HR Business Partner - IKEA

Job description / Role

HR Business Partner - IKEA - Dubai Festival City

As part of the human resources team you will be responsible for acting as a trusted advisor on all human capital management matters. You will ensure a keen understanding of the business so as to implement HR strategies and practices that support robust business growth and reinforce a culture of performance focus and diversity.

You will arrange for new employees to be properly inducted into the business and given support in order to become productive as quickly as possible. Through supporting and advising line managers you will educate them to create a culture of employee engagement within the vision, mission and values of IKEA.

Core
- To translate the brand plan and business requirements in to a plan for the business
- To provide effective business cases for the resolution of identified issues to be presented to the Business Head / HR Director
- To act as a strategic partner with the business in advising, coaching and mentoring management and the HR team on people related issues
- To support and facilitate the implementation of business structure reorganisation and consolidation to deliver efficiencies
- Have an understanding of the business, in particular the sources of profit and the cost base to support with the implementation of HR strategies and practices

Attract
- To translate the annual brand plan for human capital and develop it into an annual plan for the business, working with Talent Acquisition to achieve the objectives
- To play a key role in the setting up of a new business/department within the brand

Engage
- To manage the Employee Engagement survey for the business, ensuring all impact plans have been submitted and implemented in the business
- To reward top performers with the tools and policies provided by Group HR
- To manage Employee Relations issues within the business, supporting line managers to create a culture of employee engagement based upon Al-Futtaim values

Develop
- Plays an integral role in the Talent Review processes, challenging and providing input to their line managers decisions
- To provide input into the Business Learning Needs Analysis for the business to support the accomplishments of key business metrics

Retain
- To ensure that compliance of HR policy is maintained to review and strengthen business internal controls and procedures
- To ensure compliance on DOA and provide leadership on process and governance
- To conduct annual salary adjustment and bonus reviews across the business, ensuring alignment to the Brand
- To translate the Nationalisation plan for the Brand and develop it into an action plan for the business

Enablers
- To contribute to Brand wide projects outside of the business
- To conduct the annual manpower and budgeting exercise accurately and efficiently. Create, obtain approval for and manage the HR department budget

Requirements

Minimum Experience: HR Generalist Experience. Previous experience as a HR Business Partner.

About the Company

Established in the 1930's, the Al-Futtaim Group initially operated as a trading enterprise. Rapid development throughout the 1940's and 50's saw it establish itself regionally as an integrated commercial, industrial and services organisation, positioning itself one of the leading business houses in the lower Gulf region. Today, it operates collectively over 40 companies bearing the Al-Futtaim name, dominates many market segments in the UAE, and has expanded its sphere of operation to include Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Egypt.

The Group comprises a diverse range of strategically positioned operating subsidiaries and associate companies, structured to give the Al-Futtaim Group the flexibility and versatility to keep ahead of local competition while keeping pace with the ever-evolving global business scenario. The Groups continued investment in world-class systems technology is clear evidence of its commitment to maintain leading edge performance and service delivery.

The success of the Al-Futtaim Group can be attributed to a business approach that combines the ability to change with the traditional values of integrity, service and social responsibility that define its core business philosophy. This, linked with the Groups belief in decentralisation, gives the heads of the operating companies a high degree of functional autonomy and authority, providing the Group with essential flexibility, and individual employees a clearly defined work culture and sense of responsibility.