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Michelle Du Plessis

HR Professional
Johannesburg

Summary

Strategic and analytical HR professional with a strong foundation in digital people solutions. I have a string interest in storytelling with data and workforce equity. Experience in using tools like Power BI, SQL, and Snowflake to build trusted insights that support compensation decisions and total rewards strategies. I aim to use data to challenge assumptions and influence outcomes. Recognized for delivering high-impact work—such as a global Equal Pay dashboard. Now seeking to grow into a Total Rewards role where I can contribute to building equitable, data-led reward programs that attract, motivate, and retain talent.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages

Work History

Global Superuser

SKF
11.2021 - Current
  • Develop & implement solutions through Sprints in SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central.
  • Provide global support to PX professionals regarding Master Data in the system.
  • Querying data using SQL in Snowflake for anaylis.
  • Developing automations with Power Automate.
  • Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
  • Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement.

HR Business Partner

SKF South Africa (Pty) Ltd
10.2015 - 10.2021
  • Part of the People Service Global Admin Support Team, assigned responsibility to support with Contracts & Letters and Processes & Requests configuration within PeopleDoc for Success Factors. I support with the configuration and unit testing in of these areas.
  • Supported the People Core project team with employee data for the implementation of People Core (Success Factors) in South Africa.
  • People Core - Maintenance of master data in the system. Currently investigating ways to integrate into payroll system to ensure the integrity of data and reduce duplication of work - ongoing project.
  • Contributed in the Process Design Phase of People Processes as the ARIS Mapping Expert.
  • Based at Lincoln Lubrication SA to assist with the integration and alignment of the company into SKF South Africa from October 2015 until we Co-located in March 2020 (275 employees prior to restructure).
  • Support managers with HR related matter - recruitment, discipline, staff development, conflict resolution, compensation and benefits.
  • Ensure the implementation, correct administration and maintenance of HR policies and procedures.
  • Contact: Corle Grobler - Head of HR & BBBEE
  • Corle.grobler@skf.com
  • Maintained confidential nature of employee and company proprietary and privileged information used or observed in course of performing job duties.
  • Worked with managers to achieve compliance with organizational policies, providing clarifying information and recommending necessary changes.

Payroll & HR Officer

SKF South Africa (Pty) Ltd
05.2011 - 10.2015
  • Successfully implemented a new payroll system - VIP Payroll.
  • Full Administration & Management of Sage VIP System (Super user) comprising of 140 employees.
  • Full responsibility of the entire payroll function from processing to reporting.
  • Created custom reports from payroll system with ODBC to MS Excel.
  • Improved efficiencies within the department -by creating Macros in MS Excel which resulted in significant time saving with month end reporting.
  • Paying third parties electronically instead of using outdated cheques.

Personal Assistant (MD & HR)

SKF South Africa (Pty) Ltd
04.2009 - 04.2011

Education

Post-Graduate Diploma - Labour Relations

University of South Africa
Pretoria
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Commerce - Human Resources Management

University of South Africa
Pretoria
04.2001 -

Skills

  • SAP SuccessFactors (Employee Central)

  • SQL

  • MS Office 365

  • PeopleDoc

  • ARIS Mapping Expert

  • Sage VIP

  • ODBC

  • People Processes

  • Analytical thinker

  • The Mercer International Position Evaluation (IPE) System** Not an expert, but I have some understanding of the methedology

  • Teamwork and collaboration

Accomplishments

Collaborated with Total Reward team to develop the Equal Pay Dashboard, used to illustrate the current Gender Wage Gap within the countries.

Interests

  • Running (Completed my first Marathon and two Ultra Marathons in 2025)
  • Psychology/Neurology/NLP
  • Economics
  • Visualization of data

Timeline

Global Superuser

SKF
11.2021 - Current

HR Business Partner

SKF South Africa (Pty) Ltd
10.2015 - 10.2021

Payroll & HR Officer

SKF South Africa (Pty) Ltd
05.2011 - 10.2015

Personal Assistant (MD & HR)

SKF South Africa (Pty) Ltd
04.2009 - 04.2011

Post-Graduate Diploma - Labour Relations

University of South Africa
04.2001 -

Bachelor of Commerce - Human Resources Management

University of South Africa
04.2001 -

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