HR Business Partner North Africa

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Position Title  

HRBP North Africa 

Reports to 

HR Director  

Main purpose: 

Be a trusted partner helping to shape culture across North Africa countries (Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco & Libya), support the business strategies and find and develop the talent necessary to make a remarkable impact on AbbVie and patients in North Africa. 

Fully develop our employees’ skills to leverage AbbVie’s diversity of opinions, cultures, and experiences in all what we do. Leverage best-in-class HR practices to continually construct, deliver and support programs that establish AbbVie as an employer of choice while empowering all employees at all levels of the organization. 

 

Main Responsibilities 

• Partners with line management to provide a wide range of HR Support on employee requests (recruitment, retention, compensation, performance management & development) in coordination with our HR Centers of Excellence;  

• Partners with employees to provide a wide range of HR Support on their requests (payroll, admin…)  

• Serves as a partner to the business, implementing HR strategies, and providing HR solutions; 

• Provides day-to-day performance management guidance to line management (e.g., coaching, counseling, career development, disciplinary actions); 

• Support people development initiatives across NA such mentoring, Training Plan, STA’s… from the definition to implementation 

• Responsible for driving affiliate and functional wide projects to deliver on the HR strategic initiatives 

• Responsible for ensuring the effective “delivery” of all HR programs and services.  Responsible for HR results in the business, including client satisfaction, HR effectiveness, and associated financial results; 

• Trains and educates all employees on the effective use of HR tools and systems; 

• Establishes, builds, and maintains strong relationships with key HR partners from all Centers of Excellence and Service Centers to ensure elements of HR are successfully coordinated to meet business needs; includes relationship management, leadership, HR roles & responsibilities, and service delivery commitments; 

• Implement, develop a range of internal communication activities and initiatives to support management & employees; 

• Develops proposals and recommendations to resolve important issues affecting the business; 

• Serves as an extended member of brand teams to understand business needs and challenges; 

• Serves as an active member of the Culture team, identifying opportunities to improve our culture and employee engagement. 

• Identifies opportunities to simplify HR Policies & Procedures in line with the HR Strategy. 

• Manages HR onboarding and orientation for new employees.  

• Monitors employee turnover and proposes recommendations to improve retention and engagement. 

• Ensures compliance with all NA local country laws, regulations, policies, and practices. 

• Support EHS (Environment, Hygiene & Security) activities implementation in NA in compliance with laws & regulations and AbbVie standards.  

 

 

 

• Bachelor’s degree 

• 5 to 7 years of human resources experience, preferably in a business partner capacity 

• Must be able to work independently with strong result focus. 

• Must have excellent analytical and communication skills including written and verbal. 

• Demonstrated success in workforce planning, performance, and talent management. 

• Working knowledge of local labor laws of Egypt, Algeria and Tunisia 

• Significant breadth of understanding of functional HR roles and responsibilities and impact on the business. 

• Project Management experience is a plus.  

• Fluent in English, French will be a plus for the role. 

 

Internal Stakeholders: 

 

In NA: All employees and GM, ALT, finance, CeX, countries coordinators, culture team, WLA team, brand teams… 

Outside affiliate: Regional/ Area team, HR center of excellence, service centers, Talent Acquisition team, EHS Manager  

 

External Stakeholders:  

Legal advisor, Tax advisor, insurance companies, third party providers … 

 

Travel: 

 

This role requires approximately 20% travel  

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