HRBP Africa

Noatum

Key Responsibilities

1. HR Leadership
   • Act as a trusted advisor to the Regional Managing Director and Africa Leadership Team.
   • Develop and execute a regional HR strategy aligned with global People & Culture frameworks and business objectives.
   • Lead organizational design supporting product vertical growth and country expansion.
   • Support major business transformation programs (digitalization, automation, operational excellence).
   • Drive workforce planning in alignment with the commercial pipeline.
2. Talent Management & Leadership Development
   • Partner with the NL Talent team to build succession pipelines for critical leadership roles.
   • Ensure performance management rigor and alignment to operational and financial KPIs.
   • Develop leadership capability programs specific to logistics, freight forwarding, and project cargo environments.
   • Implement talent acquisition strategies for high growth markets and specialized verticals.
   • Strengthen onboarding and retention frameworks across competitive African markets.
3. Organizational Effectiveness & Change Management
   • Support restructuring initiatives aligned with growth and margin improvement objectives.
   • Play a key role in M&A processes due diligence, cultural assessment, workforce integration, and policy harmonization.
   • Lead change management initiatives during systems rollouts and process transformations.
   • Standardize HR practices while respecting local regulatory and cultural nuances.
4. Employee Relations & Governance
   • Ensure compliance with local labour laws in all African operating countries.
   • Proactively mitigate employee relations risks in warehouse, transport, and project logistics environments.
   • Oversee investigations, disciplinary actions, and grievance procedures.
   • Uphold ethical and compliance standards aligned with ADPG and Noatum policies.
   • Collaborate closely with Legal and Compliance on regulatory and statutory matters.
5. Compensation, Rewards & Cost Management
   • Oversee competitive and equitable compensation structures.
   • Drive workforce cost optimization and monitor manpower cost development.
   • Support incentive design tied to operational and commercial performance.
6. HR Operations & Systems
   • Ensure accurate and timely payroll governance across multiple jurisdictions.
   • Promote data integrity and reporting accuracy within HR systems.
   • Support the rollout and adoption of global HRIS platforms.
   • Develop and maintain HR dashboards and analytics for informed decision making.
7. Culture & Engagement
   • Lead employee engagement initiatives across diverse cultural environments.
   • Promote a performance-driven, customer centric culture aligned with global values.
   • Support Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiatives tailored to African markets.
8. Strategic Contribution
   • Contribute to the evolution of Noatum s global People Strategy.
   • Partner with Regional HR and business leaders to drive group-wide people programs.