Job Title: HR director for Southern Africa
Company: Beiersdorf
Beiersdorf HR Director Cebile Xulu is a seasoned HR professional, strategist and leader with extensive generalist human capital and general management experience. Such experience has been acquired from working with multinational and local private entities, within South African borders, as well as parastatal and government institutions in South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. She has previously worked in Amsterdam at the headquarters of Heineken International, where she was the Leadership and Capability Development Manager for Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
Before that, she had been at Masonite Africa, Sara Lee HBC, the A-Cubed Institute and Tongaat Hulett. She has a BA in Industrial Psychology from the University of Zululand.
Work:
2026 - Present HR director for Southern Africa, Beiersdorf
2020 - 2026 People Lead, Mondelez International
2017 – 2020 HR Director, South & Central East Africa, Mondelez International
2016 –2016 Leadership and Capability Development Manager, Heineken
2011 – 2015 HR Executive, Heineken
2009 – 2008 HR Development Manager. Heineken
2008 – 2008 HR Manager at Darnall Sugar Mill, Tongaat Hulett
2006 – 2008 Senior Consultant/Trainer, Organisational Development, A-Cubed Institute
2005 – 2006 HR Manager, Sara Lee Corporation
2001 – 2005 HR Practitioner, Masonite
Education
2012 – 2012 Postgraduate Leadership Development Programme, Wits Business School
1997 – 2000 BA (Hons), Industrial Psychology, Political Science, University of Zululand
About Beiersdorf: Beiersdorf is a global personal care company that develops, produces, and markets skin care and personal care products. Their work spans a range of consumer needs, from everyday skin protection and moisturisation to specialised dermatological treatments through brands like Nivea, Eucerin, La Prairie, and Hansaplast.
