HR Manager
Job Description:
1. HR Function Ownership & Daily Operations
- Take day-to-day ownership of the HR function and ensure essential HR activities are executed consistently and professionally.
- Build basic HR discipline, records, follow-up mechanisms and reporting required for a growing factory.
- Prioritize practical operational needs while progressively strengthening the HR function as the organization develops.
- Coordinate HR activities across recruitment, personnel, employee relations, performance support and training coordination.
2. Recruitment & Manpower
- Coordinate manpower requirements with department managers based on approved needs and organizational priorities.
- Manage recruitment activities for workers, technicians, supervisors, specialists and managerial positions within the approved hiring process.
- Source, screen and coordinate interviews, offers, onboarding and joining formalities.
- Develop practical recruitment channels suitable for factory and blue-collar hiring.
- Track vacancies, hiring lead time, joining rates, early turnover and recruitment effectiveness.
- Support manpower planning and identify recurring recruitment or retention problems.
3. Personnel Administration & Employee Records
- Ensure employee files, contracts, employment documents and personnel records are complete, accurate and properly maintained.
- Manage attendance, leave, shifts, overtime and employee-status changes in coordination with relevant departments.
- Ensure timely and accurate HR inputs required for payroll processing and review discrepancies before submission to Finance/Payroll.
- Follow probation periods, contract renewals, transfers, promotions, resignations and terminations according to approved procedures.
- Ensure personnel transactions and records comply with approved company policies and applicable labor requirements.
4. Factory Workforce & Employee Relations
- Maintain strong day-to-day presence with factory employees, supervisors and department managers.
- Handle employee complaints, workplace concerns, disciplinary matters and attendance-related issues fairly and consistently.
- Support management in addressing absenteeism, turnover, behavioral issues and workforce stability.
- Promote clear communication between employees, supervisors and management and escalate significant issues when required.
- Apply approved disciplinary and grievance procedures with appropriate documentation and confidentiality.
5. Performance Management
- Coordinate implementation of the approved performance-management cycle across departments.
- Support managers in setting clear objectives and performance expectations for employees.
- Track completion of performance reviews and follow up on agreed development or corrective actions.
- Identify recurring performance issues and provide HR input to management.
6. Training & Employee Development
- Coordinate training needs with department managers based on operational requirements, performance gaps and approved development priorities.
- Maintain training records and follow up on attendance and completion.
- Coordinate internal and external training arrangements within the approved budget and plan.
- Support induction and orientation programs for new employees, particularly factory workers and supervisors.
- Evaluate basic training effectiveness with relevant department managers.
7. HR Policies, Procedures & Compliance
- Implement and ensure consistent application of approved HR policies, procedures and authority levels.
- Identify policy or process gaps and raise them to management with practical recommendations.
- Maintain required HR documentation and support compliance with applicable Egyptian labor and social-insurance requirements in coordination with relevant specialists or external support when needed.
- Support internal or external reviews related to HR documentation and employment practices.
- Maintain confidentiality of employee and company information.
8. HR Reporting & Workforce Indicators
- Prepare regular HR reports covering headcount, vacancies, recruitment, attendance, overtime, absenteeism, turnover, training and other agreed workforce indicators.
- Analyze workforce trends and highlight significant risks or recurring problems to management.
- Maintain accurate HR data and support management decisions with reliable workforce information.
9. Systems, Restructuring & HR Development Projects
- Participate in HR restructuring, organizational development, HR system implementation and process-improvement projects.
- Provide operational HR input and factory workforce requirements during the design or redesign of HR processes and systems.
- Support testing and implementation of approved HR systems, controls and process changes.
- Implement and ensure compliance with approved HR processes and procedures and participate in their review and improvement.
- Identify operational HR gaps and provide feedback on the effectiveness of implemented systems and processes.
10. HR Team Development
- Support the gradual development of the HR team as the factory grows.
- Define clear day-to-day responsibilities for HR/Personnel team members within the approved organization structure.
- Coach and monitor junior HR staff and promote disciplined, service-oriented HR practices.
Requirements
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Commerce, Law or a related field.
- Experience: Approximately 5–7 years of progressive HR experience, preferably including at least 3 years in a manufacturing/factory environment.
- Target Level: Strong HR Supervisor, Senior HR Generalist or early-stage HR Manager ready to take ownership of a full HR function.
- Factory Experience: Proven exposure to blue-collar employees, production workers, technicians, shifts, attendance, overtime, employee relations and factory recruitment.
- HR Breadth: Practical exposure to recruitment, personnel administration, employee relations, performance management, training coordination and HR reporting.
- Knowledge: Working knowledge of Egyptian labor and social-insurance requirements relevant to factory employment.
- Systems: Good Excel skills and practical experience with HRIS, attendance or payroll-related systems is preferred.
- Personality: Hands-on, organized, fair, approachable but firm, able to work with workers and managers, capable of handling pressure and conflict without unnecessary escalation, and willing to build the function rather than wait for a large HR team.
Required Skills:
HR