Human Resources Business Partner

We are looking for a HR Business Partner – Tech & Product, Zulzi Technology & e-Commerce Business  (all genders) to join us on our journey to always deliver amazing experiences.

We are looking for enthusiastic problem solvers to join us in scaling our platform, digitalising businesses, uplifting rider livelihoods and building hyper-convenient solutions for our customers. If you love working in an international and dynamic environment, and are not afraid to roll up your sleeves to get things done, you will find your tribe with us. Our diverse and high-performing team comprises over 400 people , and we welcome all experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives.

We are now searching for an exceptionally motivated and driven leader to join and lead our Zulzi People Partner team. If you have demonstrated experience in building and scaling People functions in e-commerce businesses, and are looking for a place where you can gain hands-on experience and create significant impact, we would like to hear from you!

Your mission:

HR Business Partner is a cross- functional role responsible for ensuring implementation of strategic initiatives across the People & Culture function in our Zulzi business. Crucial areas of the foreseen scope of duties will be focusing on the following 6 functional pillars:

People Partnering & Leadership

• Be a strategic People Partner to senior leaders in our Zulzi business, helping to develop and execute our People and Talent strategy.
• Build, develop, and lead high-performing teams of People Partners
• Collaborate with Zulzi’s management teams and Centres of Excellence to align People initiatives with organisational needs

Organisational Development & Change

• Co-create organisational development and change management strategies, and roll out initiatives aimed at increasing organisational effectiveness.
• Manage organisational changes in an agile fashion, getting buy-in and commitment, understanding the impact on employees and bring them along the change journey through communication and enablement.

Performance & Talent Management

• Facilitate performance review sessions, provide guidance and coaching to leaders on managing performance and feedback discussions.
• Drive talent planning and succession planning exercise.
• Obtain insights and new requirements to iterate and evolve Pandora’s performance culture and journey.
• Conduct training needs analysis and propose training plans that meet business priorities as well as employees’ professional development needs.

 

Workforce & Compensation Planning

• Serve as the cross-functional partner in aligning business needs, and workforce planning processes.
• Guide senior leaders in making rewards decisions using performance and business data and insights, and in alignment with our total rewards philosophy and market competitiveness.

 

Employee Engagement & Retention

• Leverage data and insights, propose and track action plans to address and improve engagement.
• Analyse attrition data to identify trends and correlations, and make recommendations to increase talent attraction and retention rates

Employee Experience & HR Service Delivery

• Leading and improving the overall management of our employee lifecycle, from onboarding to career transitions, and delivering excellent employee experience through seamless and efficient execution of each step.
• Provide insights on requirements for critical HR and technology projects, support business case scenarios to drive the betterment of employee experience and HR service delivery.

Your heroic skills:

• Between 5-7 years in senior HR Business Partner roles and/or related HR roles, with experience leading teams in multiple geographies, preferably for Tech/Product.
• Background in fast-paced, entrepreneurial, startup/tech/VUCA environments preferred.
• Broad and robust knowledge of people related topics and processes, with relevant working experience.
• Track record in leading and delivering large-scale People initiatives and problem solving in complex, matrixed businesses.
• Maturity, strong relationship and consultative skills, with ability to influence, inform, and negotiate effectively.
• Good business acumen, data and metrics driven, and able to drive agendas and deliver actionable insights at the C-Level.
• Fluency in English (our corporate language) and great communication skills.

Who We Are:

Zulzi is a quick commerce delivery platform where you can get your groceries, liquor and pharmaceuticals delivered to your door within 15 minutes. We have over 7 dark stores in South Africa.

We are the technology partner of Checkers Sixty60 platform which is the biggest grocery delivery platform in South Africa.

We believe diversity and inclusion are key to creating not only an exciting product, but also an amazing customer and employee experience. Fostering this starts with hiring — therefore we do not discriminate on the basis of racial identities, religious beliefs, color, national origin, gender identities or expressions, sexual orientations, age, marital or disability statuses, or any other aspect that makes you, you. Just be yourself and we can’t wait to see what value you bring to the role. We’re as interested in your character as we are in your talent.