HR Senior Manager 1

Location: Cape Town | Job-ID: 217415 | Contract type: Permanent | Business Unit: Human Resources

HR Manager

Job Introduction

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and credible HR professional to join the Computacenter team in South Africa as the HR Manager.  Reporting to our Lead HR Business Partner, this is a true generalist role that will see you involved in all operational and strategic elements of HR as well as engaging with in-country senior managers on a regular basis.

 You will work closely with your team and line managers, ensuring that you provide first class support and guidance across all elements of the HR spectrum including liaison with the government & Industry affiliations/employee representative groups and 3rd party suppliers.

 You will also play a key role in the wider Group HR team which will see you engaging with your HR counter parts across Europe & APAC and working in collaboration to embed and drive group HR initiatives.

Main Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

• Become the trusted HR advisor to the GM, providing expert guidance on South African labour legislation, governance, compliance, and HR best practices.

• Lead, mentor, and coach the HR team to deliver high‑quality HR services and support business objectives, implementing performance management interventions when needed.

• Accountable for overall HR budget and ensure alignment with the financial planning, including but not limited to Talent Attraction campaigns, employee benefits, etc.

• Manage the administration of the CC South Africa payroll.

• Position yourself as the situational expert on all HR matters, advising, coaching and guiding the local leadership team ensuring that CC values are understood and embedded.  
• Work in close partnership with other Global HR Managers/team members, sharing best practice, leveraging each other’s expertise.
• Act as the main point of contact in ZA for all aspects of HR including operating as the local expert/advisor for implementation of global projects and ensuring compliance with employee relations, employee benefits and engagement surveys.

• Review, update, and communicate local and Global HR policies, ensuring relevance for the location and compliance with South African legislation as well as Employee adoption.

• Deep understand a global HR operating model and leverage the Centre’s of Excellence and drive the shift left of activities that can be done through these teams.  
• Ensure that all administrative processes are efficient and fit for purpose and update where required.
• Support the implementation of Group and local Human Resources programs such as performance management, succession planning, talent assessment, development initiatives  and benefits.
• Partner with global legal and compliance to drive regulatory requirements and serve as an advisor to Corporate departments not limited to HR on geographic specific information related to global and ZA projects.
• Advise and support managers and employees on local specific regulations (right to work legislation, GDPR compliance) and participate as a representative on Employer representative councils and at employment tribunals and CCMA meetings.

The Ideal Candidate

Required Skills:

• Dynamic, positive, people-oriented attitude, with strong interpersonal and influencing skills
• Proven track record as a HR Manager in a fast paced, commercial, dynamic growth environment.
• Proven track record of org redesign.
• HR professional with full generalist capability including but not limited to recruitment, ER, reward, talent management and employee development.
• Strong knowledge of local employment law and up to date understanding of recent legislation
• Exceptional ability to develop strong relationships with all levels.
•  Ability to analyse, plan, and project manage

Preferred Skills:

• Experience of implementing and maintaining HR processes
• Excellent multitasking & structured problem-solving skills
• Hands-on Human Resources Business partnering experience would be a highly advantageous.
• Experience of working in a Global environment or international work experience

About The Company

Additional Information

We advise customers on their IT strategy; implement the most appropriate technology from a wide range of leading vendors and manage their technology infrastructures on their behalf. At every stage we make our customers’ businesses sharper by removing cost, complexity and barriers to change across their IT infrastructures.

Our corporate and government clients are served by offices across the UK, Germany, France, the Benelux countries, Spain and South Africa. We also serve our customers’ global requirements through our extensive partner network.

Key facts about Computacenter

Computacenter is Europe’s leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services & solutions

Our focus is on corporate and government organisations, typically of from 500 to 10,000 employees, and large enterprises of 10,000 or more employees.

Over 70% of Computacenter’s Group revenue comes from services, software, and sales of enterprise products such as servers and connectivity/networking technology

Achieve great things - for yourself, our customers and our business.  At Computacenter we win together by adopting our values and making sure all our people have the autonomy to get things done and to find excellent solutions for our customers.

About us

Computacenter is a leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services. We have about 17,000 employees worldwide who are accompanying our international customers on their path to digital transformation.

Our team of professionals serves corporate and government clients in a variety of industries. We support around 4.2 million users from our Global Service Desk. They are in more than 70 countries and speak 30 languages.

At our service desk locations, you can expect a dynamic, international and informal work environment with flexible work schedules and various offers for professional and personal development. Our informal atmosphere and the strong feeling of belonging makes you feel like being part of a great community.

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