To support strategic and operational People & Culture leadership across the Terminals (Richards Bay Rail and WBBT), ensuring that the Terminals have the capability, culture, and workforce stability necessary to achieve operational, financial, and safety objectives. This role partners with General Managers/Terminals Managers and Bulk Leadership to drive workforce optimisation, talent, skills development, employee relations, culture initiatives, and adherence to statutory and Grindrod HR governance requirements.

• Act as the primary HR business partner to the General Managers/Terminal Managers and senior leadership teams.
• Translate terminals operational demands into workforce plans, resourcing strategies, and people interventions.
• Support organisational design, restructuring, succession planning, and optimisation of headcount and skills mix

• Ensure accurate manpower planning aligned to volume forecasts, seasonal demands, and operational shifts.
• Lead recruitment for all terminal roles, securing talent aligned to Grindrod capability standards.
• Oversee onboarding, probation management, and terminal-level workforce retention strategies.

• Manage employee relations in line with the LRA, BCEA, EE Act, OHS Act, and internal policies.
• Lead engagements with unions and participate in collective bargaining where required.
• Participate in Wage Negotiations as and when the duty calls.
• Ensure compliance with audits, statutory reporting, and internal governance (policies, procedures, SOPs).

• Assist management on relevant HR/ER matters.
• Assist with adherence to legislation, regulations, and codes of good practice and Group HR/ER policies and procedures.
• Assist with monitoring compliance of relevant Industrial Relations issues with the Laws, Rules and Regulations, report deviations to the Head of People & Culture Bulk Division.
• Assist with facilitating the resolution of disciplinary actions and grievances.

• Implement the Grindrod performance management framework across terminals.
• Build a positive workplace culture anchored on safety, accountability, teamwork, and customer service.
• Identify culture gaps and recommend targeted interventions in line with One Grindrod initiatives.

• Ensure high-quality HR administration, payroll inputs, medicals, shift rosters, leave, and personnel records.
• Drive data integrity in collaboration with HRT, ESS, GPN and other Grindrod HR systems.
• Oversees HR Dashboard reports and analytics for Bulk leadership in the areas of responsibility.
• Supports the Bulk CSR Manager in driving touching live in communities where we operate.

• Assist in ensuring that the Group Health, Safety and Environment policy and procedures are observed as well as all relevant safety and the provisions of the relevant Health, Safety and Environmental Acts.
• Oversee the completion of necessary documentation for IOD’s.

• Assist the Head of People and Culture in collaboration with CSR Manager in projects coordination, per area as and when required.