Head of Human Resources

Adept Systems is a Kenyan company established in 1994, providing a full range of management consultancy services in the areas of human resources

Head of Human Resources

Job Purpose

• The Head of Human Resources will provide strategic and operational leadership for the full people agenda across a large, labour-intensive manufacturing environment. The role will oversee industrial relations, HR administration, employee welfare, compliance and stakeholder engagement for a multi-site workforce, ensuring that people practices directly support production continuity, workforce productivity, quality, safety, cost discipline and responsible business performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the HR strategy for a large, labour-intensive, multi-site manufacturing operation, ensuring alignment with production continuity, workforce productivity, quality, safety, cost efficiency and business growth.

• Lead end-to-end HR operations across factory, technical, supervisory, administrative and leadership teams, ensuring consistent service delivery across shifts, sites and employee categories.

• Partner with operations leadership on manpower planning, workforce deployment, organization structure, labour utilization, absenteeism, overtime, attrition and labour cost controls required to meet production targets.

• Oversee recruitment, onboarding, deployment and retention of employees, with emphasis on speed, quality of hire, workforce readiness and continuity of critical skills.

• Maintain a stable industrial relations environment through proactive union engagement, collective bargaining, grievance handling, disciplinary processes, dispute resolution and fair application of employment policies.

• Ensure compliance with Kenyan labour laws, occupational health and safety requirements, social compliance standards, buyer codes of conduct, ethical sourcing expectations and global labour practice requirements.

• Lead social compliance audits, customer assessments, statutory inspections and remediation plans, ensuring audit readiness, accurate records, disciplined documentation and timely closure of corrective actions.

• Drive employee engagement, welfare, workplace dignity, inclusion, safeguarding, anti-harassment and well-being initiatives that improve morale, retention and productivity across the shop floor.