HR Business Partner - Food Manufacturing

About the role

This HR Business Partner role sits in the UK Operations People and Performance team, covering the Open Can factory at Kitt Green in Wigan, one of the largest manufacturing plants in Europe. It reports to a Senior HR Business Partner and involves defining and executing the strategic plan and HR budget in line with company strategy, while balancing day-to-day work with projects across one of the world's largest food companies.

Key responsibilities

• Strategy: understand business and human capital strategy, define HR KPIs and the HR strategy for the factory, align the organizational structure to the standard structure, define the talent management strategy and implement the rewards plan
• Budget: develop the annual operating plan (AOP/ZBB) and control it monthly, oversee people package spend and work with manufacturing heads to keep costs efficient
• Recruitment and selection: work with Central Talent Acquisition, support hiring and set induction and onboarding strategies
• Learning and development: identify skill gaps, propose training solutions and deliver development programmes
• Engagement: detect gaps in the work environment, run the Ideas and Action programme, communication plan, steering meetings and exit interviews, and track absenteeism and turnover
• Employee relations: handle employee relations, labour relations, discipline and grievance, medical capability and council negotiations with unions
• Continuous improvement: lead new projects, standardise HR processes, improve visual management and digitise key people metrics
• Data analysis: use data-driven metrics to target people initiatives to business objectives

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree
• Proven experience in a generalist HR area
• Excellent communication skills to deal with all kinds of stakeholders, including senior management
• Analytical ability, capacity to meet deadlines under pressure and to handle conflicting priorities
• English is essential; Dutch is an advantage

What we offer

• A permanent contract
• A competitive salary and an excellent bonus structure above market
• A fast career track
• Reimbursement of travel expenses