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HR Manager

Job Ref
246537
Job Type
Permanent
Employer Type
Company
Date Added 24 Apr 2015
Expiry Date 22 May 2015
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Employer:
Amazon Development Centre Cape Town

Location:
Western Cape

Salary:
Negotiable

Benefits:


Role details:
Amazon Dev Centre SouthAfrica, located in Capetown, is a vibrant, global, fast moving, customer centric organization.Amazon Dev Centre South Africa is home to a number of Amazon business teams including CustomerService, Seller Services and Amazon Web Services. We are currently seeking a HR Manager to act as astrategic business partner for the Seller Support team and to implement HR best practices in anexcellence focused, dynamic Business to Business support environment.

If you thrive in achallenging and fast-paced environment, this is the place for you. The person in this role must beable to work independently, take a hands-on approach, and interface effectively with professionalsat all levels. You'll need excellent communication and professional interpersonal skills and theability to function in an innovative environment. You'll need strong analytic skills and the abilityto translate your clients business plans and goals into the human resource strategy needed toachieve results.

Amazon is seeking an exceptional talented, innovative, extremely hands-on,customer-obsessed HR professional with a passion for establishing and developing first-class HRstrategies to join our highly professional HR Department.

Key Responsibilities:
Ensure outstanding customer focus by delivering value-add, best inclass HR support to internal customer groups in Capetown.
- Manage the onsite HR team providingcareer development and performance management support.
Act as a consultant to your clientgroups and provide input on the HR implications of strategic and operational decisions and plans
Maintain a strong focus on employee relations, performance management, engagement and retentionactivities, including an understanding of compensation and benefits
Support line managers bydriving a performance culture through coaching, facilitating talent assessments and successionplanning meetings
Provide valuable input and expertise to your client groups in terms of SouthAfrican labour law, policies and practices
Support the delivery of appropriate training anddevelopment programs
Ensure consistency of application of our HR policies and procedures
Deliver on business-critical HR related projects across EU and Global networks
Ensure alignmentof HR related programs by partnering with peers and colleagues both within the Capetown site as wellas across the EMEA and Global locations.
Implement HR process improvement initiatives
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Amazon Dev Centre South Africa, located inCapetown, is a vibrant, global, fast moving, customer centric organization. Amazon Dev Centre SouthAfrica is home to a number of Amazon business teams including Customer Service, Seller Services andAmazon Web Services. We are currently seeking a HR Manager to act as a strategic business partnerfor the Seller Support team and to implement HR best practices in an excellence focused, dynamicBusiness to Business support environment.

If you thrive in a challenging and fast-pacedenvironment, this is the place for you. The person in this role must be able to work independently,take a hands-on approach, and interface effectively with professionals at all levels. You'll needexcellent communication and professional interpersonal skills and the ability to function in aninnovative environment. You'll need strong analytic skills and the ability to translate your clientsbusiness plans and goals into the human resource strategy needed to achieve results.

Amazonis seeking an exceptional talented, innovative, extremely hands-on, customer-obsessed HRprofessional with a passion for establishing and developing first-class HR strategies to join ourhighly professional HR Department.

Key Responsibilities:

Ensure outstandingcustomer focus by delivering value-add, best in class HR support to internal customer groups inCapetown.
- Manage the onsite HR team providing career development and performance managementsupport.
Act as a consultant to your client groups and provide input on the HR implications ofstrategic and operational decisions and plans
Maintain a strong focus on employee relations,performance management, engagement and retention activities, including an understanding ofcompensation and benefits
Support line managers by driving a performance culture throughcoaching, facilitating talent assessments and succession planning meetings
Provide valuableinput and expertise to your client groups in terms of South African labour law, policies andpractices
Support the delivery of appropriate training and development programs
Ensureconsistency of application of our HR policies and procedures
Deliver on business-critical HRrelated projects across EU and Global networks
Ensure alignment of HR related programs bypartnering with peers and colleagues both within the Capetown site as well as across the EMEA andGlobal locations.
Implement HR process improvement initiatives


Successfulcandidates will demonstrate:

The ability to understand business goals and recommend newapproaches, policies and procedures to effect continual improvements in business objectives,productivity and development of Commercial HR within the company
A true hands-on approach aswell as the ability to successfully monitor the pulse of the employee and corporate group to ensurea high level of employee engagement
Proven knowledge and practical application of South AfricanHR practices and employment laws
Experience with rapid and complex changing workenvironment
Coaching and mentoring experience at management level
Success in creating anddriving effective development, employee relations, retention and reward programs
Will be anenthusiastic team player with a strong drive to create a positive work environment
For us, theCulture fit is non-negotiable you will have high energy and flexibility, fantastic communicationskills and huge amounts of drive
You will be comfortable with high volume workload and not beafraid to roll up your sleeves
You will have a strong solution focus approach and will becomfortable working in an environment which demands strong deliverables.
-Ability to identifyproblems and drive appropriate solutions
Strong internal and external customer servicefocus
Ability to develop strong working relations
Talent to manage multiple prioritiessimultaneously orientated on results while retaining all information
Bias for action, strongwork ethic, and desire to achieve excellence
Must be able to interface at all levels of theorganization
Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills

- Experience ofoperating at a Senior HR BP / HR Manager level with demonstrated success in meeting exceptionallyhigh standards in a high volume, fast-paced, hands-on environment
- Bachelors degree in businessadministration, Human Resources or related field is required
- Proficiency in Excel is arequirement
- English Fluency (written and spoken) is a requirement


Fluency inGerman would be desirable but not required



 
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