HR Manager, Europe

at  Nisbets

Skills, passion, and focus! That’s what drives Nisbets. Established as a small family business in 1983 in the United Kingdom, we have grown into a leading supplier of professional catering equipment and non-food hospitality supplies, with operations across the UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, China and India.
What keeps Nisbets growing? Great products, fantastic customer service, a forward-thinking approach and, above all, talented people. People who are passionate about food and our markets, who work together to give their best to customers and colleagues alike. Most of all, people who love our brand, what we do and the way we do it.
To further support our growth ambitions, we recently announced an agreement to sell a majority stake in Nisbets to Bunzl plc, a leading British multi-national distributor which shares our passion for the food-service industry. Bunzl supplies a broad range of internationally and responsibly sourced non-food products to a variety of market sectors in more than 30 countries.
We are looking for an experienced

• Business partner with the European SLT, providing local relevant HR advice, and collaborating to develop the strategic plan for Europe.
• Lead the local HR team, to deliver a high standard of HR support across the region, ensuring compliance with local labour laws.
• Collaborate with the SLT to provide sound HR advice on topics such as organisational design, headcount management and act as a business advisor on all people topics.
• Collaborate with the wider global HR team on global projects and initiatives. Delivering global initiatives locally but also leading global activity from time to time; such as annual cycle activity.
• End responsibility of our people data including managing payroll and working with the global team on HR system implementations and improvements; specifically taking a lead role in delivering the HR system roll out for the region.
• Lead the implementation of organisational change projects, as required to deliver business plans and objectives.
• Maintaining and developing HR policy and procedures for the region, to ensure legal compliance with the latest legislation and provide trainings so that managers and supervisors have a good level of understanding and follow said procedures.
• Deliver the performance and pay cycles for the region and contribute to the development of global processes for local compliance and needs.
• Drive employee engagement through effective communication plans, keeping the works council and employees informed, encourage and facilitate employee voice groups and listening strategies aligned with our global approach.
• Lead the talent processes from resource planning, recruitment and employer brand to talent development and talent growth processes such as promotions, succession planning, critical skills identification and more.