Current Openings at British American Tobacco (BAT)

ROLE SUMMARY

• What are the key objectives and expectations from this role?
• The role of this purpose is to:
• Drive the delivery of the HR-Business aligned focus areas - attracting the best, investing in leaders, leadership for change & empowering the organisation.
• Facilitate the provision of effective and efficient HR tools, systems, processes & policies whilst ensuring an adequate level of their understanding by employees.
• Lead and facilitate change, based on initiatives arising from business transformations whilst supporting the business with embedding the desired culture: energised collaborative & agile.
• Provide professional advice and support to relevant business managers ensuring appropriate people management solutions are delivered.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Business operations
• Deliver the HR-business aligned areas of focus within the operations function – attracting the best, investing in leaders, leadership for change – Change management, empowering the organisation.
• Contribute to business planning activities for the function, identifying and directing HR priorities, ensuring relevant interventions are planned and executed.
• Develop and drive the implementation of HR Commercial strategy within the wider HR agenda.
• Drive implementation of Integrated work systems HR Driven pillars (Organization, Leadership & Education)
• Drive specific projects identified as priorities from the HR strategy in order to improve business and organisational performance.
• Enhance an optimal business partnership & stakeholder management between Line Managers and HR, ensuring an integrated business approach.
• Employee Relations
• Deliver and provide guidance on all people decisions, in order to enhance team performance, motivation & embed the energised, collaborative & agile culture.
• Lead and facilitate change and change management interventions timely and with minimal disruptions to business operations.
• Implement leadership development interventions to ensure that all employees are fully conversant with leadership capabilities and operating at the right passages.
• Ensures that the relationship between BAT and employees is managed appropriately with a clear and transparent framework underpinned by compliant organisation policies and practices.
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Continuously engage with the relevant stakeholders to secure their cooperation and support in the realisation of business objectives.
• Lead in ensuring that line managers are trained and refreshed on internal policies & processes related to disciplinary & grievance handling.
• Build & maintain working relationships with key partners - HR specialist services (Reward, Organisational Effectiveness & Talent] and HR transactional shared services to ensure a high level of service excellence and support for the Operations function.
• Develop strong networks with HR Business Partners for Operations within the East & Southern Africa Area & across the Region to leverage on synergies, borrow & share best practises and eliminate any duplication of efforts.
• Ensure consistent and regular benchmarking with comparator companies.

EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE

ESSENTIAL

• General skills required
• Learning agility, ability to work with minimal supervision and delivery within tight timelines.
• Highly analytical & organised, structured in approach, ambitious, courageous and resilient.
• Ability to manage pressure and coping with a changing environment.
• Strong influencing, communication & stakeholder management capabilities.
• Ability to develop strong networks at all levels of the organisation as well as externally with the relevant stakeholders.

Functional skills required

• An understanding of key business challenges and an ability to identify opportunities where the HR function can make a difference.
• Strong understanding of HR practices within other benchmark/comparator companies and ability to implement key learnings.
• Ability to leverage the understanding of the business to provide HR solutions and services that are integrated with the goals of the business strategy.

Education / Qualifications / Experience Required

• Degree holder in any business field within HR post qualification – candidates from other disciplines with relevant experience are encouraged to apply.
• At least 8 years’ working experience, out of which 3 years have been at managerial level within an FMCG or busy environment.
• Industrial and Employee Relations experience, sound knowledge of employment Laws and Legislation.

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The Maintenance Lead is the Progressive Maintenance systems owner for their line(s) and is ultimately responsible for eliminating maintenance and breakdown related losses at the lowest cost. The Maintenance Lead is responsible for building capability in Operating Teams and Equipment Owners to deliver overall line results supporting the Compelling Business Needs.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Reduce/Eliminate Machine Breakdowns and stops from Machine settings.
• Coordinate periodic preventive maintenance with the central maintenance team to ensure it is executed as planned and the machinery brought back to full production on schedule.
• Ensure machine settings are well done to improve product quality, minimize waste and reduce downtime, hence increasing productivity.
• Perform hands-on coaching for the equipment owners, for the progressive maintenance pillar.
• Build capabilities among the technicians and operators.

What are we looking for?

• Minimum Diploma in mechanical, Electronics or Electrical Engineering.
• 5 years working in a Cigarette factory 3 of which must have worked as a making or packing technician - mandatory.
• Good Understanding of Knowledge of Secondary/QA operations.
• Good Interpersonal skills: Effective communication and influencing skills.
• Leadership skills to assist in job deliveries