HR Director (12 month FTC)
Highbridge
£100k
Our client, the UKs biggest dairy brand, has an exciting opportunity for a HR Director to join their team!
The role:
- To chair the Passionate People strategy group, overseeing delivery of the work across the 4 pillars of Belong, Future, Influence & Leadership and the associated workstreams (Wellbeing, Reward, DEI, Engagement, Career Development, Talent Frameworks, Learning & Leadership Development).
- To lead the HR Leadership Team – enabling them to deliver on the parts of the strategy for which they are responsible, as well as their functional responsibilities and accountabilities.
- Act as business partner to the CIFO and executive team offering progressive HR leadership on all people matters including change, DEI, wellbeing, engagement, talent and learning, performance, employee relations and risk. As well as providing advice on people implications and consequences of business decisions.
- Coaches’ others to create influential, motivated, high performing teams, and leads by example.
- Challenges the status quo, actively seeks out new perspectives, best practice and research, and ensuring that our purpose and leadership principles are at the heart of everything we do to drive positive change.
- Effectively leads and motivates the HRLT to ensure delivery of the parts of the people strategy that they are responsible for, as well as functional priorities, including the review of HRLT performance.
- Ensuring a highly engaged, high performing HR team who enable people managers to create an environment where all co-owners feel they belong.
- Works with the finance director and other members of the business integrity team to ensure alignment and a collaborative approach
- To support the CIFO in ad hoc projects and technical people matters as required.
- With support from the wider HR Leadership Team and using internal frameworks e.g., Operational/Strategic Risk Register approach, to oversee the people-related risk landscape and people related risk management approach – including oversight of employee relations .
- Manage day to day relationships with various external advisors (including pension advisors, legal advisors, and other suppliers aligned to the Passionate People Strategy .
- Accountable for compliance with employment laws and legislation, including completion of effective mandatory training and compliance with GDPR legislation.
Key skills/ experience:
- Proven experience and success in a senior HR leadership role (ideally at Director/Exec Team level)
- Proven track record of successful change management and delivery of strategy/plans
- Ability to business partner and influence senior stakeholders
- Strong employee relations knowledge and sound understanding of employment law
- A progressive approach to HR and People Management
Desirable:
- Experience within FMCG manufacturing organisation/s
- Experience of embedding a culture of co-ownership in similar organisations
- CIPD Level 7
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