Michelle De Jager Email & Phone Number

Johannesburg, Gp, Za

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

✓ Engagement Surveys: Coordinated surveys and collaborated with Managers to design action plans.✓ Culture & Change Management: Designed and executed initiatives aligned with company goals.✓ HR systems: Managed in-sourcing of HR services, adopting HR technology to enhance operational efficiency and make decisions.✓ Comprehensive HR Services Delivery Management: Handled end-to-end HR services including HR generalist and advisory services, Digital HR, and transactional services.✓ Employee Relations & Industrial Relations: Engaged in on-site meetings and events; preserved formal recognition records. Ensure compliance with South Arica, Botswana and Angola legislative requirements✓ Compliance and Risk Minimization: Oversaw regional HR operations risk log; ensured compliance with legislation and HR framework.✓ Remuneration Management: Cultivated robust relationships with stakeholders to foster mutual benefits. Ensuring Compliance with internal peers and External market.✓ Strategic Workforce Planning: Coordinated with senior management to align HR strategies with company goals; drove Human Capital Strategy initiatives.✓ Talent Management: Built and led the talent development pipeline. Expert in executive and specialist recruitment, developing innovative sourcing strategies, and building proactive talent pipelines reducing recruitment turnaround time by 15%. Ensure the Succession planning is conducted and managed.✓ HR Policy Management: Managed and promoted HR policies.✓ Stakeholder Engagement: Engage with peers in the Centre of excellence, this includes HR Business Partners, Reward and Benefits, Talent Acquisition, and the legal department to identify solutions and improvement of systems, process and governance.✓ Inclusion & Diversity✓ Team Leadership: Managed and developed high-performing teams, fostering a collaborative culture.✓ Performance Management: Provide expert guide to line management and HR team. Identifying top performers and bottom performers.

Western Cape

HR Corporate Pro (Pty) Ltd is an HR Consultancy with offices in Johannesburg and Cape Town, specialising in solving workplace and staff-related challenges. We work in all industries and sectors both public and private driven by our vision of being the leading provider of Human Resources solutions. We are an Exempt Micro Enterprise and a Level 4 BEE Empowering Supplier, resulting in a procurement recognition level of 100%Some of the services we offer include:• Led collaborative meetings with HR and management teams to define and address the company's HR issues, goals, and requirements. • Conducted thorough research to identify workforce issues and inefficiencies, developing tailored HR strategies and company-specific models. • Provided expert advice on HR policies, procedures, and tools, recommending solutions and overseeing their seamless implementation. • Monitored and reviewed human capital analytics to evaluate the effectiveness of new policies, generating insightful reports and presentations for management feedback. • Ensured the efficiency of workforce operations aligned with company goals, actively participating in recruitment and training efforts. • Stayed abreast of industry trends, tools, practices, and technological advancements to inform strategic decision-making.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

I have been employed by AfriSam since August 2008. AfriSam is a Mining, Manufacturing and Production company. The division I am responsible for has 3 Quarries across the country, 4 Blending plants, 5 Packing and Dispatch plants. I am also responsible for the Logistics department.I have extensive knowledge of the labour legislation and have represented the company at many CCMA cases and have been to the labour court on a few occasions. I have extensive experience working in an unionized environment and have chaired the Central Bargaining forum on many occasions. I am involved with the wage negotiations for the South African Business and also the lead negotiator in Swaziland.Key skills:• Set objectives for the HR team and track progress• Design and implement company policies that promote a healthy work environment• Develop compensation and benefits plans• Support and suggest improvements to the entire recruitment process• Host in-house recruitment events• Discuss employees’ career development paths with managers• Manages key compliance processes to strict time line inc. ensuring timely monthly payroll related data input, payroll sign-off, deadlines for share related plans, pensions payments.• Monitor HR metrics (e.g. turnover rates and cost-per-hire)• Review departmental budgets• Organize learning and development programs• Ensure HR staff addresses employees’ requests and grievances in a timely manner• Maintain HR procedures that comply with labor regulations.• Works with recognised trade union representatives as necessary• Focus team on developing best practice service and a culture of influencing stakeholders to higher levels of people management practice.• Manages team to be more effective in the adoption and development of technology in HR.

Sandton

My journey at Nedbank represents a great shift in my career to date. As the HR Manager, I was responsible for sourcing and retaining top talent in a highly competitive market. My role was not just about filling positions, but about building a talent pipeline that could sustain the bank’s growth and innovation. I also played a key role in driving performance management strategies that aligned with the bank’s broader goals.Key Achievements:Overhauled the talent acquisition process, resulting in a 20% improvement in candidate quality and a 25% reduction in turnover.Spearheaded performance management initiatives that led to a 10% increase in employee engagement scores✓ Set Objectives: Established and monitored objectives for the HR team, ensuring alignment with business goals and tracking progress regularly to ensure successful delivery.✓ Policy Design & Implementation: Designed and implemented company policies aimed at fostering a positive and healthy work environment. Ensured compliance with labour laws and best practices.✓ Compensation & Benefits: Developed comprehensive compensation and benefits plans to attract and retain top talent while ensuring market competitiveness and cost-effectiveness.✓ Recruitment Process Improvement: Supported and recommended enhancements to the entire recruitment process, ensuring efficient and effective talent acquisition across all levels.✓ Recruitment Events: Organized and hosted in-house recruitment events to engage potential candidates and promote the organization as an employer of choice.✓ Career Development: Collaborated with managers to discuss and map out employees' career development paths, providing guidance and resources to support their growth within the organization.

Certification, Management Development

The aim of the Accelerators learning journey is to provide a platform for the development of LoW II leaders in Anglo American by enhancing.

Labour Law, Labour Law

B.Com Industrial Psychology, Industrial Psycology, Business Economics And Psycology

Activities and Societies: Student Group, Social Committee of the Day house B.Com Industrial Psychology

Matric, Business

Activities and Societies: Running, Gyming , Cycling Completed my High School Certification.