Sr. HR Business Partner
Lead Powerfleet’s South African people strategy, shaping shared services, strengthening employee experience, and guiding leaders through change with trusted HR expertise.
About Powerfleet
Powerfleet (Nasdaq: AIOT; JSE: PWR) is a global leader in the artificial intelligence of things (AIoT) software-as-a-service (SaaS) mobile asset industry. With more than 30 years of experience, Powerfleet unifies business operations through the ingestion, harmonization, and integration of data—regardless of source—and delivers actionable insights to help companies meet their strategic objectives around Safety, Compliance, Efficiency and Sustainability. Our people-first culture and relentless innovation empower customers to achieve measurable, sustainable business improvements. Powerfleet serves over 2.6 million subscribers across more than 48,000 customers in 120 countries, with commercial operations across every major continent.
About Powerfleet
Powerfleet (Nasdaq: AIOT; JSE: PWR) is a global leader in the artificial intelligence of things (AIoT) software-as-a-service (SaaS) mobile asset industry. With more than 30 years of experience, Powerfleet unifies business operations through the ingestion, harmonization, and integration of data—regardless of source—and delivers actionable insights to help companies meet their strategic objectives around Safety, Compliance, Efficiency and Sustainability. Our people-first culture and relentless innovation empower customers to achieve measurable, sustainable business improvements. Powerfleet serves over 2.6 million subscribers across more than 48,000 customers in 120 countries, with commercial operations across every major continent.
About the Role
Powerfleet is seeking a Senior Human Resources Business Partner to lead our South African HR function as a trusted advisor to business leaders and a driver of organizational effectiveness. Based in South Africa, you will shape and deliver an integrated people strategy that strengthens business performance, deepens employee engagement, and ensures robust compliance across a complex, post-merger environment.
This is a pivotal leadership role at a defining moment. You will guide the transition from historically fragmented regional HR structures to a consolidated HR Shared Services model, partnering closely with local leaders and global HR functions to deliver consistent, commercially focused, and employee-centered practices. The ideal candidate brings strong business acumen, deep expertise in South African employment law, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, matrixed, global organization.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic HR Leadership
• Partner with senior leaders to translate business priorities into practical workforce, organizational, and people plans.
• Lead workforce planning, organization design, succession planning, and people-related change initiatives.
• Provide trusted, commercially sound advice on complex workforce and organizational matters.
• Champion a high-performance, accountable, and values-led culture across the region.
HR Operations & Shared Services
• Lead the South African HR Shared Services model, ensuring integrated, high-quality service delivery across the employee lifecycle.
• Oversee payroll, benefits administration, HR systems support, and workforce data governance.
• Set service standards, controls, and performance measures, and drive standardization, automation, and continuous improvement.
Employee Relations, Governance & Compliance
• Provide strategic oversight of employee and industrial relations, policy governance, and employment practices.
• Ensure compliance with South African employment legislation, including the BCEA, LRA, EEA, SDA, UIF requirements, and POPIA.
• Lead disciplinary, grievance, incapacity, restructuring, and dispute-resolution processes, including CCMA and labour-litigation support where required.
• Identify and mitigate people-related legal, operational, and reputational risks.
Talent, Leadership & Performance
• Partner with Global Talent & Development and Global Talent Acquisition to deliver South African people priorities.
• Lead talent reviews, succession planning, leadership capability building, performance management, and critical-skills retention.
• Build manager capability and promote consistent, fair, and effective people leadership.
Reward & Workforce Planning
• Lead remuneration review inputs, salary benchmarking, grading, and reward-governance activities for South Africa.
• Partner with Finance on headcount planning, people budgets, workforce costs, and productivity insights.
Culture, Engagement & Analytics
• Champion employee engagement, wellbeing, inclusion, and a consistent employee experience across South Africa.
• Lead communication and change-adoption efforts that strengthen collaboration and organizational culture.
• Ensure accurate workforce reporting and audit readiness, and use people insights to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
Qualifications
Required
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Industrial Psychology, Labour Relations, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 10+ years of progressive HR experience, including at least 5 years in a senior HR leadership role.
• Strong working knowledge of South African employment legislation and employee-relations practice (BCEA, LRA, EEA, SDA, UIF, POPIA).
• Demonstrated experience leading multidisciplinary HR teams in a complex or matrixed organization.
• Proven ability to manage sensitive and confidential matters with sound judgment and professionalism.
Preferred
• Experience in a multinational technology, telematics, SaaS, AIoT, or industrial-services environment.
• Experience leading HR shared-services transitions or post-merger integration.
• A relevant postgraduate qualification and SABPP professional registration.
• Experience with HRIS platforms and workforce analytics tools.
Competencies
• Strategic thinking, business acumen, and commercial judgment.
• Executive influence, stakeholder management, and change leadership.
• Deep employee and labour relations expertise.
• Organization design, workforce planning, and talent management.
• Coaching, people development, and a collaborative, customer-focused mindset.
EEO/ BEE Statement
Powerfleet is an equal opportunity employer committed to employment equity, diversity, and inclusion. In alignment with the Employment Equity Act 1998 and our Employment Equity plan, we actively encourage applications from designated groups, including Black people, women, and individuals with disabilities.
As part of our commitment to transformation and in accordance with the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, preference may be given to candidates from designated groups where appropriate. All qualified applicants will be considered based on merit, skills, and experience.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment process. If you require support or adjustments, please let us know.
- Department
- Human Resources
- Role
- Human Resources Business Manager
- Location
- Johannesburg, South Africa
- Employment type
- Full-time
Johannesburg, South Africa
About Powerfleet
Powerfleet (Nasdaq: AIOT; JSE: PWR) is a global leader in AIoT (Artificial Intelligence of Things) and SaaS-based mobile asset management. With over 30 years of expertise, we empower organizations worldwide to unify operations by ingesting, harmonizing, and integrating data from any source—transforming it into actionable insights that save lives, time, and money.
Our end-to-end solutions help businesses monitor, manage, and optimize everything from warehouse assets to connected vehicles, driving safety, efficiency, and sustainability across the supply chain. But we are more than just a technology company—our people-centric approach fosters innovation and long-term success for our customers.
Powerfleet serves over 2.6 million subscribers across 48,000 customers in 120 countries, with commercial operations spanning every major continent. Join us as we shape the future of intelligent mobility and business transformation.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Powerfleet is committed to maintaining a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace where all individuals are treated with dignity and respect. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We do not discriminate or tolerate harassment on any protected basis under applicable laws in the countries where we operate, including characteristics such as race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, or age.