HR Business Partner (Topline & Support Functions)

NOTE: People and Partners Group is currently hiring for various roles across industries. For more opportunities, visit www.peopleandpartnersgroup.com/jobs or send your CV to careers@peopleandpartnersgroup.com

About People and Partners Group

People & Partners Group (PPG) is a leading Pan-African executive search and strategic human capital partner, headquartered in Accra, Ghana. We excel in placing C-suite and senior leaders across Africa and beyond, with a 98% retention rate, 5-days TAT, 15-day completion timeline, access to 100K+ top talents, and 1-year+ free replacement guarantee.

Our services include Executive Recruitment, Employer of Record (EOR) and HR Outsourcing, helping international organizations hire, pay, and manage talent compliantly across African markets without setting up local entities, alongside Payroll Management, Compensation Structuring, Performance Management, HR Audit, Salary Surveys, and Corporate Training.

We serve multinationals and high-growth businesses, including Fortune 500 companies, across FMCG, Construction, Heavy Industry, Real Estate, Technology, Agriculture, Healthcare, and Manufacturing, expanding into key African markets, the UK, USA, and Middle East.

Compliant with global best practices, we co-design agile frameworks to drive your success.

Build Outstanding Teams with PPG. Join Africa's growth story.

Role Description
Serves as the HR partner to the Company's commercial and support functions (Sales, Marketing, Finance, Procurement, Supply Chain and Information Technology), turning their business plans into people plans and equipping their managers to lead, develop and retain their teams. Owns the people agenda for this client group from end to end, from workforce planning through to employee relations.

Key Responsibilities

• Acts as the HR partner to the leadership of the commercial and support functions, attending their management meetings and holding a standing place in their planning cycle.
  
• Turns each client function's business plan into an annual people plan covering headcount, capability, succession, engagement and cost.
  
• Leads workforce planning for the portfolio, including establishment control, role design and the business case for new or changed positions.
  
• Manages end-to-end resourcing for the portfolio, from briefing and selection through to offer and onboarding, in partnership with the Talent Management team.
  
• Coaches line managers to handle performance, feedback, development and everyday employee relations themselves.
  
• Handles grievance, disciplinary and performance casework within the portfolio, ensuring resolution is consistent, lawful and timely.
  
• Drives the performance cycle for the client group, covering objective setting, mid-year and annual reviews and calibration, and identifies both talent and under-performance.
  
• Identifies successors and development needs for critical roles, and agrees development plans with the Talent Management team.
  
• Interprets and applies reward policy for the portfolio, advising managers on pay, promotion and recognition decisions within the approved framework.
  
• Monitors engagement, attrition and absence in the client group, diagnoses the causes, and agrees corrective action with the function head.
  
• Provides the client functions and the Director, Human Resources & Legal with people analytics that include interpretation and recommendations, not just data.
  
• Supports change and restructuring within the portfolio, including consultation, communication and transition planning.
  
• Provides cover for the Senior Lead, HR Business Partnering (Industrial) during absence.
  
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Director, Human Resources & Legal from time to time.
  

Requirements

• Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related field.
  
• Minimum 5+ years’ experience in human resource management or a related discipline.
  
• CIHRM Ghana, CIPD or SHRM membership is an advantage. A Masters in Human Resource Management or Business Administration is an advantage.
  
• Relationship Building
  
• Planning & Organizing
  
• Strong Communication Skills
  
• High Drive for Achieving Results
  
• Negotiating and Influence Expertise
  
• People Development Skills
  
• Innovation and Change Capabilities
  
• Strategic Focus Expertise