Job offer: Head of People Experience

The client is a global biologics/pharmaceuticals business that manufactures vaccines and provides research services globally.

The Head of People Experience will be responsible for the following but limited to:

• Participate in developing the Human Capital Strategy and provide strategic HC leadership within the business.
• Timeously execute the people strategy through a savvy HC infrastructure and human capital team.
• Remain abreast of own and team professional & personal learning & development.
• Ensure adequate HC team capacity management and cultivate the HC team capability to ensure optimal business partnering across business units.
• Develop and implement company policies and practices.
• Develop best-practices and policies that are relevant for the business and aligns with employee value proposition and ensure these remain current and effective through ongoing refinement.
• Performance effective and comprehensive costing, budgeting, and expense management, taking all overlapping site activities into consideration while reducing wastage, and contributing to overall profitability.
• Procure, implement, and monitor fit for purpose and cost effective HRIS systems and ensuring sound information is extracted, trended, and reported, to address business challenges and drive culture & people transformation.
• Co-ordinate organisational structuring & overseeing the defining of roles and responsibilities, ensuring structures remain optimal so to alleviate bottlenecks within the company's operations.
• Conduct job evaluations, grading & ongoing market benchmarking related to pay and benefits to ensure the company remains competitive within the market.
• Oversee the attraction and placement of suitable talent aligned to culture and job fit.
• Ensure the performance management philosophy and methodology is well designed, defined and executed so to drive a seamless performance management planning and review process, with smart transformations KPI's driving high performance across the business

The Head of People Experience will fit the following profile:

• 10+ Years relevant experience in a Human Capital management, of which 4 years' experience at team and business management level.
• Manufacturing industry experience, especially within pharmaceutical, is advantageous. * Up-to-date knowledge of sound HR practices, strategy, and technology
• HC Policy and process development.
• Leading Business and Human Capital projects.
• Change leadership methodology and leading organisational change.
• Business writing, metrics development and management/ board level reporting.
• Strong and tested knowledge of South Africa's Labour Legislation, pragmatic application of Industrial Relations and representing the company at Union engagements, CCMA, Labour Court, and the Department of Labour.