Industrial Relations Manager at Adexen

Job Reference: 1483
Industry: FMCG
Function: HRM

Job Description

• Partner with the company’s workforce and industry bodies to ensure conducive and responsive industrial work environment that aids the achievement of corporate goals while promoting and maintaining a positive work culture and drive the right values and behaviours.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement processes and procedures in support of a seamless employee relations strategy.
• Champion the development and promotion of a corporate culture that emphasizes and reward hard work, trust, commitment, integrity, teamwork, respect, creativity and customer value satisfying behavior.
• Manage the communication system and process to ensure adequate awareness and buy-in among employees on appropriate company related issues.
• Provide advice and consultative services on industrial and labour concerns, for both unionized and non-unionized employee groups to promote good industrial relations across all the regions.
• Provide advice to line managers and supervisors on matters pertaining to grievance procedures. Counsel all levels of employees regarding conflicts/problems that arise in the workplace.
• Provide adequate liaison with third parties on outsourced services such as security and medical, to ensure service and cost effectiveness.
• Facilitate appropriate negotiation and consultation with external stakeholders in Labour such as the Ministry of Labour, Nigeria Employee Consultative Forum and Chartered Institute of Personal Management.
• Monitor and ensure organization’s compliance with government regulations in labour matters.
• Generate monthly disciplinary reports and communicate learning points to the organization document for process improvements.
• Keep abreast of the latest developments in Case law, legislation Regulations and update Company policies, procedures accordingly.

Expectations

• Bachelor's degree or its equivalent in Social Sciences, Humanities or any other related field. Master’s degree will be an added advantage.
• Minimum of 8-10 years working experience in a unionized environment, 4 of which should be in a managerial role in a Human Resource function.
• Experience in conflict resolution management and collective Bargaining.
• Membership of relevant professional bodies (CIPM, CIPD) and possession of the Human Resource Practitioner License will be an advantage.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skill.