Lead HR Professional

Job Summary:
The Lead HR Professional is responsible for performing and managing all HR-related duties on a professional level and works closely with Plant management in supporting designated scope (plant). This position carries out responsibilities in the following functional areas: benefits administration, employee relations, training, performance management, onboarding, policy implementation, recruitment/employment, employment law compliance.

Main Responsibilities:
• Conducts consultation with local Union relating to issues, while ensuring that resolution is in line with Company policy and legislation.
• Plan, organise and direct HR programs and activities in a manner that promotes an atmosphere of communication and involvement.
• Manage the quality, delivery, cost and responsiveness of the HR department.
• Development and maintenance of Company policies and procedures to ensure compliance with Industrial Legislation.
• Manage all Industrial Relations processes with relation to disciplinary hearings, corrective actions, grievance procedures and attend to CCMA/DRC hearings.
• Responsible for the adherence of BOS and other HR related legal procedures.
• Meet profit plan objectives.
• Ensure that the Company complies with all labour related legislation.
• Advising the business on labour law, collective agreements and other employee related issues.
• Assure equitable salary and wage administration.
• Ensure the Company skills program and equity plan are implemented.
• Champion the performance management system within the plant.
• Improve the competitive position and performance of the plant through people, team work and continuous improvement.
• Ensure that all payroll input and output has been actioned accurately and timeously and that month end reports are drafted and reviewed as part of the monthly controls.
• Coordinate and administer all the employee benefits within the plant.
• Drives Employee Survey actions, provide professional expertise for supervisors in creating and executing action plans.
• Coordinates activities within the HR function including but not limited to support activities such as scheduling training and meetings, providing department reporting, and running reports on departmental systems.
• Administers various human resource plans and procedures for all employees; assists in the development and implementation of personnel policies and procedures.
• Audit preparation
• Conducts recruitment effort for all salaried and wages personnel, students and temporary employees; conducts new-employee orientations; Job Descriptions; Reference Checks; Contracts; writes and places advertisements in collaboration with staffing department.
• Maintains human resource information system records and compiles reports from the database.
• Responsible for internal employee communication through internal memoranda.
• Source external training and ensure records are kept of both internal and external training given to staff
• Confirm Employment with Banks on request.
• Attend Management meetings at the request of Management
• Employee support, ad hoc inquiries

Common Requirements:

• Business Operating System (BOS): Understand, apply and meet all function-related BOS requirements.
• Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS): Understand, apply and meet all function-related EHS requirements.
• Product Safety: Understand, apply and meet all function-related Product Safety requirements.
• Compliance: Understand, apply and meet all function-related Compliance requirements
• Information Security: Understand, apply and meet all function-related IT / Information Security and confidentiality of company information requirements.

Education: 

• Masters' or bachelor degree in human resources or related field
• HR or Business Administration background preferable
• Industrial relations experience

Work Experience:
University degree and 1 year suggested minimum experience, or 2 year degree and 6 years suggested minimum experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Qualifications include:

• EHS Mgmt. System (e.g. EMS, OHSMS) – Apply to Management team(Manager and above) and EHS Professionals EHS Internal Auditor
• Apply to EHS Professionals and company (EHS Principle) Auditors
• EHS Critical Roles - Plant Manager, EHS Professional, Operations Manager, Equipment / Maintenance / Facility Manager, Logistics Manager, Team Leader / Supervisor, 
• Specific EHS Qualifications (including legal requirement)
• Apply to Technician / Operator of High risk equipment (forklift, overhead crane, etc.) and High Risk Activity (electrician, welding, etc.)
• Quality Mgmt. System (e.g. IATF16949) – Apply to Management team (Manager and above), Quality Professionals and Quality personnel (eg. AME, ME, PE etc.). Internal auditor (Incl. System, process and product auditor) – Apply to BOS Auditor, Process Auditor and Product Auditor
• Colour / Appearance Evaluation – Apply to Colour Evaluation personnel (e.g. Appearance Engineer, Operator, Inspector, etc.)
• Product Safety – Apply to the person who requires product safety knowledge (e.g. Safety Parts Engineer, Buyer, Operator, Inspector, Advanced Quality Engineer, Supplier Quality Engineer, etc.)
• Others: Internal Auditor detail requirements are defined in BOS-Internal Audit Process