ZAMA BUYISIWE MADLALA
Summary
I am a professional practitioner with solid experience across various business sectors. I am eager to share my experience and gain wider exposure in HR practices. I am able to build rapport with team. I am mature, with some business acumen. I am performance driven with systematic approach and creative problem solving skills.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
HR Generalist Professional Profile
Human Resources Business Partner
Afrimat Concrete Products (Pty) Limited
01.2018 - Current
- Act as the first point of contact for all HR-related queries for the Free State/KZN region
- Providing professional, functional and administrative support to the business particularly on Employee Relations
- Handle union meetings, disciplinary hearings and regional meetings with unions
- Serve as lead on wage negotiations, section 189 (A) process
- Managing the entire recruitment and selection process in line with business needs
- Representing the Company in all IR cases up to CCMA level
- Preparation of Audit Reports for Department of Labour and DMR
- Managing and participating in specific HR projects and initiatives i.e
- Business restructuring, job grading, employment equity, skills audits, talent management and culture surveys
- Managing training & development of staff, including interns, learners and community volunteers
- Collate compliance reports for DMR, DOL, SETA’s (MQA and CETA).
Human Resources Consultant
03.2015 - 09.2017
Human Resources Superintendent
Assmang Chrome Machadodorp - Smelter Operation
11.2012 - 05.2014
- Implementation of recruitment and selection strategies in line with the companies Employment Equity strategy
- Monitor recruitment trend in line with EE targets
- Management of recruitment supplier information with regards to their BEEE status
- Ensure that new employees were inducted on the company processes, policies, procedures etc
- Perform skills audit and develop training needs analyses together with line managers
- Implementing skills development strategy and career path planning
- Networking with SETA's and employers' organisation on skills development matters
- Implementation of succession planning and retention strategies to assist in the company's talent management strategy
- Compile work skills plans and submit to the SETA on time
- Liaise with training providers regarding yearly training schedules to ensure proper organization of manpower to cover during training of staff
- Enforce succession planning through mentoring by line management to their best performing sub-ordinates to ensure talent retention
- Maintaining collective relationships with the trade unions
- Advices to Line and Senior Management regarding labour relations policies and procedures
- Train management on LRA, grievance and disciplinary procedures and update them on amendments on legislation
- Ensure that disciplinary procedures were followed correctly to eliminate cases going to CCMA for conciliation and arbitration
- Represent company on cases that went to CCMA
- Ensuring that compensation and benefits were in line with the remuneration policy and were market related
- Ensuring proper processes regarding payroll administration
- Generation of HR monthly reports
- Submission of Work Skills plan and Employment Equity reports
- Circulation of company information (new engagements, deaths, promotions etc.)
- Management and auditing of employees' personal files and records
- Management of the company performance appraisal system and proper adherence to it
- Participation in the company's social corporate investment
- Development and management of the HR budget.
Human Resources Superintendent
African Rainbow Minerals Limited - Head Office
07.2005 - 10.2012
- Maintain a positive working relationship with all managers and staff that are built on trust and Integrity whilst providing HR expertise
- Ensure compliance and continuously promote an efficient HR service
- Facilitate monthly EE/Transformation committee meetings
- Update quarterly EE Action plan progress and alignment of EE plan to Recruitment strategy
- Management of bursary schemes, sponsorships and study assistances
- Recruitment, Assessment of graduates, Interns and students
- Drawing up development, and career plans
- Managing external bursaries, study assistances
- Conducting skills audit and training needs analysis
- Performance Management of Graduates/Learners
- Compile Workplace Skills Plan for Group of Companies
- Co-ordinate registration of Mentors & candidates with various bodies such as ECSA, SAIMM
- Working with Business Schools: Wits Business School, GIBS on development programs
- Updating company's Performance Management system
- Looking at a better way of retaining talent in line with the current labour turn-over
- Revision of the current retention strategy
- Act as first line of contact for any employee relations issues
- Minimise conflicts and resolve employee issues efficiently
- Ensuring that all the recruitment suppliers have at least a level 4 rating
- Identifying procurement needs that can be given to BEE companies e.g
- Canteen services, security, stationery, cleaning and garden services
- Setting up criteria in selecting suitable companies
- Identifying Non-core Company functions that the company can do through Enterprise Development, Skills Development
- Preparation of group of companies for the audits
- Implementation of graduate programme to run every year
- Liaising with Universities and University of Technology to obtain best candidates
- Ensuring that graduates get mentors so that by the end of the programme they are equipped to do their jobs
- Liaising with GIMT regarding graduates theoretical programmes and their projects for the end of their programme
- Looking at the current salary structures and assessing if in line with market surveys
- Comparison of the grading system and remuneration
- Management of Company benefits.
Education
Management Development Programme -
Gordon Institute of Business Science
01.2009
Post- Graduate Diploma Industrial Relations -
Wits Business School
01.2007
Honours in Social Science Industrial Psychology -
University of KwaZulu-Natal
01.1999
Bachelor of Social Science -
University of KwaZulu-Natal
01.1998
Grade 12 -
Carter High School
01.1994
Skills
- HR policies and procedures
- Onboarding and Orientation
- Benefits Administration
- Talent Acquisition
- Payroll Administration
- HR analytics
- Employee Relations Management
- Attendance Management
- Employment law compliance
Affiliations
- Charted HR Generalist SABPP Reg. No: 6456
- Association for Skills Development in SA
- Business Chambers: Durban and Pietermaritzburg
Hr Competencies
- Manpower Planning
- Recruitment and Selection
- Employee Relations
- Union Engagement
- Payroll Administration
- Performance Management
- Talent Management
- HR Reporting
- HR Data mining and Analysis
- Skills Development
- Employment Equity
- DTI Scorecard/BBB EE Codes
- Wellness Management
- Strategic Planning and Policy Amendment
Development Courses
- BBBEE Codes and Equity Reporting Training (Empowerdex)
- Updates on legislation and case laws
- Pastel Payroll Administration (Sage University)
- Skills Development Facilitator Qualification (SDF)
- HR Practices & HR Audit (SABPP)
- Trauma Counselling Salary Bench-marking (2007) – Remchannel
- Job Evaluation: Grading Methodologies: Peromnes, Hay and Paterson
- Sexual Harassment in the Workplace HIV & AIDS Peer Education
- Sexual Harassment in Workplace
- Initiating Disciplinary Inquiries and chairing Disciplinary cases
- Handling Incapacity & Misconduct Disciplinary Cases
- Employment Equity Updates
- Training Conflict Resolution, Negotiation and Arbitration Skills Performance Management
Computer Experience
- MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
- SAP
- VIP
- Bid-bio
- X-Time
- Payroll
- ESS
- Absalom
- Visual
- Sage Pastel
- JDE
- SharePoint
- Qlickview
- BAAN
- Visio
Timeline
Human Resources Business Partner
Afrimat Concrete Products (Pty) Limited
01.2018 - Current
Human Resources Consultant
03.2015 - 09.2017
Human Resources Superintendent
Assmang Chrome Machadodorp - Smelter Operation
11.2012 - 05.2014
Human Resources Superintendent
African Rainbow Minerals Limited - Head Office
07.2005 - 10.2012
HR Generalist Professional Profile
Management Development Programme -
Gordon Institute of Business Science
Post- Graduate Diploma Industrial Relations -
Wits Business School
Honours in Social Science Industrial Psychology -
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Bachelor of Social Science -
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Grade 12 -
Carter High School
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