Warren van Wyk

Human Resource and Business Lead

City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

About

I drive business value and sustainability through people. I am a highly accomplished and results-driven Human Capital executive with extensive experience across HR, operations, and commercial leadership. My engaging leadership style leverages diverse expertise in people management, organisational transformation, and business strategy. I partner with executives to translate strategy into execution. Aligning people, structures, and culture to deliver measurable outcomes. My experience spans complex, multi-industry environments, where I have led large-scale transformation, organisational design, and integration initiatives. I am particularly passionate about building practical, fit-for-purpose people solutions that enable performance, resilience, and growth. I have extended my impact beyond traditional corporate roles, working alongside business leaders and founders to solve real business challenges, optimise operations, and embed sustainable people practices. I aim to drive business sustainability through optimising stakeholder relationships, strengthening leadership capability, and streamlining both people and business processes.

Experience

  • Head: Human Capital Operations (Group) at Unitrans
    Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos

    I lead the design and enablement of the Human Capital operating model at a Group level, ensuring alignment between business strategy and people execution across multiple divisions and geographies. My role focuses on translating strategic intent into practical, scalable people solutions that enable performance, growth, and organisational effectiveness. I provide strategic oversight of the Human Capital Business Partnering model, while ensuring effective integration with Centres of Expertise and Shared Services to deliver a cohesive and value-adding HC function.

  • Corporate Career Sabbatical, Professional Advisory and Consulting Services at Warren van Wyk
    Jan 2023 - Mar 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    I intentionally stepped back from full-time corporate employment to focus on family, personal growth, and selective advisory work. This period enabled me to broaden my perspective, deepen my engagement with business leaders and lay the foundation for my advisory and consulting practice.

  • General Manager Human Resources at Omnia Nutriology
    Oct 2020 - Dec 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    The Role provides strategic partnership to the leadership of the Agriculture business and is accountable for the design and implementation of an optimum culture to enable the achievement of the strategic objectives.

  • Masscash Holdings (Pty) Ltd (On-site)
    • Commercial Executive: Vice President - Real Estate
      Jan 2019 - Sep 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos

      I was accountable for the Property/Real Estate portfolio and for the Business Development Function for Masscash as well as key growth projects.

    • Executive : Change & Integration
      Sep 2017 - Dec 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos

      To develop and manage a structured approach to transitioning individuals, teams, & the business to a desired future state and to facilitate employee acceptance of the change.

  • Massmart (On-site)
    • Executive : Human Resources and Capability
      Sep 2016 - Sep 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Executive Assistant to CEO and Chief of Staff - Cambridge Food Division
      Mar 2016 - Sep 2016 · 7 mos

    • Regional Executive : Human Resources - Cambridge Food Division
      Mar 2013 - Mar 2016 · 3 yrs 1 mo