Head of HR Coffee & Professional

Nestlé; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food and beverage company in the UK is seeking an experienced Head of HR to lead strategic HR initiatives and foster a high-performance culture. This hybrid role requires a proven track record in HR and change management within complex organizations. You will oversee HR processes, facilitate change, and partner with leadership teams to achieve business goals. The position offers a competitive salary of around £85,000, alongside an attractive benefits package including flexible working options and a generous pension scheme.

Benefits

Car allowance

Bonus potential

Generous pension scheme

12 flexible days on top of 25 days holiday

2 paid volunteering days

Qualifications

• Experience in operating as a strategic HR professional in senior leadership.
• Proven track record of navigating complex matrix organisations.
• Experience in employee/labour relations is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Oversee people processes to drive critical capabilities.
• Act as a strategic advisor to business category leadership.
• Lead HR practices to foster a high performance culture.
• Facilitate transformational change programmes.

Skills

HR and change management experience

Influencing and communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments

Coaching senior leaders

Job description

Position Summary

Business: Nestlé UK&I

Job title: Head of HR

Location: Gatwick (hybrid) working 2 days per week in the office

Salary circa £85,000 (depending on experience) + car allowance + potential bonus + generous pension scheme + 12 flexible days on top of 25 day holiday entitlement + 2 paid volunteering days + other fantastic benefits!

This is a permanent full time opportunity, please speak to us about what flexibility means to you as we are always open to discuss individual’s flexible working needs.

Position Summary

We have an excellent opportunity for an experienced Head of HR to join the business. This opportunity will see you partner strategically and operationally with two of our fantastic business categories playing a crucial role in driving the people agenda coupled with leading complex change projects. Your responsibilities will include overseeing the people processes to ensure the organisation has the necessary critical capabilities and fostering the ongoing development of talent for key roles.

A day in the life of a Head of HR

This position offers a unique opportunity to be a strategic advisor to the business category leadership teams in the UK. Acting as a trusted advisor you will have a critical role to play in enabling our business categories to deliver their full potential and be fit for the future, through driving brilliant strategic and operational people initiatives. You will:

• Lead all HR’s practices providing an employee‑oriented high performance culture emphasising quality, productivity, goal attainment, and empowerment.
• Lead and facilitate transformational change programmes
• Acting as talent expert, understanding the workforce plan, driving skill development and identifying talent for roles.
• Work closely with the wider HR teams across the Ulrich 3 box model to support and deliver for the business areas.

What will make you successful?

As the successful candidate, you will bring a wealth of HR and complex change management experience coupled with your ability to navigate within a complex matrix organisation. You will have a proven track record of operating as a strategic HR professional within a senior leadership team, contributing to the broader business agenda. Your ability to collaborate and engage with stakeholders at all levels within the matrix will be a key strength, complemented by your deep understanding of our business from a commercial perspective. Resilience will be one of your defining qualities, allowing you to thrive in ambiguous environments and navigate yourself and stakeholders towards positive solutions.

You’ll also be able to demonstrate previous experience of:

• Developing and coaching senior leaders to deliver in a high performing team environment that enables people to be the best that they can be.
• Achieving results through great influencing , communication and collaboration skills.
• Leading and managing complex change through the effective use of organisation design, development and business transformation techniques.
• Experienced in employee/labour relations.
• If you have experience of working an FMCG environment previously this would be desirable.

What you need to know

What can we offer in return? Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestlé – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus statutory holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.

Job posting date: 07 November 2025

Job closing date: 21st November 2025

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect – for our employees, our customers and our consumers. That’s why championing diversity and inclusion is so important to us; when we embrace different perspectives and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business. We are committed to equal opportunity for all and we may collect relevant data for monitoring purposes during our candidate registration process. Be yourself, everyone else is taken!