HR Business Partner

Gooch & Housego Pheonix UK; England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading optical systems manufacturer is looking for an HR Business Partner to support the senior leadership team at their UK site. The role involves translating business needs into effective HR initiatives, supporting recruitment up to VP levels, and managing employee relations. The ideal candidate has extensive HR management experience in a manufacturing environment, strong communication skills, and a relevant degree. This position is crucial for enhancing organizational effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in HR management, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrable experience delivering HR services in growth environments.

Responsibilities

• Translate business needs into HR requirements and initiatives.
• Provide HR business partner service to stakeholders.
• Deliver on HR KPI’s and reports.
• Manage employee relations and provide coaching to site management.

Skills

HR management

Communication

Organizational skills

Team-building

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

CIPD graduate

Tools

HRIS

Job description

Description

ABOUT US

G&H is a world leader in optical designing, testing and manufacturing. As experts in the technology of light, G&H works with customers to provide optical systems, assemblies, and components for demanding applications

Headquartered in Ilminster Somerset, UK with primary operations in the USA and Europe, G&H is recognised for the breadth of their acousto-optic, electro-optic, crystal-optic, fibre optic, and precision optic products. G&H is recognised as the preferred source for OEMs in the life sciences, industrial, and aerospace and defence industries, with a history of quality and excellence that dates back over seventy-five years.

LOCATION

GH Phoenix

ROLE

As a member of the Phoenix senior leadership team having responsibility for meeting business performance commitments to key stakeholders.

The HRBP helps to translate business needs into HR requirements and activity to drive and implement value-adding HR initiatives in order to build capability and increase organisational effectiveness and business performance.

The role will provide an HR business partner service to this site to meet the expectations of key stakeholders.

The job holder is also a member of the Optical Systems Divisional management team and team member of the Global HR function and is responsible for ensuring relevant Regional and divisional HR policies and global HR Ways of Working are adopted and maintained across the division and site.

The job holder will also act as HR function lead for assigned processes; overseeing the administrative function to include the Global HR information system; working closely with the in-house technical recruiter and in-house payroll specialist.

RESPONSIBILITIES & PERFORMANCE MEASURES

• Understand the people implications of the site business plans and translate into pragmatic option/ solutions.
• Deliver on both the tactical and strategic matters rising within the workforce
• Report on a suite of HR KPI’s and reports to meet business needs as agreed with HR Directors & Site Leads
• Operate company’s ways of working to enable the identification and hiring (from within or outside the company), motivated and capable people to fill key positions and ensure on-boarding and induction programmes are applied to enable effective integration into the business.
• Support the in-house Technical Recruiter to manage the recruitment process for up to VP direct reports level.
• Support training & development programmes (e.g. identifying external resource options as required) in line with Site and R&D business plans.
• Deploy the talent pipeline and succession planning process in partnership with Site leadership to provide the capability needed to grow the businesses.
• Deploy the company’s employee engagement, performance management, communications and retention programmes and measures as required (e.g. employee survey, employee recognition schemes)
• Deploy change management processes in agreement with leaders to ensure consistency and excellent execution.
• Manage employee relations matters to conclusion as required
• Provide robust advice and coaching to site management
• Support the maintenance of the Global HRIS to ensure timely employee life cycle processes are actioned and managed accordingly
• Act as HR function lead for designated process
• Undertake HR function projects or support business improvement programmes as required
• The responsibility of every employee is to promote and display the G&H values: Customer focus, Integrity, Action, Unity, and Precision.
• Adherence to all Company policies, management systems and standard operational procedures, including legal responsibilities in relation to Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality
• Working positively to develop and foster good working relationships with colleagues and contracted personnel to maintain a culture of mutual respect and dignity.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND SECTOR EXPERIENCE

• Solid experience in HR management, within a manufacturing environment; some multi-site, matrix organisation experience is required
• Experience of providing an HR service in a growth environment
• Demonstrable experience/ potential of delivering on all responsibilities as defined above.
• Able to quickly gain trust & respect of colleagues, strong persuasive skills
• Hands on, solid administrative skills and experience of working with HRIS and data provision to payroll.
• Experience of training and/or coaching others and motivated to learn new skills in a continuous improvement environment.

QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent
• CIPD graduate
• Performance Management
• Drive and determination
• Delivering Results
• Motivating others
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Excellent team-building and interpersonal skills.

Notes: This job description is not intended to be exhaustive in every respect, but rather to clearly define the fundamental purpose, responsibilities and dimensions for the role. Therefore, this job description does not describe any individual role holder. In addition to the contents of this job description, employees are expected to undertake all other reasonable and related tasks allocated by their line manager

Potential candidates should be aware that many of the employment roles at Gooch & Housego are subject to government security and export control restrictions. These restrictions mean that factors such as your nationality, any nationalities that you may have previously held and your place of birth, could restrict the roles you are eligible to perform within the organisation.

The Company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunity or practices on the grounds of gender, race, religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national laws under which the Company operates.

All UK applicants must, as a minimum, be able to successfully complete security vetting to the UK government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard, which includes a criminal record check being performed. Many roles may also require higher levels of security vetting to be completed, where applicants must typically have been continuously resident within the UK for the past five to ten years.