People Partner / HR Business Partner

at  Inspired Pet Nutrition

Are you an experienced HR professional with strong business partnering skills, and experience in a food manufacturing environment? If you can answer yes, we’d love to hear from you.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• CIPD membership and qualification or time served in HR
• Proven experience in HR leadership, ideally within a multi-functional manufacturing environment
• Working with trade unions or colleague forums
• Up to date knowledge of employment legislation
• Proactive, organised and able to work flexibly in order to meet deadlines and have the drive to deliver results
• Intermediate Microsoft Office applications: Word, Excel and Power point
• Ability to engage and give added value information
• Experience working with a diverse workforce
• Experience of leading and developing your own team (either a direct or indirect team)

ROLE

Based in Kinmel, North Wales, your role will be to partner with business leaders and line managers to develop capability and manage talent to enable the achievement of strategic priorities

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the People added value, transactional, ethical and compliance agenda/activity to ensure the required standards are achieved
• Partner with the leadership team to ensure the right development and succession planning is in place to achieve the strategic priorities
• Provide developmental support, coaching and direction to line managers to ensure colleagues perform to expected results, and that clear guidance is given on approaches to building capability
• Work with functional leads, enabling line managers to drive accountability at the appropriate level and supports the managers to achieve this
• Interpret HR Policy, support and coach managers in the practical implementation of HR practice and employment legislation to ensure compliance and consistency
• Provide a professional advisory service that gives effective solutions to people issues ensuring a balance between individual and business needs
• Lead the recruitment planning and activation of skills needs and utilisation in line with business needs over the short to long term
• Engage with all relevant trade unions or colleague representatives on matters relating to Terms and Conditions, negotiations and general consultations
• Provide leadership and direction to the wider HR team to ensure that people are engaged, focused and delivering their potential