Job description:
Accountability for driving the return on investment from Nestlé’s Human Capital within a specific Business. Regarded by the Business Unit as the expert in the field of People Performance & HR. HR Account manager for the complete HR Service / Value Chain for the Business Unit.
Responsibilities:
- HR Strategy & Execution – Drive the alignment & execution of the People Strategies & Plans that find, develop, keep and enhance the contribution of employees to the short and long term business needs. Support and drive Nestle Initiatives such as the Nestle Management and Leadership Principles, Organizational Alignment and NiM. . Coordinate workforce planning for the organization. Ensure the culture & working environment is open, empowering, fair and equitable. Provide flawless execution of HR initiatives.
- Organizational Design & Development: Acts as a catalyst/ supporter of change where appropriate. Pro-actively challenge the established organisational structure to drive superior performance. Provide alternative solutions on business issues to achieve the most effective solutions (taking account of Nestlé principles, policies & local context). Manage smooth organizational transitions. Shape the culture that facilitates and supports Nestlé’s goals & initiatives, ( through supporting & coaching Line managers in their implementation of core people processes – eg, Performance Management, Salary review, Job Evaluation, Identification of organizational learning needs),
- Coordinate delivery of HR CoE & CoS services: Manage the overall HR provision to the business unit by coordinating the HR Service streams and ensuring service standards are improved against defined measures. Examples: Training: Organize and implement training/development programs with CoE that meet the goals and objectives of the team/individual. Recruiting: Define the profiles for CoE to ensure the right talent is selected to align with business requirements
- Performance & Talent: Ensure Performance Management system is driving the achievement of company goals through individual objectives and the performance of these objectives. Ensure high performance rewarded, poor performance handled appropriately. Implement talent management agenda and practices for business that support company requirements and that benchmark with industry best practices. Ensures tools available that assist team performance improvement at all levels. Actively seeks to improve overall performance management of the organization
- Employee Relations: Establish and Maintain effective “win – win” working relationships with associates and their representatives (where applicable e.g. union represented associates) through an environment that fosters communication and service delivery. Maintain relationships with employees at all levels of the organization. Promote and foster an environment of open communication.
- Functional Development: Work as part of cross functional / NiM CoE HR teams to develop major HR practice and process developments that contribute to enhancing the total HR contribution
- Factory HR: – In addition to all above – Supporting Safety (Technical CoE) and driving people related safety initiatives as applicable in certain factory environments
Requirements:
- 5 + years experience in HR or related field
- Experience of implementing change in organizations
- Factory & Industrial Relations experience
Please note, interviews for this position will take place at our Careers in Africa Recruitment Summit in London, 16 – 18 May 2014. Relevant candidates will be contacted and invited to attend the event.