Associate HR Business Partner

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare with leading businesses and products in diagnostics medical devices nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

At Abbott you can do work that matters grow and learn care for yourself and family be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to:

Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity working mothers female executives and scientists.

We enable our businesses to thrive by providing strategic support and expertise across people operations and organizational effectiveness. Our HR team partners closely with leaders to build high-performing inclusive workplaces that drive business success.

We are looking for an experienced Associate HR Business Partner to join our team in South Africa. This role is responsible for providing end-to-end HR partnership and guidance across multiple business units ensuring people strategies align with business objectives while fostering a positive and compliant workplace culture.

You will serve as a trusted advisor to leaders and employees driving employee relations performance management organizational development compliance and employee engagement initiatives.

• Partner with managers and employees on a wide range of HR and employee relations matters.
• Conduct investigations into disciplinary grievance misconduct and harassment cases.
• Facilitate disciplinary incapacity and dispute resolution processes.
• Coach leaders on performance management development planning and talent initiatives.
• Support succession planning and organizational development activities.
• Provide guidance on compensation benefits remuneration practices and salary review processes.
• Ensure compliance with labour legislation company policies and HR governance requirements.
• Support Employment Equity Skills Development and regulatory reporting processes.
• Drive employee engagement wellbeing culture-building and change management initiatives.
• Maintain accurate employee records and leverage HR systems such as Workday to support business decision-making.

• Bachelors degree in human resources Industrial Psychology Business Administration Labour Relations or a related field.
• 5 to 8 years of progressive Human Resources experience.
• Strong employee relations and labour law experience.
• Experience supporting multiple business units and stakeholders.
• Exposure to performance management and organizational development.
• Experience working with HRIS platforms such as Workday.
• Strong understanding of South African labour legislation including: Labour Relations Act (LRA) Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) Employment Equity Act (EEA) Skills Development Act POPIA requirements

• Professional HR certification such as SABPP IPM SHRM CIPD or equivalent.

• Strong business acumen and sound HR judgement.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Strong communication and coaching capabilities.
• Experience in employee relations and dispute resolution.
• Ability to balance operational delivery with strategic HR partnership.
• High levels of integrity confidentiality adaptability and resilience.
• A passion for creating engaging inclusive and high-performing workplace cultures.

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In specific locations the pay range may vary from the range posted.