HR Business Partner

Job Description

A leading wholesale food distributor and preferred supply partner to over 60,000 customers across the UK are looking for an established HR Business Partner to join their team.Reporting to the Head of HR, you will be the first point of contact for all HR business as usual activities within the assigned business area, and will work with key stakeholders to support the delivery of the People Plan ensuring business objectives aresuccessfully achieved.Key responsibilities of a HR Business Partner:

• To establish yourself as a key member of the Site/Department Leadership Team so as to maximise business opportunities through the effective deployment of HR plans, initiatives, policies, guidance and support.

• HR Strategic Planning - Develop site/department specific prioritised people plan for the Business, which drives improved performance, offsets risk and maximises profit.
• Resourcing & Talent Planning - Partner the site/department leadership team to manage resourcing and talent processes and cost effectively, ensuring they are fit for purpose now and for the future and deliver required outcomes
• Learning & Development - Partner MDs, Business Directors and Heads of Departments to establish training needs of the team to meet business objectives. Question, advise & make recommendations about internal & external learning options; supportingthem through delivery of the process
• Performance & Reward - Manage the implementation of the annual pay review process ensuring legal compliance maintained.
• Culture - To develop and maintain an effective ER culture in line with Service Excellence, underpinned by the Commercial Vision, Mission & Values, and in support of optimum, effective and efficient working.
• Employee Relations - To be accountable for the delivery of an effective HR service ensuring the basics are delivered with excellence, and to manage all key people metrics including absence, disciplinary, salaries, overtime etc.
• Change Management - To work with the Head of HR, acting as change agent to ensure the successful launch and integration of the broader and more extensive strategic projects and other business change programmes.

Requirements of a HR Business Partner:

• Experience of working across the whole employee life cycle (recruitment, development, performance management, motivation, reward and retention and exit management)
• Experience of handling difficult and sensitive redundancy, discipline, capability and grievance casework
• Demonstrate continuous professional development both internally and externally
• CIPD qualified or equivalent
• Robust and capable commercially and can evidence HR plans, approaches and their commercial/financial impacts.
• Has managed sizeable HR projects.
• At ease with contributing to, challenging and driving solutions with Directors and Senior Managers.
• Robust and knowledgeable in all core HR disciplines and with a collaborative and solutions-based approach.
• Positive, can-do, flexible and hard working style (24/7 operation), willing to travel at all times, flexible.
• Able to plan and manage a complex workload with multiple priorities and multiple stakeholders.
• Good communication skills - in writing, phone and face to face. Strong, clear, persuasive and confident in presenting to small groups.
• HR champion - interested in business and HR excellence and strives for high standards now and with a vision to the future.

On offer is a basic salary up to £45,000, a car allowance of £7,100, 25 days holiday, contributory pension and many company benefits.

Keyskills :
Strategic HRCIPD qualifiedHR Policies