Reporting to: Business Unit Head

Location: Blackheath, Western Cape

Purpose of the role:

The role will provide People Business Partnering services that fosters collaborative, meaningful engagement and is a trusted advisor that will enhance performance, build a positive employee experience and an inclusive organisational culture.

Key Responsibilities:

Talent Management, Organisational Development and Design

• Lead and manage a proactive, customer-focused recruitment function by applying best selection practices, supporting Employment Equity targets, controlling recruitment costs, and overseeing pre-onboarding to ensure effective integration of new employees.
• Supports and guides managers and individual employees in the talent and performance management processes in accordance with legal regulations, Centre of Excellence (CoE) guidance, and company guidelines.
• Facilitates the creation of retention plans and development plans for key roles and employees and tracks their execution.
• Implement plans to fulfil diversity and inclusion requirements in alignment with corporate culture, Equity Plans and transformation.
• Implement people projects, track and monitor impact of actions.
• Lead change management and act as a change agent.

Labour Relations

• Provide advice and support to employees and managers on People-related matters, including conflict management, incapacity processes, misconduct, grievances, absenteeism, working schedules, and employee assistance programs in line with company policies and procedures.
• Lead and ensure compliance with labour legislation and internal People practices, preparing and supporting labour processes such as warnings, disciplinary hearings, and organisational change processes (e.g., S189 and S197).
• Facilitate union engagements, and represent the company at the CCMA when required.

Internal Communications

• Establish internal communications mediums to distribute and make People related material available.
• Implement communications plans and toolboxes.
• Maintain communication material and channels to preserve a positive corporate Image.

Compensation and Benefits

• Supports compliance with Remuneration and Benefits and the administration thereof.
• Support the creation or review of job descriptions and conduct job evaluations in line with policy.
• Address general employee payroll queries, provide payroll audit input, prepare general payroll reporting.
• Manages the interface to CoE regarding payroll and other People-related services.
• Administer end-to-end payroll processing on a monthly basis, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Manage statutory filings and payments.

Employee Engagement

• Coaches managers on people related aspects to achieve a culture of inclusion and high performance.
• Coach and enable managers to effectively engage their people in order to drive business results.
• Conduct exit Interviews and discuss department specific trends with the relevant Department Managers for information purposes and escalate where necessary.
• Support the BU and Group with CSI initiatives aimed at strengthening the reputation of Libstar.

Building psychological safety and organisational culture

• Drives, influences, and champions a culture of trust, inclusion, and open communication across the organisation.
• Develop and implement strategies that empower employees to voice ideas, learn from failures, and collaborate.
• Lead initiatives that cultivate a psychologically safe, leadership trust and inclusive work environment.
• Coach managers and teams to adopt open communication, trust-building, and feedback-driven leadership.

People Analytics

• Analyses People data for strategic decision making and provides various reports to suggest and implement improvements.
• Onboarding analytics for continued employee retention and positive employee experience.
• Identifies retention/fluctuation risk areas and implements strategies to mitigate risk.

People Administration

• Talent and selection – review and approve headcount/vacancy requests, job adverts, applicant management, offers and contract management, relocation payments.
• Employment equity – scheduling meetings and adhering to compliance.
• Onboarding – monitoring and tracking of workplace integration.
• Compensation and Benefits (C&B) – Generate forms for various C&B processes.
• Capturing disciplinary records.

Required Knowledge:

• Knowledge of processes within HR (e.g. pension fund administration, Recruiting, HR administration, Talent Management, Performance Management, Labour Relations, etc.)
• Operational HR practices, Applicable Labour law and conflict Management
• Facilitation skills, Project and Change Management
• Technological savvy
• Ability to influence others from shop floor to senior leadership positions

Qualifications and Experience:

• Tertiary qualification in Industrial Psychology, Human Resources Management or equivalent
• 3+ Years experience in HRBP and labour relations
• 2+ Years of experience running payroll
• FMCG manufacturing experience advantageous

Application:

Please e-mail your CV to recruitment@libstar.co.za; with a motivation highlighting why you should be considered for the position.
Application deadline: 24 March 2026
If you have not received a response within two weeks of the closing date for applications, kindly consider your application unsuccessful.

Please note that you may on occasion be required to perform tasks that are not part of your normal daily duties, but may be necessary due to the operational requirements of the Company.

Note:
To consider any application for employment, we will have to process your personal information. The Protection of Personal Information Act, 4 of 2013 (POPIA), provides that when one processes another’s personal information, such collection, retention, dissemination and use of that person’s personal information must be done in a lawful and transparent manner.

To give effect to the above, we are required to provide you with information regarding the processing of your personal information. This information is recorded under the HR Processing Notice, which can be accessed and viewed on the Company website at https://www.libstar.co.za/legal/.