People and Culture Manager: Enabling Functions

SUMMARY:
Our client – a leading global FMCG brand in their category, are looking for a highly skilled professional People and Culture Manager (Enabling Functions) to join their dynamic team. Their priority is to attract, support and keep with them diverse and unique individuals.

POSITION INFO:

PEOPLE AND CULTURE MANAGER – ENABLING FUNCTIONS (CAPE TOWN)

Job Title

People and Culture Manager (Enabling Functions)

Industry

FMCG

Contract Type

Permanent

Location

Cape Town

Salary

R1,8 Million CTC Per Annum

The client has chosen to do something incredible. They’re totally transforming our business and building our future on one clear purpose – to deliver a smoke-free future.

With huge change, comes huge opportunity. So, wherever you join them, you’ll enjoy the freedom to dream up and deliver better, brighter solutions and the space to move your career forward in endlessly different directions.

The scale of their transformation means they’re effectively building a vast new business, at pace. In P&C (People & Culture - our HR function), they have a huge part to play, defining and shaping our new customer-focused culture, organising functions to work more effectively together and attracting the best talent with new types of skills to join them.

It’s an exciting, ever-changing environment – ideal for HR subject experts who are driven, disruptive and dynamic. If you’re comfortable with ambiguity and excited by the challenge of shaping things from the ground up, you’ll be in your element there. There’s endless space to develop too, so you’ll be progressing your career as fast as you build our smoke-free future.

Are you a strategic HR leader with strong labour relations expertise? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, high-performance environment? If so, this opportunity could be for you.

They’re looking for a top-tier HR Business Partner to play a meaningful role in crafting people strategy. In line with the affiliate P&C and organisation development strategies and together with the Director P&C and the Functional Management Team you will plan, develop, deploy and manage P&C products, practices and solutions that follow business strategy and strengthen organisation culture in the Function (s). While also taking full ownership of labour relations disputes across the entire organisation.

The ideal candidate will bring deep HR Generalist expertise in FMCG or pharmaceutical markets, solid knowledge of South African labour laws, and a passion for driving people and business performance.

YOUR ‘DAY TO DAY’

• Talent & Performance Management: Implement and drive performance management, talent development, and workforce planning to build high-performing teams
• Labour Relations & Dispute Management: Represent the company at CCMA hearings, advise on disciplinary cases, and support compliance with labour laws
• Change Management & Employee Engagement: Lead organizational change initiatives, enhance employee engagement, and facilitate key communication platforms
• Compensation & Benefits: Ensure best practices in reward strategies to attract and retain top talent
• Diversity & Inclusion: Support Employment and Skills Development initiatives to cultivate an inclusive work environment
• Resourcing & Employer Branding: Collaborate with Talent Acquisition to ensure effective hiring strategies aligned with business need

MINIMUM ROLE REQUIREMENTS:

• A relevant HR or Business degree
• 10+ years of HR experience, including at least 5 years in HR management or as a Senior Business Partner
• 5+ years of hands-on Labour Relations experience, including collective bargaining, contract negotiations, and dispute resolution
• Strong FMCG or pharmaceutical demonstrable experience is advantageous
• Solid knowledge of South African labour legislation
• Ability to work autonomously and make strategic decisions
• Excellent influencing, facilitation, and presentation skills
• Please note that this position is Cape town based, and relocation assistance is available to SA citizens within South Africa only

WHAT THEY OFFER:

• The opportunity to work in a very fast-paced, dynamic environment
• A culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous growth
• Career development within a global business
• The chance to make a tangible impact in a key strategic role