Head of HR Coffee & Professional

Nestle; Wootton Bridge; Hybrid; GBP 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global food company in the UK is seeking an experienced Head of HR to partner strategically and operationally with business categories. The role involves leading HR practices, facilitating change, and developing talent. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and experience in an FMCG environment. This position offers a competitive salary, benefits, and flexible working options.

Benefits

Car allowance

Potential bonus

Generous pension scheme

12 flexible days

2 paid volunteering days

Other fantastic benefits

Responsibilities

• Lead all HR practices ensuring high performance culture.
• Facilitate transformational change programmes.
• Act as a talent expert for workforce planning.
• Support leadership teams in the UK.
• Drive skill development and talent identification.

Skills

Developing and coaching senior leaders

Strong influencing and communication skills

Leading complex change

Employee/labour relations

Experience in an FMCG environment

Job description

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.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all HR practices providing an employee‑oriented high performance culture emphasising quality, productivity, goal attainment, and empowerment.
• Lead and facilitate transformational change programmes.
• Act as a 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.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to the business category leadership teams in the UK.

As the successful candidate, you will bring a wealth of HR and complex change management experience and the 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 a defining quality, allowing you to thrive in ambiguous environments and navigate yourself and stakeholders towards positive solutions.

Qualifications and Skills

• Developing and coaching senior leaders to deliver in a high‑performing team environment that enables people to be their best.
• Achieving results through strong influencing, communication and collaboration skills.
• Leading and managing complex change through the effective use of organisation design, development and business transformation techniques.
• Experience in employee/labour relations.
• Experience working in an FMCG environment is desirable.

About Nestlé

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.

Salary and Benefits

• 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.
• Permanent full‑time opportunity with flexible working options.
• 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.