Group HR Director at WOW Jobs

Job Summary:  The prospective candidate  will have full responsibility and accountability for strategic and operational HR for all Units of the Group across all countries.

Major aspects of the role are:

• Effective HR planning & timely recruitment of competent professionals (expats & non-expats) –( Measured by)
• Every Business & Country has a HR Plan at the time of deciding Business Budget
• Turnaround time for completion of recruitment is defined and adhered in all recruitments
• Replacement of Expats with talented and competent non-expats in all countries in a planned and time bound and phased manner – (Measured by)
• Have a plan for localization of expat roles in a time bound and phased manner
• Implement it as per plan ( numbers and time lines to be adhered as per plan)
• Effective administration HR Policies and review as required for all locations – (Measured by)
• HR policy for relevance and industry savviness, reviewed and revised (if required) within 3 months of joining
• Effective process in place to share the policies with the employees
• Ensure effective performance management and bonus strategies and structures are developed and  implemented – (Measured by)
• Performance Management policy for the Group, decided in discussion with all stake holders within 3 months of joining
• KRAs are drawn up for all expats at the start of the financial year
• Performance Reviews and Bonus decisions are completed by first quarter following the end of financial year

Responsibility: Selected candidate will be responsible to manage all aspects of HR Management of  the Group across its operations in Nigeria and any as required.

Reports to : MD/FD ;Annual  performance  is reviewed.

Location: Will operate out of Lagos, Nigeria

Qualification Required: BA OR PHYSCOLOGY ( if  possible in HR) from a reputed institutions

Experience Required: About 15 to 20  years of experience, of which at least three years in independent HR head role in a mid-sized company;

• Experience of working WITH foreign owned company .
• Experience working internationally and handling diverse nationalities and  cultures .
• Experience of working with Promoters directly
• Experience of supporting the promoters in professionalizing the organization
• Experience of building local talent in international environments

Key Competencies Required:

Recruitment:

• Determine and champion the strategic human capital plan for all Units of the Group across all locations.
• Ensuring effective recruitment across the group to meet the requirements of the operations of the Group in Nigeria

Expat HR:
Maintenance of all Expat Employee Data base country wise / business wise / function wise in online HRMS platform
Real-time tracking of contract completion, proposals complete

Performance Management & Bonus

• Ensure effective performance management and bonus strategies and structures are developed and  implemented
• Develop Local Talent through specific programs in each country
• Decide strategies to achieve localization of Expat roles in discussion with all concerned & implement the same in a planned and timely manner

HR Policies & MIS

• Maintain and continuously improve the HR Framework for the Group
• Ensure the company IR relations with the respective stakeholders are maintained

Other points

• Worked in an industrial  company
• Managed blue colour and  white  colour both at same time .
• Can bring about structure and  systems to have  shown that he has done this in the past
• Can relate to rank and  file
• Strong value  sets –non ethnic ;transparent ; sincere ;self motivated