Senior HR Business Partner at Stretchit Concept Limited

Job Summary

• Our client is seeking a high-performing and strategic HR Manager to lead the Human Resources unit in delivering excellence, improving systems, developing talent, and accelerating organisational growth.
• The HR Manager will be responsible for comprehensively overseeing and driving the end-to-end HR value chain, ensuring alignment with business strategy, operational efficiency, culture growth, and high workforce productivity.
• The ideal candidate will be a forward-thinking HR leader who is passionate about people, organizational development, continuous improvement, HR automation, cultural transformation, compliance, and high-performance enablement.

Key Responsibilities
HR Strategy & Leadership:

• Design, deploy, and review HR strategies, structures, and programs to align with business growth.
• Drive organizational capability building and workforce development initiatives.
• Provide executive advisory support to leadership on people-related decisions and business impacts.
• Lead HR transformation projects including digitization, AI adoption, and policy modernization.

Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning:

• Lead  recruitment strategies for technical, engineering, sales, and support roles.
• Build and manage talent pipelines for future workforce needs across African markets.
• Oversee structured onboarding, orientation, and role-fit alignment for new hires.
• Implement succession planning frameworks, graduate trainee programs, and talent mapping.

Learning, Development & Career Growth:

• Conduct skills gap analysis and execute yearly learning & capability development plans.
• Drive leadership development, coaching, and high-potential career fast-tracking.
• Design competency frameworks, mentorship systems, and individual development plans.

Performance Management:

• Champion performance appraisal cycles (OKRs/KPIs) and continuous feedback systems.
• Improve productivity through goal setting, scorecard implementation, and performance coaching.
• Lead talent calibration, high-performance recognition, and corrective support for low-performers.

Compensation, Benefits, & Rewards:

• Manage payroll input, salary review cycles, and internal equity assessments.● Develop and optimise total rewards structure including bonuses, commission plans, pensions, HMO & incentives.
• Lead compensation benchmarking and ensure compliance with market and regulatory standards.

Employee Relations & Welfare:

• Foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-morale work environment.
• Manage disciplinary processes, grievance handling, conflict resolution & mediation.
• Champion employee well-being, mental health awareness, social engagements, and welfare programs.
• Maintain strong communication channels between management and staff.

Policy Management, Compliance, & HR Governance:

• Develop, review, and enforce HR policies, employee handbook, and operational guidelines.
• Ensure legal compliance with labour laws, regulatory frameworks, and workplace ethics.
• Prepare HR audit documentation, maintain compliance records, and manage legal exposure.

HR Analytics & Reporting:

• Manage HR MIS/HCM systems for real-time tracking of workforce performance metrics.
• Provide weekly, monthly and quarterly HR reports to leadership.
• Track analytics on turnover trends, headcount, hiring efficiency, training ROI, and productivity.

HR Operations & General Administration:

• Manage office administration, facility management, vendor relations & asset control.
• Oversee travel coordination, fleet management, workspace planning & procurement support.
• Enforce HSE and security compliance to maintain a safe and efficient work environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in HRM, Business Administration, Social Sciences, Industrial Relations or related field.
• 10 – 12 years professional HR experience with at least 4 years in a managerial / supervisory capacity.
• At least 2 HR Professional certifications such as CIPM, CIPD, SHRM, SPHRi or equivalent.
• Experience in a fast-paced corporate environment is preferred.
• Strong HR leadership ability with proven success in strategy implementation.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, stakeholder management, and people skills.
• High level of emotional intelligence, integrity, confidentiality, and business acumen.
• Proficiency in HR systems and digital HR tools (HRIS/HCM, ATS, LMS, workflow automation, AI-HR tools).