Hr Business Partner (industrial)

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About People and Partners Group

People & Partners Group (PPG) is a leading Pan-African executive search and strategic human capital partner, headquartered in Accra, Ghana. We excel in placing C-suite and senior leaders across Africa and beyond, with a 98% retention rate, 15-day completion timeline, access to 100K+ top talents, and 1-year+ free replacement guarantee.Our services include Executive Recruitment, Employer of Record (EOR) and HR Outsourcing, helping international organizations hire, pay, and manage talent compliantly across African markets without setting up local entities, alongside Payroll Management, Compensation Structuring, Performance Management, HR Audit, Salary Surveys, and Corporate Training.We serve multinationals and high-growth businesses, including Fortune 500 companies, across FMCG, Construction, Heavy Industry, Real Estate, Technology, Agriculture, Healthcare, and Manufacturing, expanding into key African markets, the UK, USA, and Middle East.Compliant with global best practices, we co-design agile frameworks to drive your success.

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About Our Client

A leading fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company in Ghana, specializing in the manufacturing, marketing, and distribution of affordable, high-quality food and beverage products. Beyond its massive footprint in Ghana, the company is an active exporter, shipping its products to several neighbouring West African nations

Job Description

Role Overview

The ideal candidate will act as the primary HR partner to the company's industrial operations (Production, Engineering, Quality, Warehousing and Fleet). The HR partner will lead industrial relations, frontline workforce support, discipline, and plant-level capability to maintain seamless operational continuity and industrial peace.

Key Responsibilities

• Manages day-to-day engagement with union representatives and shop stewards, addresses collective issues, and spots and defuses disputes early.
• Supports the Director, Human Resources & Legal in preparing for and conducting negotiations, and in putting agreed terms into effect.
• Applies the collective agreement across operations, ensuring it is interpreted consistently across all shifts and sites.
• Handles casework for the industrial workforce, including investigations, hearings and sanctions, and ensures every process is procedurally fair and defensible.
• Works with operations leadership to plan shift structures, manning levels, and seasonal and contract labour needs.
• Oversees the engagement and management of third-party and contract labour, ensuring compliance with the Labour Act and Company standards.
• Drives development of the industrial workforce through skills matrices, operator competence programmes and supervisory development.
• Tracks attendance, overtime, absence and attrition, and agrees corrective action with the relevant function head.
• Looks after welfare in the operations, including canteen, transport and working conditions, and escalates where investment is needed.
• Provides operations leadership and the Director, Human Resources & Legal with people analytics that include interpretation and recommendations, not just data.
• Provides cover for the Senior Lead, HR Business Partnering (Topline & Support Functions) during absence.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the Director, Human Resources & Legal from time to time.

Requirements

• Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related field.
• Minimum 5+ years’ experience in human resource management or a related discipline.
• CIHRM Ghana, CIPD or SHRM membership is an advantage. A Masters in Human Resource Management or Business Administration is an advantage.
• Strong working knowledge of the Ghana Labour Act, the collective agreement and industrial relations practice
• Proven ability to negotiate with and influence union representatives while protecting company interests
• Understanding of a manufacturing and distribution environment — shift patterns, manning, production and warehouse operations
• Strong case handling skills, including investigation, documentation and disciplinary hearing practice
• Resilience and sound judgement under pressure, with the ability to de-escalate conflict
• Computer literate — MS Word, Spreadsheet, HRMS and reporting tools
• Ability to drive with a valid driver’s license

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