Human Resources Business Partner
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Job Summary
In partnership with our client we are seeking an HR Business Partner to be the strategic force behind the peoples agenda at a fast-growing consumer brand based in Nigeria. Working closely with the CEO and leadership team you will own the people operating system that drives performance accountability and organisational discipline across the business. This is not an HR operations role. It is a seat at the leadership table where your decisions shape how the company scales who leads it and how well it performs. If you are a high-ownership HR leader who thrives at the intersection of strategy and execution we want to meet you.
Who are we looking for
- You are a seasoned HR professional with 7 to 10 or more years of experience operating as a true HR Business Partner in high-performance fast-scaling environments.
- You are a strategic thinker who can connect people decisions to business outcomes and you bring the execution discipline to turn strategy into action without losing momentum.
- You are deeply experienced in performance management organisational design and talent governance and you understand what it takes to build and sustain a high-accountability culture across teams and markets.
- You are comfortable working directly with senior leadership advising on complex people matters coaching leaders and influencing decisions at the highest level.
- You are familiar with the dynamics of B2C and commercially-driven organisations and you bring a strong commercial mindset to everything you do in the people space.
- You are highly structured and process-driven with a track record of bringing clarity consistency and discipline to organisations that are growing quickly and need strong people foundations.
- You are comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving structure where none exists with a high ownership mentality and a bias for action.
Your Responsibilities
Organisational Design and amp; Workforce Planning
- You will own and maintain the company-wide accountability chart ensuring roles responsibilities and reporting lines are always clear and aligned to business priorities.
- You will align team structures to revenue targets and growth plans approving new roles before hiring begins to maintain discipline and prevent unnecessary headcount growth.
- You will drive succession planning and leadership bench strength ensuring the organisation is always building the next generation of capable leaders.
Recruitment and amp; Talent Quality
- You will lead hiring for senior and critical roles across markets partnering with department heads to define roles and success profiles with precision.
- You will ensure that structured competency-based interview frameworks are used consistently maintaining a high quality bar that is aligned to the companys performance standards.
- You will approve job descriptions and ensure role clarity before any hiring process begins.
Performance Management and amp; Accountability
- You will own and enforce company-wide performance management cycles ensuring they are applied consistently and effectively across all teams and markets.
- You will support managers and employees in applying the performance framework analyse outcomes to identify capability gaps and drive development initiatives linked to those insights.
- You will ensure consistent performance standards are maintained across the organisation regardless of market or function.
Leadership Partnership
- You will act as a strategic advisor to Heads of Department coaching leaders on structure performance issues and capability development.
- You will strengthen leadership effectiveness and decision-making across the business ensuring that people strategy is always tightly aligned to commercial and operational priorities.
Compensation and amp; Talent Governance
- You will own the implementation of salary grading and compensation frameworks ensuring internal equity structured progression and pay discipline aligned to company budgets.
- You will oversee salary and bonus decisions to ensure consistency and fairness with all compensation outcomes tied to performance and grading.
Employee Relations and amp; Organisational Health
- You will advise managers on employee relations and performance conversations leading the resolution of complex and sensitive people matters with professionalism and fairness.
- You will oversee PIPs and performance exits with discipline ensure consistent application of policies and governance standards and surface organisational risks before they become problems.
Culture and amp; Engagement
- You will own employee engagement measurement including eNPS developing and driving action plans linked to engagement outcomes.
- You will strengthen manager effectiveness and team health across the business reinforcing a high-performance accountable culture that the company can build on as it scales.
What Success looks like
- A clear well-structured accountability chart that is always up to date and aligned to the companys growth trajectory.
- A high-quality talent pipeline with structured hiring processes and consistent competency-based assessments across all critical roles.
- A fully embedded performance management cycle that is applied consistently across markets with clear outcomes and development actions linked to every review.
- A compensation framework that is fair structured and consistently enforced with pay decisions that reflect performance and grading at all times.
- A measurable improvement in employee engagement scores supported by clear action plans and visible progress against identified gaps.
- A leadership team that is stronger more effective and better equipped to manage performance and build high-functioning teams as a direct result of your partnership and coaching.
To be considered for this role you should have
- 7 to 10 or more years of HR experience with a track record of operating as a true HR Business Partner rather than in a purely operational capacity.
- Experience supporting scaling organisations across multiple markets ideally in B2C or commercially driven environments.
- Strong expertise in performance management organisational design compensation frameworks and talent governance.
- Demonstrated ability to partner with and influence senior leadership on complex people and organisational decisions.
- Strong strategic thinking capabilities with familiarity in structured strategic processes. Experience in strategic consulting is a strong advantage.
- High ownership mentality strong execution discipline and the ability to drive structure in ambiguous environments.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to handle sensitive matters with discretion and professionalism.
Challenges you may face in this role
- Balancing the demands of strategic people planning with the day-to-day realities of a fast-scaling business where priorities can shift quickly.
- Driving consistent performance standards and governance across multiple markets with different dynamics team cultures and maturity levels.
- Influencing and aligning a leadership team around people decisions that may be uncomfortable or difficult including performance exits and structural changes.
- Building robust people systems and processes in a high-growth environment where speed and scale can sometimes work against structure and discipline.
- Managing the complexity of compensation equity and talent governance across markets while maintaining the agility the business needs to keep moving.
The Goodies
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- A high-impact strategic role at the heart of a fast-scaling consumer brand with genuine ambition and momentum.
- Direct access to and partnership with the CEO and leadership team where your voice matters and your decisions shape the direction of the organisation.
- Opportunity for professional growth and development within a dynamic commercially driven environment that takes people seriously as a business driver.
