Human Resources Manager

About the role

The HR Manager will lead and oversee the full spectrum of Human Resources activities, partnering closely with business leaders and functional teams to support organizational effectiveness, talent development, employee engagement, and business growth. The ideal candidate brings strong HR business partnering experience within FMCG or manufacturing and can manage both strategic initiatives and day‑to‑day people operations.

Key responsibilities

• Provide HR business partnering and advisory support on employee relations, performance management, organizational matters, policies, and people‑related issues.
• Develop and manage annual manpower and organizational plans with business leaders and Corporate HR, aligning workforce structures, budgets and capabilities to business objectives.
• Lead organization, function and people reviews, including succession planning, talent identification, workforce optimization and organizational development initiatives.
• Design and execute end‑to‑end talent acquisition strategies covering workforce requirements, job profiling, sourcing, interviewing, assessment, selection, offer management and onboarding across all functions.
• Conduct training and development needs assessments and create annual learning plans and training calendars aligned with business priorities.
• Design and implement employee engagement, retention and culture initiatives that strengthen employee experience and alignment with company values and vision.
• Implement HR policies, procedures, manuals and SOPs in compliance with company standards and Saudi labour regulations.
• Monitor and analyse HR metrics and workforce trends such as turnover, recruitment, engagement, performance and utilisation, providing actionable insights to management.
• Support business‑unit initiatives and organisational change by delivering HR expertise, change‑management support and effective implementation of people programmes.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or a related field.
• Minimum 12 years of progressive HR experience, preferably within FMCG or manufacturing.
• Proven experience as an HR Business Partner or HR Manager supporting business leaders and operational teams.
• Strong background in talent acquisition, workforce planning, succession planning, employee engagement, learning & development and performance management.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, critical‑thinking and problem‑solving abilities.
• Outstanding communication, interpersonal, influencing and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Saudi national.