HR/ir Business Partner

**Company Description**
SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 97,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 2,600 offices and laboratories around the world.

Creating a positive working environment and developing a competent workforce through building partnerships with line managers and ensuring organizational compliance to all relevant policies and legislation.

**Responsibilities**
- Drive the development of HR strategies, goals, and objectives, and ensure delivery thereof.
- Identify opportunities for updating and enhancing HR policies, processes, and procedures to effect continual improvements in the business.
- Facilitate adherence to HR policies, procedures, and relevant legislation.
- Facilitate the implementation of talent management and succession planning.
- Assist business to effectively manage headcount.
- Advise on and Manage employee relations after consultation with ER Specialist.
- Build a culture of Performance Management.
- Proactively identify and pre-empt HR risks within the business.
- HR Administration.
- Implement and manage ad hoc projects and duties as may be required and assigned from time to time.
- Perform any other reasonable tasks as assigned by direct line manager.

**IR**
- Ensure awareness and adherence to L.R.A., B.C.E.A. and all other related labor legislations.
- Manage the IR function in consultation with ER Specialist within the business.
- Assist line managers implement fair procedures to deal with misconduct.
- Advise managers on the resolution of individual grievances.
- Managing disciplinary process (counseling, meeting & enquiries).
- Represent the company in all CCMA related matters (conciliation level).
- Build and manage relationship with Employee Representative Group and bargaining council relationship according to legislation.
- Compile ad hoc reports when required.
- Record keeping too be up to date on all tracking systems (warnings ext.).
- Training of new employees and site management on ER Policy and IR process.
- Reviewing and bettering of all process and documentation and policies and procedures.
- Keep abreast of IR policy development.

**HRIS**
- Assists the day-to-day activities of the HR information systems.
- Create process documents to guide processes to be actioned by users.
- Recording and processing employee information including annual leave, salaries, and working hours.
- Supporting management on structural policy matters related to the HRIS.
- Maintaining data integrity in systems by regularly analyzing data.
- Designing user-friendly processes, guidelines, and documentation.
- Assisting with all system upgrades and system additions in partnership with the Information Technology (IT) department Ensuring all data on HR-related systems are accurate and compliant with data protection laws.

**Qualifications**
- Grade 12.
- HR Related Degree/Diploma and/or 5 years proven experience in the sector. Good working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Power Point, Outlook and Excel - VLOOKUP’s and Pivot tables experience essential).

**Additional Information**
REQUIRED SKILLS
- Minimum of 3 years HR, IR, HRIS and Payroll experience.
- Solid IR, Unions negotiations and bargaining council experience.
- Good understanding and knowledge of current and relevant labor legislation.

Competencies
- PaySpace experience.
- Workday experience.
- SharePoint experience.
- SmartRecruiters exposure will be an advantage.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Deadline driven.
- Team Orientated Professional.
- Ability to work under time pressure.