HR Business Partner (Industrial)

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Hiring Remotely in Greater Accra, GHA
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Senior level
HR Tech • Professional Services • Consulting
The Role
Serves as the primary HR partner for manufacturing and logistics operations. Manages union relations, collective agreements, industrial disputes, disciplinary casework, workforce planning, contract labor compliance, employee development, attendance, overtime, welfare, and attrition. Provides people analytics and recommendations to operational leaders, supports labor negotiations, and promotes operational continuity and industrial peace.
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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
Acts as the primary HR Business Partner across all manufacturing and logistics operations. Leads industrial relations, frontline workforce support, discipline, and capability development to maintain seamless operational continuity and industrial peace.

Key Responsibilities
  • Manages day-to-day engagement with union representatives and shop stewards, addresses collective issues, and spots and defuses disputes early.
  • Supports the Director, Human Resources & Legal in preparing for and conducting negotiations, and in putting agreed terms into effect.
  • Applies the collective agreement across operations, ensuring it is interpreted consistently across all shifts and sites.
  • Handles casework for the industrial workforce, including investigations, hearings and sanctions, and ensures every process is procedurally fair and defensible.
  • Works with operations leadership to plan shift structures, manning levels, and seasonal and contract labour needs.
  • Oversees the engagement and management of third-party and contract labour, ensuring compliance with the Labour Act and Company standards.
  • Drives development of the industrial workforce through skills matrices, operator competence programmes and supervisory development.
  • Tracks attendance, overtime, absence and attrition, and agrees corrective action with the relevant function head.
  • Looks after welfare in the operations, including canteen, transport and working conditions, and escalates where investment is needed.
  • Provides operations leadership and the Director, Human Resources & Legal with people analytics that include interpretation and recommendations, not just data.
  • Provides cover for the Senior Lead, HR Business Partnering (Topline & Support Functions) 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


Skills Required

  • Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in human resource management or a related discipline
  • CIHRM Ghana, CIPD, or SHRM membership
  • Master’s degree in Human Resource Management or Business Administration
  • Relationship-building skills
  • Planning and organizing skills
  • Strong communication skills
  • High drive for achieving results
  • Negotiation and influencing expertise
  • People development skills
  • Innovation and change capabilities
  • Strategic focus expertise
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The Company
HQ: Cuyocuyo
780 Employees

What We Do

People & Partners Group is a Human Resources Management firm that provides a comprehensive range of HR solutions, acting as a strategic partner to connect job seekers with career opportunities and source talent for clients.

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