Senior HR Business Partner @ DHL Group

Would you like to be part of the most international company in the world? A company operating in more than 220 countries worldwide and has been pioneering cross-border express shipping since 1969. Would you like to be part of a business that connects people across the globe and want to make a difference? Then waste no time and join our amazing team at DHL Group. DHL Global Forwarding, Freight (DGFF) is the Group's air, ocean, and road freight specialist. We offer standardized transport as well as highly specialized end-to-end solutions to customers in a wide range of industries globally.

Job purpose

• Deliver a first in class HR service to the business
• Drive implementation of HR strategy / priorities across the business
• Provide advice on people aspects of business plans and provide input on people, organizational and business issues
• Ensure HR activities increase organizational capability and support strategic Business priorities

DHL Global Forwarding has an opening Senior HR Business Partner in Johannesburg, South Africa. Join us in connecting people and improving lives!

In this Senior HR Business Partner position

Enabling Business Growth

• Develop resourcing strategies to support existing business and potential new business
• Analyse trends across the business locations to manage resource forecasting and planning
• Understand local business context, issues and challenges to provide specific advice to Business Managers. Deliver HR solutions as appropriate to enhance commercial performance
• Use HR KPI’s & metrics to identify opportunities for improvement, followed through with a clear action plan for delivery
• Work in partnership with CoEs and HR Shared Service Centres providing appropriate input on business priorities enabling them to focus on output based on business needs
• Actively participate in new business development and build knowledge base of lessons learnt on HR issues from successful and unsuccessful initiatives
• Ensure all HR activities are supporting the Strategic Priorities

Driving HR Effectiveness

• Champion business change and continuous improvement, leading and embedding business change plans in line with country/regional targets and initiatives
• Ensure HR services, policies, processes and systems are aligned to business needs and are relevant and practical to implement
• Work in collaboration with HR colleagues to develop and improve policies and new ways of working that fit business and legal requirements
• Work closely with business leaders to create annual HR plans that combine the HR Tactics with local priorities
• Provide HR knowledge, industry insight and advice to support delivery of business projects
• Act as a role model for the HR function as a whole and drive and support standardisation of processes in HR

Attracting & Leveraging Talent

• Protect DHL’s position as a competitive and attractive employer (Monitor: monitor competitor activity and ensure our offerings do not deter needed talent)
• Facilitate identification and management of high performing / high potential individuals and ensure succession plan is in place for key positions
• Coach managers on the employee life cycle - Annual process such MTW, pay review, bonus, EOS and resource forecasting in addition to providing advice on issues such as pay & grading
• Investigate and develop a graduate program and lead this recruitment
• Lead & Manage Pre-boarding and onboarding for the business

Employee Engagement

• Work closely with business and CoEs to support development of a capable and engaged workforce
• Manage employee engagement initiatives to align interests of staff and BU keeping abreast of the results from employee opinion survey
• Participate fully in key people related change decisions, anticipating and effectively dealing with any people issues
• Manage all local HR employee communications

CSI Initiatives

• Implement and support corporate social responsibility strategies and initiatives in line with DHL GoTeach, GoGreen and ESG.
• Develop and manage relationships with external stakeholders and internal stakeholders X-BU to leverage off partnerships.
• Monitor and evaluate the impact of corporate social responsibility initiatives and spend as well as the ROI.

Engagement (Events & Health and Wellbeing Initiatives)

• Ensuring that the engagement activities set out in the MEA and ZA engagement calendar are executed in a timely manner.
• Analyze and Implement Engagement, Diversity & HW plans and processes to increase employee engagement and productivity in line with Engagement and Diversity plans, practices and cost budgets.
• Schedule, prioritize and manage activities as per the defined recognition programs and motivational initiatives such as scheduling of appreciation weeks.
• Implement an Employee Value Proposition and support initiatives with HRBP Team to drive employee engagement and motivation.
• Deploy best practices to consolidate and maintain required data, files and reports for Engagement, Diversity & HW initiatives.

Strengthening Leaders

• Advise, challenge, coach and support Business Managers in their role on people-related processes (e.g. performance management, personal and team development, career path implementation, resource planning and recruitment)
• Build strength, depth and diversity in leadership teams through HR initiatives

Finance and Projects

• Ensure HR costs are kept within annual budgets
• Find innovative ways to increase cost efficiency while maintaining / increasing productivity

Now, here is what we need from you!

• Strong HR Business Partnering experience across various management levels
• Hands on experience in majority of core HR areas: C&B, Resourcing, L&D, Performance Management, Employee Engagement, Labour Relations, Change Management & Organization Design
• Proven ability to establish credibility and ability to influence at senior levels
• Education: Must have a Matric
• University relevant Degree (Preferably Post Graduate Diploma / MBA)
• Experience: Minimum 5 years of Leadership and management experience in managing an entire function as well as employees through other managers
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in performance improvement function with leadership responsibility

We offer

• Opportunities in a global company where you can contribute your ideas and skills to move towards our shared goals.
• Possible further career development
• Competitive salary

Why join DHL Global Forwarding?

We are part of Deutsche Post DHL, the world’s leading logistics provider with operations in over 220 countries. Visit our career site on the web at https://www.logistics.dhl/us-en/home/careers.html

Our TOP EMPLOYER prestigious certification attests to our best-in-class efforts to attract and retain talent by fostering a positive work environment and encouraging personal and professional development among employees. The development of talented women in our organization will be a focus for us and an important part of our DGF Strategy 2025.

We aspire to become the undisputed leader in our industry, when people think of forwarding; we want them to think DGF because we have:

• The largest global network with more than ~30,000 passionate employees
• The most efficient processes and fastest response times
• The best solutions and best customer service

Our Vision: The Logistics Company for the World.

Our Mission

Excellence. Simply Delivered.

Our Purpose: Connecting People, improving lives.

Our Values: Respect & Results

Our Goals: Employer, Provider, and Investment of Choice, Living Responsibility

DHL Global Forwarding is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.