Head of HR - homechoice
Homechoice
2023-07-12 Southern Suburbs (Cape)
Job Ref #: HC2320
Industry: Retail
Job Type: Permanent
Positions Available: 1
homechoice is a leading South African homeware retailer. For over 35 years we’ve helped our customers create beautiful homes they love with an innovative range of quality products they can afford.
Job Description
homechoice is a leading South African homeware retailer. For over 35 years we’ve helped our customers create beautiful homes they love with an innovative range of quality products they can afford.
Partner with Executives and the business to achieve its strategic objectives. Act as an effective HR business partner and provide strategic and tactical HR guidance and support.
What you will love doing in this role
You love Strategic Implementations
Translate strategy into operational initiatives with measurable business outcomes and targets. Facilitate the development of best practices in operations and service excellence.
You love Human Resources Management
Manage the implementation of the HR Strategic Plan and focus on key business priorities to ensure the business is a high-performing organisation. Partner with senior management and key stakeholders to execute business plans and management strategies to attract, retain, develop, and reward employees to meet ever-changing business needs. Build a competent workforce and a positive climate for employees, thereby making the business an Employer of Choice and playing an integral role in building a high-performance organisation. Ensure that all HR practices comply with legislative requirements and promote fair employment relationships. Remain abreast of best-practice to develop cutting-edge people management strategies and engage with businesses to align these to identified business needs. Proactively engage and partner with line management to ensure the implementation of strategic and tactical people management plans. Provide innovative and cost-effective solutions that address current and future business requirements. Continually measure the success of people management strategy and solutions in contributing to the achievement of business objectives and interpret these results to inform future actions. Consult with, and provide feedback to advise and influence relevant business unit heads on people management matters. Actively network with internal and external stakeholders to develop and enhance strategic business partnerships and align future plans to emerging trends. Collaboratively work with the business units to understand and interpret key business performance issues and objectives enabling the alignment of people's needs for current and future business challenges. Collaboratively work with the relative HR COE functions to develop and implement best practice people management solutions and coach business unit managers in the implementation of these to realise business benefits. Interpret key HR metrics and insights that are important for business partners and provide regular feedback to add value to, and guide business decisions Develop and manage policies, procedures, and practices for effectively managing employees in the organisation and ensuring compliance. Remain abreast of best-practice in HR matters to provide expert and credible advice to the business unit/s. Monitor and manage service delivered by HR business partners and support COE areas to ensure seamless delivery of HR services and initiatives to the organisation. Manage talent and recruitment needs of the business unit in its entirety to ensure the recruitment of appropriately skilled staff to key positions. Ensures that the talent review and management strategy is implemented for all staff. Partner with the business to identify and implement cost-saving/cost-containment measures thereby ensuring the organization’s continued profitability. Encourage and reinforce the organisation's values through driving Pulse Survey action plans and leadership principles and philosophy. Be a change agent by providing clear and effective communication to promote understanding of change and thereby ensuring stakeholder buy-in. Oversee the management of identified projects and ensure alignment with strategic intent.
You love People Management
Provide direction and define objectives to be achieved in the area of responsibility. Manage performance of direct reports ensuring agreement of annual goals and measuring performance against agreed goals and addressing non-performance issues. Deploy people management processes effectively, in line with Company policies, procedures and prevailing improvement initiatives. Drive operational excellence through an area of supervision Drive a culture of high performance and accountability and encourage team members to live the Company values.
You love Stakeholder Relationship Management
Identify, build, and nurture trust and collaborative relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
You love Financial Management
Manage budgets and monitor expenses ensuring expenditure is within approved budgets.
Safety, Health, and Environment Compliance
Ensure compliance with all Safety, Health, Environmental and all other applicable regulatory statutes, and all other safety and quality processes for the area of responsibility/work.
Job Requirements
What you'll need to do this role
Relevant Human Resources related Bachelor's Degree (3 years) / NQF level 7 A postgraduate leadership or business management-related qualification would be highly beneficial Human Resources experience at a senior management level of at least 8 years Direct Retail and/or Credit Operations experience (non-negotiable)
Behavioural Competencies
Insights driven Influential Intuitive Innovative Accountability
Leadership Competencies
Strategy Focused Building Trust Collaboration Decision-making/Problem-solving Facilitating change
Technical Competencies
Providing expert advice Communication Cross-functional awareness Customer focused
Behaviours we love
Wow my
customer Walk in my customers’ shoesDeliver on my promisesDeliver insight-led solutions my customers need treat the business as
my own Take accountabilityBe curious, creative & explore opportunitiesDo it right & at the right time play as a
team Be helpfulBe inclusiveFind the fun
