AIMS International South Africa Recruits Talent Manager - Lagos

AIMS International South - Our client is a multinational Beverage enterprise currently represented in 20 countries worldwide with its holding company in Europe. With an infrastructure reaching out to more than one million retail outlets worldwide, they sell over 2 billion liters of beverages including beer, sports drinks, energetic and isotonic drinks, water, various juices and tea, every year.

With a huge Global market already in place, an exciting opportunity to expand their current position through starting up a Lagos based plant is currently underway. As a company with a ‘Think Big’ philosophy, they aim to break down barriers and maintain their ethos of working hard in order to reach their main objective and become one of the top 20 most important multinational companies in the world by 2020.

A Lagos based Talent Manager with specific experience in Nigerian Labour Law and HR practices would be an ideal candidate for this new position.

Job Title: Talent Manager - Lagos, Nigeria

Location: Lagos

Job Overview
Reporting on a Regional level, you will be tasked with managing the Human Resources and Human Talent area of the operation, implementing improvement plans and projects, and the development of skills, assuring their alignment to the business strategy, with an overall vision of ensuring sound contribution to the goals of the company.

Key Responsibility Areas

• Implement and control all Human Resource processes and procedures
• Supervise the operational plans in the area with regards to human capital well-being, development, remuneration & benefits and working environment
• Assess working environment continuously in order to pro-actively ensure staff comfort and efficiency
• Take direction from the Country Manager, carrying out action plans resulting from environmental assessments and informing Manager accordingly
• Leading staffing plans and processes
• Coordinate all recruitment activities along with each business unit and/ or branch objectives
• Supervise and monitor training in order to achieve expected results
• Job function and skills analyses as well as mapping jobs with skills available
• Direct participation and supervision of issues related with labour unions, contracts revision, work environment analysis and labour disputes.

The Candidate
Essential Requirements

• A tertiary qualification with a Degree in Psychology or Business Administration ideal.
• Specialization in Human Resources Management, Labour Relations, Payroll, Organizational Development, Compensations and Benefits.
• Having worked in Nigeria, the ideal candidate for this position will be highly knowledgeable in local Labour Law and HR Practices.
• Advanced level of English
• At least 5 years in a similar position within a Manufacturing/ FMCG environment. (Specific experience within a non alcoholic beverage company will be a distinct advantage)

Competencies

• Sound People skills including interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively manage and lead a team.
• Thinking skills, relating to sound analytical decision making and planning capabilities
• Sound business attitude relating to the ability to apply strategic thinking and display a result orientated approach
• Dynamic and operational competencies including sound persuasive and negotiation skills; perseverance and a client orientated approach.

Application Closing Date
10 June 2013

Method of Application
Interested candidates should send their CV to: alison@aims-southafrica.com