Country People Lead - Namibia

About the role

The Country People Lead is accountable for shaping and driving the AB InBev people agenda within the country site teams. The role covers coaching line managers, implementing the people cycle and priorities, delivering key people processes, quality-assuring HR approaches and processes, and ensuring the business unit's and employees' interests are addressed so that the Dream, People and Culture principles are created and sustained.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with the Country/Functional Leadership Team to lead, manage and support their teams in delivering business priorities, and embed the VPO/DPO programme at the sites.
• Build HR capability and credibility through development and coaching, and embed the People Cycle across all functions.
• Manage talent processes to support current and future development and deployment needs in Namibia, and consolidate and analyse talent data to inform talent planning.
• Support annual target-setting, assess learning needs, and support recruitment and onboarding.
• Manage individual reward matters with the People Director, industrial relations policies and practices, and employee relations issues.
• Champion annual union negotiations with the National Union Team and meet legislative diversity requirements.
• Review employee engagement survey feedback and other people data, develop plans to build engagement, and plan, monitor and track people package spend.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in human resources, Industrial Psychology or an equivalent business-related qualification.
• 4-6 years of Human Resource Generalist experience.
• Knowledge of local labour legislation and experience in labour relations; FMCG experience preferred.
• Proven ability to build relationships with senior business leaders, build HR capability and shape culture and leadership behaviours.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and high levels of integrity.