Country Lead People & Culture Commercial (m/f)

Job Description Coca-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA) presents an exciting opportunity for an Country Lead People & Culture Commercial to join the CCBA Team.

CCBA is the eighth largest Coca-Cola authorized bottler in the world by revenue, and the largest on the continent. It accounts for over 40% of all Coca-Cola ready-to-drink beverages sold in Africa by volume. With over 14,000 employees in Africa, CCBA group services more than 800,000 customers with a host of international and local brands. CCBA group operates in 14 countries: South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Botswana, Zambia, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi and the islands of Comoros and Mayotte.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Business Partnership, Leadership, and Governance

• HR Strategy Implementation: Oversee and tailor the HR strategy to meet current and future needs.
• Governance and Compliance: Ensure adherence to labor laws and educate leaders on local practices.

Accelerating Talent

• Talent Development: Implement strategies to align with People & Culture and business objectives.
• Data-Driven Talent Acquisition: Use analytics to address talent challenges and build a skilled pipeline.
• Leadership Support: Anticipate future talent needs and localize sourcing strategies.
• Internal Talent Growth: Identify and develop high-potential employees for rapid growth and succession planning.

Cost Ownership

• Financial Accountability: Partner with Line to streamline operations and reduce labor costs.
• Reward Strategy Alignment: Maintain financial governance and ensure equitable reward practices.

Organizational Design for Growth

• Efficiency Optimization: Drive initiatives to optimize spans of control and management ratios.
• Change Management: Lead localization of change efforts and build change capability in leaders and employees.
• Team Effectiveness: Harness team strengths to develop capabilities for organizational objectives.

High-Performance Culture and Transformation

• High-Performance Mindset: Promote a culture of excellence across functions.
• Learning and Development Integration: Align initiatives with business strategies for continuous improvement.
• Employer Relations Support: Provide on-the-ground support to ensure a positive ER climate.
• Employee Engagement: Champion health, wellbeing, diversity, and inclusion programs.

Include Employee Relations

• Legal Compliance: Ensure full adherence to local labor laws and union agreements to reduce legal exposure and penalties.
• Dispute & Grievance Resolution: Resolve labor disputes and grievances promptly within legal frameworks to minimize business disruption.
• Disciplinary Management: Apply fair, consistent, and legally compliant disciplinary processes to uphold workplace standards and reduce risk.
• Union Relations: Build and maintain constructive relationships with unions to prevent industrial action and support a stable work environment.
• Complaint Resolution: Address labor complaints to maintain employee satisfaction and reduce workplace conflict

Skills, Experience & Education

Skills:

• Strategic Leadership: anticipating business trends to formulate aligned, forward-looking strategies.
• Operational Agility: to fostering alignment and communication across diverse organizational layers.
• Talent Management Expertise: crafting adaptable talent strategies and addressing skill gaps.
• Change and Digital Leadership: steering digital transitions and organizational change.
• Business Acumen: merging P&C strategies with business objectives for operational growth.
• Culture Transformation: driving and embedding cultural shifts for enhanced collaboration.
• D&I Champion: developing and implementing diversity and inclusion strategies.
• Employment Law Expertise: Extensive knowledge of employment laws
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Analytical skills for strategic decision-making based on data insights.
• Organizational Architect: designing structures for organizational flexibility and growth.
• Leadership Excellence: Demonstrates exceptional skills in motivating, guiding, and inspiring teams.
• Data & Analytics: Demonstrate capable analytical ability, data accuracy stewardship and deductive reasoning in translating analytics into meaningful insights and tactical actions.

Experience:

• Summary: 10 years of HR leadership experience in both operational and corporate settings, this role demands expertise in developing and implementing P&C strategies and talent acquisition across functions/regions.
• Degree in Business Management, Human Resource Management and other relevant areas.
• Must have a proven track record of leading change, leveraging digital advancements, and enhancing organizational practices.
• Key experiences include aligning P&C with local business needs, driving cultural shifts, and advancing Diversity & Inclusion.
• Experience managing the full P&C function in large markets, overseeing budgets, planning resources, and guiding organizational change critical.

Closing Date – 14/03/2026

Marcado como: Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa