HR Business Partner

at  Compleat Food Group

JOIN OUR HR TEAM AT THE COMPLEAT FOOD GROUP!

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for enhancing both performance and employee engagement? We are seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to join our site senior leadership team in Palethorpes.
You will be responsible for developing and driving a robust site people plan that effectively balances driving site performance and improving employee engagement.

WHO WE ARE:

At The Compleat Food Group, we’re on a mission to create delectable food that not only brings joy to your taste buds but also extends love to our planet. We fondly refer to it as ‘Food to Feel Good’ because we believe in savouring every bite whilst making a positive impact.
Our team of over 5,000 remarkable individuals forms the core of all that we undertake. Their genuine passion drives the creation of delectable products for UK consumers, prominent retailers, and our thrilling market-leading brands such as Wall’s Pastry, Squeaky Bean, and Unearthed.

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• CIPD Qualified to Level 5 or equivalent experience as a site HR lead
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience of driving a site HR agenda ideally within a fast paced FMCG environment
• Track record of delivering great site engagement actvities
• Solid knowledge of employment law and hands on management of complex cases, consultation processes and negotiations.
• Experienced presenting to auditors. Ideally managed site SEDEX / SMETA compliance

• Collaborate with the senior leadership team to understand the site challenges and goals, fully diagnose people challenges effectively in order to develop robust solutions
• Have a good understanding of the overall HR strategy and take an active role in leading agreed activities across the group. Encourage site HR team involvement in wider HR initiatives.
• Support the deployment of the overall HR strategy ensuring that local plans are aligned.
• Ensure forums are in place (Employee representatives or Trade Union Representatives where recognised) that enable effective communication between the site and employees.
• Actively take steps to look at way to improve the working environment and conditions for our employees – including rest areas, canteen facilities, staff shops, outdoor areas, look and feel of meeting rooms, quality of PPE etc. In some sites the HRBP will own contract with canteen provider
• Ensure annual deployment of employee survey, driving completion %, developing improvement plan with site leadership team and communicating progress to the site
• Own the site retention strategy, ensuring trend are analysed and actions are in place to improve retention
• Ensure 9 box talent management and succession planning in place for Grades WL2 and above
• Develop site annual pay strategy, complete local analysis to ensure site market competitiveness and fairness aligned to group pay and benefits framework
• Implement training so that managers at the site can complete all activities across the employee lifecycle, for example interviews, performance reviews, grievance hearings, disciplinary hearings, appeals, return to work interviews, occupational health referrals, absence reviews 9 box grid.
• Support HR team to coach managers and build capability in leadership rather than HR taking over activities