording of all training interventions
• Coordinate the BBBEE verification process and ensure documents are ready for submission/verification
• Responsible for Employment Equity and DOL submission
• Manage implementation of ad hoc HR projects and initiatives
• Manage Learnership Programmes
• Ensure efficient monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting as required (Local and Global)
• Provides advice to line management on how to manage poor performance and keep record of all relevant documentation as well as drives the poor performance management processes for the Business Unit
• Ensure the Performance Management process is rolled out and concluded formally as required and follow up on completion and documentation required by HR
• Ensure implementation of appropriate performance management processes throughout the business
• Ensure performance improvement plans follows formal performance reviews for employees with unsatisfactory performance results and follow through with IR measures to achieve rehabilitation or exit
• Support employees and Managers who require guidance in the IR process and in warning letters and preparing for disciplinary interventions
• Follow up on required and/or outstanding IR interventions to ensure conclusion thereof
• Provides advice to Line Managers and HR team in Disciplinary and Grievance matters
• Ensures full HR / IR compliance with all labour related legislation, including BCEA, LRA, SDA, OHASA, etc.
• Stays abreast of HR market trends, relevant HR / IR legislation and events in appropriate industry and statutory bodies and advising management on HR / IR legislative and compliance matters
• Responsible for the submission of the annual Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) in line with legislative requirements
• Drives and supports Leadership Development in line with succession planning strategy
• Manages Learnerships in conjunction with Sales and Learning Development
• Works with transformation to meet the BBBEE Skills Development score targets, Learnerships included
• Review monthly payroll and verify input against instructions from the business sources
• Review and sign off monthly payroll variances against the input
• Review and monitor Leave
• Management of all increase and bonus letters
• Reviews and approve monthly EMP201 submissions and biannual EMP501 submission
• Responsible for reviewing and approving the annual ROE submissions for COIDA
• Review and assist Payroll with third party billing reconciliation
• Be the HR contact for all internal/ external audit requirements
• Ensure that all compliance elements are effectively implemented and adhered to
• Forwarding of all received Product Quality Complaints, Adverse Events and Medical Enquiries to the relevant person in Quality Assurance/ Pharmacovigilance/ Medical Affairs
• Ensure the availability of training plans according to the direct reports’ role profiles within the team
• Ensure that the relevant training has been completed according to the training plan

Core Competencies:

• Effective Verbal and Written Communication
• Ability to manage time effectively
• Advanced Interpersonal Skills
• Embodies company Values & Behaviours in all internal and external interactions

Qualifications:

• Related Honours degree in HRM / Industrial Psychology
• Computer literacy with proficiency in Microsoft Office/Excel/PowerPoint/Canva/ Mentimeter/ Pigeonhole

Experience:

• 5 – 7 Years Business partnering experience
• Previous experience in Pharma / Medical Devices Industry will be advantageous
• IR experience, representation at the CCMA
• Strong payroll and HR audit experience

Salary: Market related

Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks, kindly consider your application as unsuccessful.

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