Syngenta is one of the
world’s leading companies with more than 25,000 employees in over 90 countries
dedicated to our purpose: Bringing Plant Potential to Life.
We are looking for
best talent to join us as:
Human Resource
Business Partner
HR Business Partner,
Agri-Business
The job functionally reports to the Head of Human Resources, East Africa and operationally to the General Manager.
Job Purpose
Provide HR Leadership
& partnership to local unit leaders, their leadership teams and
organizations including contributing to business plans while working closely
with the Head of HR, Site Managers and HR SBS leads in implementation of HR
strategy, policies and processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Leading
the implementation of the Human Resource strategy, policies and procedures
including recommending alignment to global and local internal and external
standards and legislative requirements.
- Ensure
good Employee relations at the Farms.
- Partner
and Coach Site Managers in determining Talent priorities and Organization
capability to meet the business goals.
- Partner
with local leadership to support and enable change management, leadership
competency development and the ongoing implementation of Syngenta’s unique
culture.
- Implementation
of robust HR disciplines in Talent Management areas aligned to people
development and a result oriented culture.
- Work
creatively with local and regional CEOs and relevant Business Partner
colleagues to deliver best practice HR solutions in line with global
standards.
- Partner
with local HR Services colleagues to ensure effective delivery of HR
Operations in the sites.
- Lead HR
compliance in line with local regulations and standards and to proactively
manage business risk in the areas of HR Management.
HR Services Lead, East Africa
The job functionally reports to the HR Services Manager for Africa, Middle East and operationally to the Head of HR East Africa.
Job Purpose
Steer project country
transformation to the new way of operation and work closely with the country HR
managers and the Regional SBS HR leaders in planning and delivery of
transformation while coordinating all activities, metrics and relations with
Local Authorities relating to HR services provided in- house or by third party.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage
HR operational support for East Africa on different sites with teams in 4
different locations in East Africa.
- Coordinate
and lead SLAs on in-house activities and external providers.
- Conduct
analytics for the different processes and coordinate reporting
requirements.
- Implement
Standardised systems &processes and solve User queries in line with
guidelines.
- Lead
Service metrics and improvements.
- Provide
feedback from HR services stakeholders on Global HR processes and ensure
legal compliance.
- Deal
with local Authorities for HR Services relating issues and audits.
For both the jobs, we are looking for related core Business
& HR Skills in Business planning & implementation, Change management,
HR strategy & implementation, Talent Management, Employee Relations and HR
Operations with core competencies in unlocking People Potential, Team
Leadership, Visionary and Results-oriented.
Academic
Qualifications
- Bachelors
Degree.
- Masters
degree in HRM is an added advantage.
Professional Qualifications & experience
- Higher
Diploma in Human Resource Management.
- At
least 5 years’ experience in Human Resource function.
- Experience
in industrial relations and employee engagement.
- Multinational
experience in the Agriculture industry is an added advantage.
- SAP
understanding.
Send your application and CV via email to:
talentsearch@bpc.co.ke on or before Friday 28th September, 2012.
