OD Manager

Job description / Role

- Clarify roles, set performance standards in all departments & functions. And Competency building, organizational development to ensure bench of highly potential talent in a positive and productive work environment
- Ensure the development of yearly manpower plan to strengthen and leverage the organization.
- Develop & execute staffing fundamentals and tools; Defining needs, and interviewing/ selection criteria and on-boarding.
- Facilitate & link the objective setting process to align individual performance with business outcome.
- Conduct training & development needs assessment to develop a yearly training calendar in consistent with business objectives. Secure appropriate training providers.
- Develop, install and maintain a systematized compensation program that provides meaningful salary ranges for all levels of employees. Conduct regular salaries & benefits surveys
- Develop communication/information tools to keep employees informed on relevant changes in Company Policies and local labor legislation issues.
- Develop and execute recognition programs to promote loyalty and morale.
- Define and implement HR policies, and procedures, that ensure consistency with a positive employee relations environment.
- Provides technical expertise and advice to all departments on identifying and solving HR related issues.
- Ensure that all employees personnel files are up-to-date and meet Company requirements and local legal compliance.
- Established and maintain a new employee orientation tool kit.
- Conducting Exit interviews.

Requirements

- Holder of a BA or a B.Sc. from a recognized university. A diploma in HR is preferable.
- At least 6 years experience in the HR field, out of which 3 years in a senior level at FMCG.
- Ability to manage and sustain change.
- Flexible attitude to work with the ability to communicate with people of all levels & diversity.
- Proactive self-starter who is able to work on their own initiative as well as being a team player.
- Excellent command of the English language.
- To be acquainted with different computer programs.
- Age not to exceed 35 years

About the Company

Since its inception in Kuwait back in 1964, Americana Group has grown into one of the largest and most successful corporations in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA). Publicly traded on the Kuwait Stock Exchange (FOOD.KW), Americana Group is managed to world-class corporate standards, with activities spanning 13 countries and a payroll of over 63,000 employees from 21 nationalities.

Americana Groups main lines of business are operating food & beverage outlets, as well as manufacturing food products. With a network of over 1,480 outlets, it is not only the largest operator of restaurant chains in the MENA region, but also one of the most successful franchise operators in the whole world. The Groups network encompasses 12 of the worlds most recognized brands in the Quick Service, Casual Dining and Fine Dining categories, such as KFC, Pizza Hut, Hardees, TGI Fridays, Red Lobster, Olive Garden, LongHorn, Signor Sassi, Costa Coffee, Krispy Kreme and, most recently, The Counter. In addition, Americana Groups thorough understanding of Middle Eastern tastes has led it to create 6 of its own homegrown brands, which have proven to be as successful with consumers as their global counterparts.