Head of Human Resources at HomeChoice Holdings Limited

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.

To 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

• Translate the HR strategy into actionable plans with measurable outcomes and facilitate the development of best practices for operational excellence.
• Collaborate with senior management and key stakeholders to implement strategies that attract, retain, develop, and incentivize employees to meet evolving business needs.
• Foster a skilled workforce and positive workplace environment to become an Employer of Choice and drive high-performance organization.
• Ensure that all HR practices comply with legislative requirements and promote fair employment relationships.
• 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.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to cultivate strategic business partnerships and align future plans with emerging trends.
• Partner with business units to understand key performance issues and objectives, aligning workforce needs with current and future business challenges.
• Work with HR COE functions to develop and implement best practice people management solutions and coach business unit managers in their implementation to realize 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.
• Oversee and coordinate HR business partners and support COE areas to ensure the smooth delivery of HR services and initiatives throughout the organization.
• Oversee talent management and recruitment for the entire business unit to ensure the hiring of appropriately skilled staff for key positions.
• Collaborate with the business to identify and implement cost-saving measures, ensuring the organization's sustained profitability.
• Encourage and reinforce the organisation's values through driving Pulse Survey action plans and leadership principles and philosophy.
• Act as a change agent by delivering clear and effective communication to foster understanding of change, thereby securing stakeholder buy-in.
• Set objectives and provide guidance within the designated area. Supervise performance, implement HR processes, drive operational excellence, and foster a culture of high performance and accountability aligned with company values.
• Ensure equality and non-discrimination in HR processes, represent management on EE committees, develop and implement EE plans, report annually, and coordinate consultation processes and legislative reporting.
• Manage budgets and monitor expenses ensuring expenditure is within approved budgets.
• 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.

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’ shoes
  • Deliver on my promises
  • Deliver insight-led solutions my customers need
• treat the business as my own
  • Take accountability
  • Be curious, creative & explore opportunities
  • Do it right & at the right time
• play as a team
  • Be helpful
  • Be inclusive
  • Find the fun