Job Description
Job Purpose
- The HR Business Partner serves as a strategic HR partner to the business, working closely with management and employees to align people strategies with business objectives.
- The role provides HR support across workforce planning, employee engagement, employee relations, talent management, performance, and HR operations while ensuring compliance with company policies and labour requirements.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Partner with business leaders to understand workforce needs and provide practical HR solutions.
- Support manpower planning, recruitment, onboarding, transfers, promotions, and workforce deployment.
- Drive employee engagement, welfare, and retention initiatives across the business.
- Manage employee relations matters, including grievances, disciplinary issues, investigations, and conflict resolution.
- Advise managers on HR policies, procedures, and appropriate people-management practices.
- Support the implementation of performance management processes and ensure timely completion of performance activities.
- Identify training and development needs and coordinate appropriate interventions with the Learning & Development function.
- Monitor employee attendance, leave, conduct, and compliance with company policies.
- Support succession planning, talent development, and career progression initiatives.
- Analyse HR data and provide management with insights on headcount, turnover, absenteeism, engagement, and other workforce trends.
- Ensure effective communication of HR policies, initiatives, and organisational changes to employees.
- Work with management to address workforce challenges and improve employee productivity and experience.
- Ensure HR practices comply with company policies, labour laws, and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Collaborate with other HR functions to ensure seamless delivery of HR services.
- Support HR projects and other initiatives assigned by management.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Employee engagement and retention
- Timely resolution of employee relations matters
- Workforce planning and manpower efficiency
- Employee turnover and absenteeism
- Recruitment and onboarding effectiveness
- Performance management compliance
- Training and development implementation
- HR policy and regulatory compliance
- Employee satisfaction and HR service delivery
- Accuracy and timeliness of HR reports.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree or HND in Human Resources, Business Administration, Industrial Relations, or a related field.
- Professional certification from CIPM, SHRM, HRCI, or equivalent is required.
- 5–8 years’ progressive HR experience, with at least 3 years in an HR Business Partner, HR Manager, or similar role.
- Experience supporting operational, manufacturing, agriculture, FMCG, or other large workforce environments is an advantage.
Required Skills and Competencies:
- Strong HR Business Partnering capability
- Employee relations and conflict resolution
- Workforce planning and HR analytics
- Recruitment and talent management
- Employee engagement and retention
- Strong knowledge of HR policies and labour practices
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Sound judgement and problem-solving ability
- Strong stakeholder management
- Good reporting and analytical skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
- Ability to handle confidential information with discretion.
Expected Behavioural Competencies:
- Business Acumen
- Integrity & Confidentiality
- Accountability & Ownership
- Emotional Intelligence
- Proactive & Results-Oriented
- Problem Solving
- Collaboration & Teamwork
- Adaptability
- Employee Focus
- Sound Judgement.