HR Manager

Dunbia Group; Cross Hands; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Very competitive salary

Enhanced Holiday

Free on-site parking

Pension scheme

Staff shop discounts

Training & progression

Employee engagement activities

Meat season giveaways

Retail discounts

Health & wellbeing app

Death in service

Job summary

Dunbia Group, based at Dunbia Cross Hands, is seeking an HR Manager to lead both operational and strategic HR for around 750 employees. You will head a team of seven, report to the Site Director, and collaborate with senior management to drive people practices and improvements.

The role requires extensive manufacturing HR experience, a track record of developing teams, and expertise in Employee Relations, data reporting, and employment law.

Qualifications

• Extensive recent experience in a similar HR role within manufacturing.
• Experience leading teams across multiple sites.
• Experience handling complex employee relations in a unionised environment.
• Strong knowledge of current employment legislation.
• Excellent organisation and planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and implement the HR strategy for the site.
• Design actions from the HR Roadmap focusing on recruitment, retention and motivation.
• Collaborate with site managers to address recruitment hotspots.
• Coach and advise the Site Senior Management Team on HR matters.
• Provide information and support on employment, benefits and welfare.
• Ensure learning and development is supported and training needs are met.
• Lead the HR team and monitor HR metrics for improvements.
• Advise on complex employee relations issues and document outcomes.
• Oversee data input to the HR Information System and reporting.
• Maintain high standards within the HR department and promote core values.

Skills

HR leadership

Manufacturing experience

Employee relations

Commercial awareness

Organisational skills

Employment law

Job description

Based at Dunbia Cross Hands, the HR Manager will oversee both operational and strategic HR management for 750 employees. Leading a team of about 7 people, they will ensure a professional HR service. Reporting to the Site Director and collaborating with the Site Operations Manager and Senior Management Team, the HR Manager will handle all daily HR functions, enhancing people management practices and skills.

At Dunbia, we pride ourselves on being a leading supplier of high-quality red meat products to a global market. Our commitment to excellence and innovation has made us a trusted name in the industry, and we are dedicated to maintaining the highest standards in everything we do.

Responsibilities

• Drive and then implement the agreed HR strategy across the business.
• Design and implement actions from the HR Roadmap, with a key focus on recruitment, retention and motivation of staff.
• To work with Site managers and Site recruitment team to identify areas of recruitment and retention difficulties (site hotspots) and develop and implement target strategies for recruitment.
• Coach, support and advise the Site Senior Management Team on all HR matters relating to people management.
• To provide information and support to all Site staff on employment, benefits, and welfare matters.
• Ensure that all Site learning & development is supported and training needs are met and evidenced.
• Lead and support the HR team on their HR tasks and any project related work.
• Responsible for the HR metrics and monitoring of this and implementing improvements.
• To act as a specialist resource, to the Site, providing advice on highly complex employee relation issues such as disciplinary, grievance, sickness absence, performance management, appeals, harassment/bullying issues.
• To be familiar with all computerised Dunbia HR information and input, retrieve and report information as required including overseeing the management of data input to the Dunbia HR Information System.
• To maintain high standards of work within the HR department
• To complete other duties as assigned by the Site Operations Manager / Head of HR UK / Group HRD.
• To adhere to and to positively promote the Dunbia Core Values.

Qualifications

The Candidate:

The ideal HR Manager will have:

• Extensive recent experience in a similar role within a manufacturing environment
• Demonstrable experience of leading and developing team members, ideally across multiple sites
• Experience of dealing with complex employee relations issues in a unionised environment
• Strong commercial awareness and leadership of "value added" initiatives to the business and the HR function.
• Strong organisational skills with ability to plan workloads effectively to meet deadlines
• Sound knowledge of current employment legislation

The Package

As a HR Manger, you'll work 40 hours per week from Monday to Friday based at site, with 31 days of annual leave. This role offers the opportunity to be part of a leading company in the meat processing industry, contributing to our commitment to our people processes. With this responsibility comes the following benefits:

• Very competitive salary (To be discussed prior to first interview, but couldn't be advertised)
• Enhanced Holiday
• Free On-Site Car Parking
• Subsidised Canteen
• Pension Scheme
• Discounted Staff Shop
• Ongoing Training and Progression Opportunities
• Employee Engagement Activities
• Give Aways (Free meat seasonally)
• Retail discounts
• Health & Wellbeing App access
• Death in Service scheme

Dunbia UK is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.