HR Partner – Sub Saharan Africa at Lenovo

What will you do? -  Your responsibilities:

• Work closely with local market management to support their organizational needs to achieve their objectives.
• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and leaders across the overall organisation both within the market and outside, strike mutual solutions with the business leaders
• Address HR challenges head on and implement plans to execute the HR priorities for the market.
• Drive change at team level and coach managers to improve the overall team engagement.and to effectively deal with employee relations matters
• Demonstrate and leverage the experience, skills and knowledge of the HR industry to make an impact in key areas such as change management, organisational design, employee engagement and talent analytics.
• Support the managers to implement their people plans for recruitment, training, restructuring and succession.
• Analyse human resource metrics and drive data-based decision making.  

What  will you have ? -  Position requirements:

• 8-10 years of experience as an HR Generalist in South Africa 
• Ability to communicate effectively at different levels of organisation.  Ability to comprehend and communicate the business strategy to the employees.  
• General HR skills - good understanding of the many different responsibilities of the function (e.g., business partnership, employee relations, Learning & development, rewards, compensation & benefits), fostering a positive and pragmatic relationship with the business and the employee population.  
• Coaching skills – ability to coach mid-career and senior managers in complex business and employee related challenges.  
• Culture awareness – Good understanding of the middle eastern culture and ways of working 
• Employment Laws - Comprehensive understanding of local employment laws in Sub-Sahara African (SADC, Kenya, Nigeria) countries.
• Proficiency in English