Background

Tropical Heat was established in 1973 as a small ethnic snack cottage industry. Today, we are one of the leading manufacturers of spices and snacks in the East African region and our brand Tropical Heat is a household name in Kenya. With our very strong and expert technical team, we manufacture a vast range of spices and snacks. The spices include pure sp...

Role Overview

A highly capable Head of Talent Management to lead talent management, performance, learning, leadership development, and organisation effectiveness across the business. This role will strengthen our people capabilities and ensure we have the right talent, systems, and structures to support our next phase of growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead talent strategy, succession planning, and workforce capability development.
• Oversee recruitment strategy and support high-quality hiring across all functions.
• Build strong onboarding, performance management, and leadership development programmes.
• Drive culture, engagement, and internal communication initiatives.
• Develop training plans, competency frameworks, and career pathways.
• Support organisation design, job clarity, and team effectiveness.
• Oversee HR systems and ensure accurate people data for decision-making.
• Work closely with the HR Manager on policies, compliance, and employee relations.

Requirements

• Minimum 7 years of progressive HR experience, with strengths in talent, performance, and organisational development.
• Strong understanding of capability building, culture, and leadership development.
• Experience designing and implementing people systems and frameworks.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and project management skills.
• Organised, detail-oriented, and solutions-focused.
• Technology-savvy and very proficient in using google sheets, google docs and HRMIS systems & tools.

• Lead talent strategy, succession planning, and workforce capability development.
• Oversee recruitment strategy and support high-quality hiring across all functions.
• Build strong onboarding, performance management, and leadership development programmes.
• Drive culture, engagement, and internal communication initiatives.
• Develop training plans, competency frameworks, and career pathways.
• Support organisation design, job clarity, and team effectiveness.
• Oversee HR systems and ensure accurate people data for decision-making.
• Work closely with the HR Manager on policies, compliance, and employee relations.

• Strong communication skills
• Collaboration skills
• Project management skills
• Organised
• Detail-oriented
• Solutions-focused
• Technology-savvy
• Proficient in Google Sheets
• Proficient in Google Docs
• Proficient in HRMIS systems & tools

• Minimum 7 years of progressive HR experience, with strengths in talent, performance, and organisational development.
• Strong understanding of capability building, culture, and leadership development.
• Experience designing and implementing people systems and frameworks.