HR Business Partner | Automotive | Dubai

Company: Al-Futtaim –

WebSite: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Job Description:**Job Requisition ID: 173924**

Established in the 1930s, Al-Futtaim Group is a diversified and progressive, privately held regional conglomerate headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Organized into five operating divisions – automotive, financial services, real estate, retail, and healthcare – the Group employs over 35,000 individuals across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. Al-Futtaim Group maintains partnerships with over 200 globally recognized and innovative brands. Through its entrepreneurial spirit and unwavering commitment to customer satisfaction, the organization continues to expand and adapt to the evolving needs of its clientele within the communities it serves. Guided by the core values of respect, excellence, collaboration, and integrity, Al-Futtaim Group strives to enrich the lives and aspirations of its customers daily.

**Role Overview**

The incumbent will serve as a trusted advisor to management on all human capital matters, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the business to facilitate the implementation of HR strategies and practices that foster robust business growth, reinforce a performance-focused, meritocratic, and diverse culture, and ensure compliance with Group HR policies.

**Key Responsibilities**

* In collaboration with the Senior HR Business Partner, translate the business strategy into actionable annual plans, driving improvements that are critical to achieving a competitive advantage.
* Cultivate and sustain a continuous improvement environment within the HR function.
* Oversee the effective onboarding and integration of new employees, providing necessary support to ensure rapid productivity.
* Facilitate Talent Reviews and implement succession planning and retention strategies for key personnel.
* Develop and execute learning and development programs that equip employees with essential skills.
* Coach managers and formulate and implement performance management plans to enhance performance or facilitate organizational exits.
* Play a pivotal role in disseminating organizational communications and monitoring feedback within designated functional areas.
* Support the execution of the HR strategy by identifying training and development requirements for each functional area and collaborate with the Learning & Development Manager to ensure appropriate program delivery.
* Identify and address the development and training needs of key and high-potential staff.
* Manage employee relations issues within the business units.
* Support line managers in fostering a culture of employee engagement aligned with the Group’s values.
* Consistently reinforce a culture of performance focus and diversity.
* Serve as an advisor to line managers, providing guidance to minimize risk.
* Ensure compliance with local laws and Group policies throughout the employee lifecycle.
* Communicate and implement changes to HR policies and procedures.
* Ensure the proper application of disciplinary procedures before any employee termination.
* Act as a trusted business partner and coach to managers.
* Consult with and support line managers across the Group, ensuring their engagement in all initiatives.
* Focus on measuring employee engagement and implementing necessary actions based on feedback results.
* Serve as a change agent and facilitate organizational transitions.
* Actively participate in assessing manpower planning requirements, preparing and reviewing manpower budgets and forecasts.
* Ensure the accurate and efficient execution of the annual manpower budgeting exercise.
* Assess and analyze business needs prior to initiating recruitment, gathering information regarding job specifications, purpose, departmental efficiencies, required outputs, and alignment with organizational objectives.
* Support line managers in the design of job profiles, technical assessments, and interview questionnaires.
* Conduct competency-based panel interviews with line managers.
* Ensure adherence to HR policies, review and enhance business internal controls and procedures, ensure compliance with Delegation of Authority (DOA), and provide leadership on process and governance.
* Ensure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and other requirements.
* Maintain a focus on localization efforts and reinforce and achieve diversification goals.

**Required Skills**

* Competitive and results-oriented
* Leadership and development skills
* Strong interpersonal and problem-solving abilities
* Cultural awareness and teamwork capabilities

**Qualifications**

* Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Psychology, or Business Management.
* Minimum of 5 years of experience as an HR Generalist or HR Business Partner in a large multinational organization.
* CIPD qualification (desirable).

**About Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate**

Al-Futtaim Group Real Estate, the real estate development and operations division of Al-Futtaim, manages a multi-billion-dollar portfolio across the MENA region. With a focus on high-quality residential, business, retail, tourism, educational, and healthcare developments, the master developer addresses the diverse needs of cities and communities. AFGRE is responsible for master planning of all projects in its portfolio, including two large scale mixed use destinations: Dubai Festival City and Cairo Festival City.

**About Al-Futtaim Malls**

Al-Futtaim Malls offers development and asset management expertise, specializing in building retail-led super regional malls in prime locations across MENA and beyond. Al-Futtaim Malls delivers exceptional experiences and exciting shopping environments for customers. Malls under the Al-Futtaim Malls portfolio include Dubai Festival City Mall and Festival Plaza in the UAE, Cairo Festival City Mall in Egypt, Doha Festival City in Qatar and Zenata Mall, Morocco.

**About Al-Futtaim Engineering & Technologies**

Al-Futtaim Engineering & Technologies provides complete engineering and systems integration solutions. The Engineering arm operates in the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The Technologies division provides complete business solutions to large, medium and small customers. These solutions are further complemented by services that include project management, installation, testing, commissioning and after-sales maintenance contracts.

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