HR Generalist – Homechoice (Southern Suburbs (Cape)) needed at HomeChoice Holdings Limited

Description

• Homechoice is a leading South African homeware retailer. For almost 40 years we’ve helped our customers create beautiful homes they love with an innovative range of quality products they can afford.
• Responsible for providing specialist knowledge, skill and competence in attracting, sourcing, developing, engaging and retaining talent pools. Partner with key stakeholders (business unit, HR support areas etc.) to build a competent workforce. Conceptualize, manage and implement strategic HR projects based on local and global best-practice, adapted to meet Business Unit requirements, thereby ensuring a high performance. Utilize analytics and reports for decision making for the senior business unit heads.

What you will love doing in this role

• Implement HR strategy
• Deliver on HR strategy and tactical plans to enhance employee retention
• Talent Management
• Build an effective talent pipeline to strengthen succession through the Talent Strategy Plan
• Analyse trends within the broader labour market and customise suitable staffing solutions to meet the unique needs of the business units
• Drive the Recruitment needs of the business and partner with the talent acquisition specialist in the sourcing of candidates
• Manage the integration of the talent framework of the business
• Conduct internal and external trend analysis and provide business with talent insights and recommendation
• Developing a strong performance culture
• Support business units in the management of under performers
• Implement and gain buy-in for the local performance management process, ensuring compliance across the business units
• Ensure bi-annual performance reviews are held for all employees through the appropriate performance management system, and that monthly performance discussions aligned to the talent plans take place
• Stakeholder Engagement 
• Communicate and share relevant HR reports/dashboards with insights to middle and SNR management during departmental people management meetings
• Engage with business to obtain business insights and align HR talent initiatives and plans to support business needs
• Collaborate with relevant HR teams to execute HR initiatives and projects
• Talent Development
• Manage all learning initiative per business unit through the Learning & Development department and facilitated specific interventions where required
• Support business and the L&D team with learnership and PWD programmes 
• Manage and monitor the execution of the Talent Plan development initiatives and execution thereof
• Employee Relations
• To have responsibility for the provision of advice on discipline and grievance issues and being present at disciplinary enquires and of CCMA as HR representative where appropriate. 
• To liaise with Line Managers to ensure the consistency and adherence to  company guidelines, developing Team Leaders ‘ understanding and implementation of IR principles against legislative requirements and Company policies.
• To guide managers on how to manage poor performance within their teams in line with company policy and best practice, provide coaching tips and guidance on how to give feedback
• Culture and Employee Experience
• Support the business in driving departmental and group culture initiatives
• Engage with business units on organisation effectiveness challenges impacting on culture and implement initiatives to address those challenges
• Ensure a successful employee life cycle experience from onboarding to offboarding by analyzing onboarding and offboarding survey trends and recommending interventions as required. 
• Cost Management
• Support business in their remuneration expenditure and ensuring pay is benchmarked and aligned to marketing and remuneration budgets
• Implement cost containment plans and ensure business organisational structures are maintained within the boundaries of department budgets
• Wellness
• Drive employee wellness through the Company wellness programmes and initiatives and support individual departmental needs

Requirements
What we will love about you

• We love your acute commercial awareness and insight.
• We love that you are digitally savvy.
• We love your strong judgement & decision-making skills.
• We love your strong cognitive flexibility.
• We love that you are customer-centric.
• We love your strong problem-solving and analysis skills. Critical Thinking

What you’ll need to do this role

• A relevant HR related qualification 
• 4 to 5 years experience in an HR generalist capacity
• Sound labour relations experience
• MS Excel proficiency
• Retail experience
• Stakeholder engagement at Snr management level