Job Description

Hello. Were Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together, were improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands - including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum - through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. Whats more, were achieving it in a company that were in control of. In an environment that were co-creating. And a culture thats uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isnt a question.With category leading brands such as Sensodyne, Voltaren and Centrum, built on trusted science and human understanding, and combined with our passion, knowledge and expertise, were uniquely placed to do this and to grow a strong, successful business.As a member of the South Africa Leadership Team, youll be accountable for supporting our business leaders to deliver the people strategy across the whole organisation (commercial, supply chain, functions) and enable key business priorities. As Head of HR, you will work with leaders to release the potential of our people, attract and retain diverse talent, drive organisational effectiveness, and create an inclusive and high performing culture. Putting all this together, the role will enable the growth and performance of our business, delivering on our purpose of Everyday Health with Humanity.In this role you willIn this role you will be responsible for executing the entire HR Strategy (ca. 500 employees), including an oversight to the Site - from setting the agenda and people priorities to ensuring operational execution across various areas, including:Culture Development:Support in understanding the business agenda, purpose and behaviours and be able to translate it into the desired culture in an engaging, inclusive way. Reinforce through personal leadership, effective teamwork and use of the Change Framework. Diagnose the environment and influence leaders to develop and enhance engagement strategies. Develop leaders capability to understand how they impact and shift the culture. Ensure support in the creation of a diverse and inclusive environment.Talent Management and Succession Planning:Understand and coach leaders to identify, manage and retain strong diverse talent. Coach leaders to effectively and intentionally lead across talent management processes including attraction, selection, growth and development, career planning, succession planning and retention.Reward:In partnership with Reward/Compensation experts, apply business acumen and sound judgement within the context of the reward strategy to develop and deliver plans which enable the delivery of the business priorities. Use insight from external trends and internal data (i.e. Workday) to construct and support business case development. Ensure compensation strategies support the attraction and retention of a high performing, diverse workforce and enable the business broader workforce plan. Coach and influence senior leaders to differentiate and reward individuals commensurate with their value and contributions to the business.Organizational Effectiveness and Design:Identify opportunities to improve organization effectiveness by partnering business leaders. Identify and improve how an organization channels resources, defines structure, jobs and work processes, motivates performance and shapes the patterns of informal interactions and relationships as a key enabler of business strategy. Use data and analytical tools to understand the business, identify opportunities for improvement, assess potential solutions and monitor achievement of benefits. Apply business insight to diagnose present and future capability gaps and use external benchmarks and best practice to inform optimal workforce plans focused on key strategic capabilities required to drive the business. Align management practices and structures to drive performance and develop leaders ability to perform organization design in a forever changing world.Leadership Development and Coaching:Apply insights to coach and counsel business leaders, drive performance and effective organizational alignment. Provide input, constructive feedback and healthy challenge in a way that builds trust and enables the team and individuals to be most effective in their roles. Develop others coaching and leadership capabilities.HR Governance and Risk Management:Understand clear operating principles, structure, accountabilities and apply to HR activity to ensure HR risks are mitigated, company reputation is protected and related financial, legal and policy duties are carried out (e.g., audits, country-level mitigation plans, crisis management, social and ethics committee). Manage escalations and support the business to create a positive employee environment. Partner to resolve high risk ER issues and implement strategies to reduce such issues. Ensure inappropriate behaviours are dealt with in a direct, challenging and tough-minded manner.Why you?We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:Educated to degree level in Human Resources Management, Business Administration or related combination of education & experience providing the required knowledge, skills & abilities.End to end HR experience, with a proven track record of building and delivering an HR agenda that fuels business performance and organisation development.Board reporting and SEC experience is required in this role as this role have oversight on full HR Governance end to end and guide and provide sound employee relations advise as when neededPrevious experience in multinational companies in a matrix organisational structure10+ years of HR experience, with at least 2-3 in a senior HR Leadership role overseeing site operations alongside with commercialPartnering with site HR to deliver on the overall SA employee relations strategy and proven experience with labour relation matters and Union stakeholder managementStrong leadership and team management skills with a focus on mentoring and developing HR staffExperience of driving HR Projects, change management initiatives, culture development, & engagement programmes.Experience with and strong understanding of key HR processes (e.g. recruitment, performance management, talent management etc).Experience working with data to create insight and diagnose future talent/culture risks and opportunities.Experience working with and influencing multiple senior stakeholders within the business and in a matrix HR function.Transformation experience within the SA context and collaboration with key stakeholders to deliver on the companys BBBEE agendaExperience with Skills development strategy, working with various stakeholders to comply annual plans, understanding of the various SETAs and the legal compliance requirements.Experience with South Africa labour laws; writing Local HR Policies and being relevant and updated with local legislation; and conducting the activities as per the local requirement.Care to join us. Find out what life at Haleon is really like www.haleon.com/careers/At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone. We're striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives. We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. We want to have an opportunity to consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and this information will assist us in meeting that objective and in understanding how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We would really appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it. Rest assured, Hiring Managers do not have access to this information and we will treat your information confidentially.Haleon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, Haleon may be required to capture and report expenses Haleon incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure Haleons compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements.

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