HR Business Partner

About Us

East African Breweries PLC (EABL) is East Africa’s leading branded alcohol beverage business with an outstanding collection of brands that range from beer, spirits and adult non-alcoholic drinks (ANADs), reaffirming our standing as a total adult beverage (TAB) company.

EABL has extensive operations in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania with breweries, distilleries, support industries and a distribution network across the region. It also runs a growing export operations business within and outside of the wider Eastern Africa region. The group’s diversity is an important factor in delivering the highest quality brands to East African consumers and long-term value to East African investors.

EABL operates within a multi-cultural, multinational, multi-currency environment, dealing with various regulatory, tax and compliance requirements

EABL is a Public Listed Company (Plc) listed on the Securities/Stock Exchange in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

About the team:

To drive the business HR strategy on talent management and organization effectiveness  in order to deliver the mission, goals and business growth, Develop and implement strategies to attract, develop, motivate and retain key talent, collaborate function management to consistently improve the function talent strategy, reduce key talent attrition, training, embedding company policies ,performance management to  enhance productivity ,improve employee relations and engagement to minimise business disruption.

Provide HR support to the functions through development and implementation of  globally aligned and effective strategies in order to deliver the mission, goals and business growth.

About the role:

Key accountabilities

• Talent Management – Talent attraction and acquisition, planning and guiding of talent needs and goals for the functions, take full responsibility of pre-boarding ad and have oversight of onboarding for new joiners.
• Coordinate the talent and succession management process to ensure availability of talent to meet current and future business needs.
• Performance management - Drive both people and business strategy while supporting their performance and growth, through Goal setting, continuous monitoring and evaluation, performance reviews and ensure follow up action plans are implemented as planned.
• Work closely with senior and line managers, providing them with expert guidance, coaching and support on the full range of HR activities (including policies and procedures, terms and conditions of employment, absence management, restructuring of services, performance management, etc.), in order to ensure a consistent and fair approach to people.
• Culture: Responsible for leading the functions HR strategy, development and execution of organisational effectiveness and culture management programmes, drive a culture of an inclusive values driven workplace. Drive engagement through clear action plans resulting from annual engagement surveys.
• Learning and Development:  Ensure appropriate training and development programmes are available to meet the needs of the business and employees.
• Provision of proactive advise and support to function management activities as per performance management cycle (Performance Development Plans, Talent profiles, Training needs, capacity building programmes).
• Employee Relations: Responsible for the employee relations in the function, ensure they are aware and abreast of all relevant polices, carry out investigations and manage end to end disciplinary processes and all forms of separation.
• Compensation: Benefits management in collaboration with the relevant policy guidelines in place (Sales Incentive plans and /or Annual Incentive plans) Ensure fair logical remuneration is applied during promotions and appointments.
• Engage, enable, and challenge line managers to manage their people effectively. Develop and support line managers to develop and implement activities to enhance employee engagement and create a positive work environment and build an engaged workforce.

• Reports: Develop, prepare, and furnish the leadership team with reports for all the above, including relevant metrics as required (Headcount, Diversity and Inclusion, Gender, PWD, Leave Liability etc 
• Human Resource Information’s System: Ensure accuracy of the HRIS system functions the HRBP is responsible for, timely update of employee’s information and status changes on the system.

• Implement organizational change and development within the business and control of HR budget in area of responsibility.

Qualification and experience required

QUALIFICATIONS

• A bachelor’s degree in human resource, Business Administration, or related field
• Relevant Post-Graduate and/or Professional Body Qualifications
• Relevant HR qualifications / certifications

EXPERIENCE

• 7 YEARS HR generalist experience
• Exposure across different HR functions
• Experience dealing with senior and sometimes challenging individuals.
• Experience driving and successfully implementing change.
• Confident directing HR and advising managers on all aspects of people management and development.

SKILLS

• Business acumen
• Excellent planning & organizational skills
• Great communication and networking skills 
• Stakeholder management and relationship building
• Strong understanding of employment law
• Strategic thinking and Attention to detail
• Negotiation
• Mentoring, Counseling & coaching skills

Diversity statement:

Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, mindsets, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you. 

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