People Partner Manager, WAF

At Maersk, we are on a revolutionary journey to simplify global trade, which will give us the chance to offer a major impact on the world economy, and on your career. We want to be a true integrator of container logistics, connecting and simplifying our customers’ supply chain through global end to end solutions. We count on our diverse people to make it happen. We are proud of our diversity and see it as a genuine source of strength for building high performing teams. 

We are looking for a People Partner Manager. The role location is Ivory Coast, West Africa. The People Partnering team is a truly diverse HR support center where you will work alongside, learn from and build lasting relationships with colleagues from Africa and all over the world. Joining Maersk, you will become part of the global family of the company that moves 20% of global trade everyday all the way, where one of our core values is Our Employees. It goes without saying that we value diversity: we thrive on the diversity of our talent in all its forms, and we see it as a strength in building high-performance teams across brands, cultures and locations. 

Key responsibilities

As we progress on our journey towards establishing a brand-agnostic people partnering model, you will play a key role of leading a team of people partners. You will continue to evolve, and your scope will change from implementation to steady state people partnering to include the below areas of responsibility:

• Lead and Coach the team of people partners
• Spar on building a future ready team fit for purpose
• Partner with the HRBPs on the implementation of the People Strategy
• Build strong relationships with leaders and their teams and be their main point of contact and sparring partner on all people matters
• Drive the local delivery of the annual HR Cycle, including annual performance management, compensation, succession planning and development along with the team
• Resolve employee relations issues, support and advise leaders on HR-related matters & policies
• Stay up to date with local employment law landscape to ensure local compliance
• Act as talent broker encouraging the transfer of individuals from one part of the organisation to another to obtain specific developmental experience
• Work effectively with the entire regional people team on day-to-day delivery of people processes as well as to resolve complex cases
• Have a growth mindset towards future and simplifying employee experience
• Draw people insights from available real-time reports to identify and address opportunities for improvement with leaders and local management
• Deliver trainings and workshops for local leadership teams and various employee populations on different HR topics

Who we are looking for: 

We hope the position sounds as exciting to you as we see it. To succeed in this role, you should genuinely be a people’s person and thrive in an environment where no two days are alike. Your daily job will be to engage with different stakeholders and use your wide breadth of HR knowledge to support leaders on a range of people matters and policies. As for the skillset and experience, we are looking for:

• 10+ years of experience as an HR generalist and solid understanding of HR fundamentals, including recruitment, people performance management, employee engagement, compensation, development, employee relations
• Passionate about the business and partnering with and supporting leaders to deliver on business results
• Advanced knowledge of labour law; experience from working in unionized environments would be beneficial
• Experience from large international organizations and strong ability to build relationships and navigate a complex stakeholder matrix
• Good change management, facilitation, and coaching skills
• Be able to take ownership and act autonomously, while also adopting a collaborative working style, fostering cooperation and teamwork to find solutions
• Flexibility and adaptability to deliver results in a fast-paced environment
• Resilience: the change process, is anything but straightforward; accepting uncertainty and bouncing back from setbacks while keeping your enthusiasm is a tall order, but we need it
• Be self-driven, energetic, and have a ‘can-do’ mindset
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and any regional language (preferred)

If you have been reading so far, we are glad to see you are interested! If you could see yourself in this role, we are very much looking forward to your application.

OUR RECRUITMENT PROCESS:

• Please submit your application in English (if you can)
• If your profile matches job requirements, our recruiter will get in touch to share more about the role and get to know you better
• If successful, you will discuss the role with the Line Manager and his team

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Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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