Divisional People Manager

The role will be to guide business leadership, as a strategic people partner during the design and delivery of a distinctive people plan that attracts talent, empowers, develops and retains its people.

• Partners with the leadership team to understand and execute the organizations employees through talent management particularly as it relates to current and future talent needs, recruiting, retention, and succession planning.
• Develop and implement people management talent strategies and initiatives aligned with the overall business strategy.
• Provide support and guidance to management and staff when complex, specialized, and sensitive questions and issues arise.
• Manages the talent acquisition process, which include advertising of vacancies, recruitment, interviewing, and hiring of qualified and experienced applicants.
• Collaborate with departmental managers to understand skills and competencies required for talent acquisition.
• Maintains knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in people management, talent management, and employee relations (ER).
• Educate the business and manage a fair performance management appraisal system that drives high performance.
• Maintain People Management procedures that comply with labor regulations and our policies.
• Creates learning and development programs and initiatives that provide internal development opportunities for employees.
• Oversee and manage a performance appraisal system that drives high performance.
• Ensure that our vacancies matrix is updated accurately.
• Recruit in line with our budgets but also ensuring that the business saves costs.
• Ensure talent acquisition is in line with our Employment Equity (EE) business targets.
• Manage our talent pool efficiently by engaging with managing executive.
• Ensure performance contracts are in place for the Inland division.
• Manage and improve our succession plan strategy in line with our talent pool.

The Applicant must meet the following requirements:

• Bachelors' Degree / Bcom in Human Resources Management or Psychology.
• Matric (Senior Certificate).
• Valid Driver's License and Own Vehicle.
• 5 years relevant experience in leadership role.
• MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, MS Project & MS Outlook (Intermediate skill level).

• Initiative/Proactivity
• Deadline Driven & Highly Motivated
• Stress Tolerant
• Excellent Written Communication
• Agility and Adaptability
• Innovation and Creativity
• Critical Thinking
• Decision Making
• Customer Focus
• Negotiation Skills
• Analytical Skills
• Planning/Scheduling/Objective Setting
• Teamwork & Partnering
• Relationship Building
• Interactive Reasoning
• Excellent Oral Communication