Learning Business Partner Lead at TFG (The Foschini Group)

Key Responsibilities:

• Partnering with Heads of Function to identify key strategic development needs
• Translating business strategy into an annual learning plan for execution
• Communicating to business - learning requirements/opportunities that will enable strategic objectives delivery
• Lead and coach Learning Business Partners
• Articulating business learning & development requirements and identifying suitable solutions with internal L&D Team to align to business needs
• Conducting a needs assessment of current business learning and development offering and identifying gaps 
• Facilitating collaboration and brainstorming sessions with the internal L&D team
• Ensuring relevant Strategic Business Partners are kept informed of all initiatives
• Attending and participating in key business meetings for the pro-active identification of learning & development opportunities e.g. Attend Monthly Operations and Merch/Marketing Meetings
• Partnering with the Strategic People Advisors and HR Learning Business Partners on prioritizing development of learning for delivery to ensure it aligns to the priorities of the business
• Project managing key Learning and Development initiatives that require multiple functions’ input

Utilizing learning data to draw insights and report back on:

• Learning Initiative development and delivery sequence + timing
• Training spends
• Skills scorecard
• Participation, completion, etc.
• Prepare monthly management reporting packs

Qualifications and Experience:

• L&D, HR or Business-Related Degree
• Relevant post-graduate qualification advantageous
• Minimum 8 years of Business Partnering and L&D experience
• Effective project management, the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
• Excellent understanding of relevant skills development legislations
• Good understanding of SETA processes and initiatives (Advantageous)
• Excellent understanding of L&D methodologies and principles

Skills: 

• Excellent communication skills
• Stakeholder engagement
• Review and Reporting 
• Managing Change 
• Business Case Contribution 
• Business Process Modeling (BPM) 
• Enterprise Readiness Assessment 
• Perform Gap Analysis 
• Human resources systems and tools 
• Presentation Creation 
• Spreadsheet Expertise 
• Employee Relations 
• Learning Solutions Development