Job Opportunity in UAE as a Junior HR Business Partner at Alfuttaim

Alfuttaim offers a job opportunity in UAE as a Junior HR Business Partner. You will act as a trusted advisor to senior line management on all human capital management matters to ensure a keen understanding of the business so as to implement HR strategies and practices that support robust business growth; reinforce a culture of performance focus, meritocracy and diversity; and comply with Group HR policy.

You will be responsible for:

Strategy:

• Create an HR strategy for the business and the annual HR Plan.
• Communicate plans and progress to the HR Function and the Business Units. 
• Create and support a continuous improvement environment for HR activities within the Business Units.
• Ensure new employees are properly inducted into the business and given support to become productive as quickly as possible. 
• Develop and execute a learning and development plan that equips individuals with necessary skills. 
• Formulate and implement performance management plans to improve performance or assist with exit from the organisation.

Training & Development:

• As part of the HR Plan specify training initiatives required to support the business, liaise with Group Training Department to ensure appropriate initiatives are delivered. 
• Ensure training needs of key and high potential staff are identified and delivered. 

Employee Relations:

• Support line managers in creating a culture of employee engagement based upon ‘Al Futtaim Way’ values. 
• Act as an advisor to line managers in order to educate them and minimize risk. 
• Ensure compliance with local law and Group policy throughout the employee lifecycle. 
• Communicate and implement changes to HR policies and procedures. 
• Ensure disciplinary procedure is properly applied before any employee is exited from the business.

Business Partnering:

• Act as a trusted business partner and coach to senior line management. 
• Focus on measuring the employee engagement of the business units and take actions necessary to improve it. 
• Advise, coach and mentor management and HR team on people related issues.

Workforce Optimization:

• Play an advisory role in creating and managing a lean and multi-skilled workforce. 
• Play a key role in communicating organisational messages and monitoring feedback within the business units. 
• Look at business unit productivity and take necessary actions to improve it.

Financial Management:

• Provide line management with regular and financial reporting of employee costs.
• Ensure annual manpower budgeting exercise is conducted accurately and efficiently. 
• Create, obtain approval for and manage HR Department budget.

HR Policy:

• Ensure compliance to HR policy is maintained, to review and strengthen business internal controls and procedures, ensure compliance of DOA and provide leadership on process and governance.
• Ensure compliance with laws, regulations and other requirements. 

You must have:

Minimum Qualifications and Knowledge:

• Human Resource, Psychology or Business Management degree.

Minimum Experience:

• Two years HR Generalist Experience. 

Job-Specific Skills:

• Change and organisational development, management development.
• Analytical skills, financial modeling skills, good communication skills and problem solving skills.
• Strategic thinking skills, solution orientated and team working skills.

About Al-Futtaim:

Al-Futtaim’s family business traces its origins back to the 1930s on the banks of the Dubai Creek, a trailblazer for innovative trading concepts designed to enrich lifestyles. Today, Al-Futtaim is present in 29 countries, represents over 200 companies spanning the automotive, finance, retail, and real estate industries, and it is now 42,000 people strong. Currently spanning the automotive, finance, retail, and real estate industries, Al-Futtaim’s diverse and far-reaching portfolio of brands and companies are ever-present in people’s lives, from the shores of Singapore to the sands of the UAE.

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