• Develop and implement HR strategies that align with business goals• Establish and implement a Talent Aquisition strategy, ensuring the hiring, engagement and retention of top talent• Establish a competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefits policy• Execute the performance management philosophy effectively to manage employee reward and engagement• Develop a talent strategy, and implement learning and development initiatives to address the skills gap• Oversee employee relations to cultivate a positive and respectful workplace culture• Implement and maintain an HR governance framework ensuring policies comply with labor laws and regulations• Foster and grow a culture of inclusivity , psychological safety and transparency• Be a strategic people partner with the business to enhance the people function, and execute quality and high performance activities

• Development & execution of a local HR Strategy aligned to the Global strategy • Engagement with Leadership Team with active involvement ensuring HR is aligned as a true Business Partner within the local organization.• Define and implement an organizational model which identifies skills and resource needs necessary to support the business in the medium to long-term; • Provide consultation to Leadership and Country Lead on all people matters ensuring total compliance to local legal requirements and ethical standards.• Identify and implement Leadership empowerment and development initiatives, focusing on succession plans and optimal leadership skills and capabilities to suit business needs • Drive and groom leadership culture and engagement, to ensure optimal retention, engagement and fit to organisation culture • Implementation and maintenance of a competitive and incentive-driven reward and performance strategy, with on-going assessment and revision as per the market trends • Direct and manage all activities of the Human Resources function, ensuring that staff are properly coached, given the opportunity to develop and be continuously motivated to handle the demands of their roles and achieve objectives.• Ensure the development of effective HR policies and procedures to support management decision making and ensure compliance to local tax and labour legislation.• Robust BBBEE programe aligned with organisation objectives to ensure adherence to local legislation, with particular focus on HR pillars

• Provide professional expertise on personnel and HR management matters within the organization, to ensure compliance to local legal requirements; ethical and company standards• Performs job grading and profiling exercise to maintain job descriptions & competency profiles for all positions• Ensure the effective implementation of a Recruitment & Selection policy & system and participates in the recruitment of all line managers;• Ensure the effective implementation of the company Performance Management System; ensures performance management cycle is timeously concluded • Drive and implement learnerships and graduate programs within the organization aligned to BBBEE requirements • Handle terminations due to retrenchment, incapacity or misconduct within area of responsibility; advise managers on the correct process & best practices around these terminations; ensure Fair Labour Practices are followed at all times• Maintains accurate record system of HR activities, taking into account legislative requirements & company record keeping requirements; • Ensures the completion & submission of the Workplace Skills plan and annual Employment Equity reports; participates in the Employment Equity Committee meetings & is responsible for the co-ordination of meetings & minute taking and ensure annual action plans are defined and implemented• Perform end- to-end onboarding and offboarding steps for new and exiting employees • Drive the introduction and implemented of new legislative requirements as directed by the HR Head• Compensation and Benefits involvement with job offers, dummy payslips and provide payroll input • Implement annual company wellness plans, identifying needs and concerns within the company and driving initiatives to improve employee wellness.

• Complete New Hire management process and onboarding • Advise and consult on client benefits model and employee options • Payroll input management and submissions , documentation completion , collation and submission • Communications – act as the source of HR updates, information and notifications. Update unit on all relevant changes and initiatives • Manage and drive Offboarding communication and management process• Company loan, leave encashment, expense advances, per diems conversions, and salary advance management and handling • Arrangements of gestures, compassionate and sick leave gifts, events gifts • Management of memorandums (e.g. Maternity Leave, Work-back clauses, uncapping of hours, Workforce and Cost Centre transfers).• Management of general correspondence and letters (e.g. employment letters, confirmation of employment, car allowance and visa applications etc).• HR Reporting -Generate and distribute monthly movement reports (Movement reports) to Client (Edcon AO) and Third Parties on Client site – before 10th of each month.-Generate and distribute Headcount report to unit lead on a monthly basis with Attrition / Headcount / Contractor and movement figures.-Submitting SAP expense and time reports.-Submitting training reports.• Leave management – liaise with line managers on leave issues, leave balances and caps, pro-active leave input management.• Liaison and facilitator with Absa Vehicle Management for car benefits and fleet management • Contractor Management – manage contractor requirements, selection and placements, contract administration.• Training requirement management and analysis – ensuring a training needs analysis is conducted, relevant training deployed and training reports maintained and communicated. Maintain training materials and tools. Budget analysis, maintenance and reporting.• SAP reporting , maintenance and update – employee data updates, onboarding /offboarding , extraction of reports.