HR Manager

Ball; Devizes; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aluminium packaging firm is seeking a Plant HR Manager in Devizes. The candidate will deliver HR services, develop local HR strategy, and ensure compliance with laws. Strong communication and HR business-partnering experience are essential, along with knowledge of employment legislation and experience in unionised environments. This position offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic team committed to diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills across all organisational levels and customer service mindset.
• Previous experience in an HR business-partnering role.
• Confident in Microsoft Office and experience using SAP SuccessFactors or equivalent HR database.
• Experience working within international manufacturing/consumer goods/industrial environment.
• Confident knowledge of employment legislation.
• Experience working in unionised environment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver on-site HR service in support of the people strategy.
• Work with plant management to develop local HR strategy.
• Monitor compliance with regulatory standards and local laws.
• Provide advice in grievance and disciplinary procedures.
• Assist plant leadership with organisational changes.
• Develop relationships with local educational institutions.
• Drive goal-setting and performance management processes.
• Lead negotiations with unions and manage grievances.
• Assess talent risk and develop succession plans.
• Supervise HR administration and payroll management.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Customer service mindset

Experience in an HR business-partnering role

Knowledge of employment legislation

Experience working in unionised environment

Tools

Microsoft Office

SAP SuccessFactors

Job description

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Further your career at Ball, a world leader in manufacturing sustainable aluminium packaging. Achieve extraordinary things when you join our team, and make a difference in your professional development, the community, and around the globe!

Ball is thrilled to receive Newsweek's 2023 Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplace award! As a sustainable product leader, we have over 16,000 global team members. From endlessly recyclable aluminum cans, and cups, to aerosol bottles, our goal is to contribute to a better community, society, and world.

Position overview:

The Plant HR Manager is responsible for delivering on-site HR service in support of people strategy, building people management capability within stakeholder group, and driving consistency and efficiency in operational delivery. You will work with plant management team to develop the local HR strategy and deploy the global/regional one, and support various HR-related activities.

Key responsibilities include:

• Being the ambassador of Ball's culture, driving the right behaviours amongst all plant employees.
• Implementing new regional/global HR policies and harmonizing it with the current ones.
• Monitoring compliance with regulatory ethical standards and the local employee relations laws.
• Providing advice and support to managers in grievance and disciplinary procedures.
• Assisting the plant leadership team with communicating organisational changes.
• Developing relationships with local universities, colleges, schools and communities as appropriate.
• Driving goal-setting and performance management processes, following up with managers where necessary.
• Lead and participate in the negotiations with the unions and collective bargaining agreement. Addressing union related issues i.e. grievance resolution.
• Assessing talent risk for the site and determines strategies to develop plant succession plans.
• General HR administration and payroll supervision (absence management, offer letters, contracts of employment, changes to terms and conditions etc).

What are we looking for?

• Strong communication skills across all organisational levels and customer service mindset
• Previous experience in an HR business-partnering role
• Confident in Microsoft Office and experience using SAP SuccessFactors or equivalent HR database
• Experience working within international manufacturing/consumer goods/industrial environment
• Confident knowledge of employment legislation
• Experience working in unionised environment

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Ball Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We actively encourage applications from everybody, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, faith, ability, or orientation.

When you join Ball you belong to a team of over 16,000 members worldwide. Our products range from infinitely recyclable aluminium cans, cups to aerosol bottles solutions that enable our customers to contribute to a better world.
Each of us has a deep commitment to diversity and inclusion which is the foundation of our culture of belonging. Everyone at Ball is making a difference by doing what we love. Because what we create may change, but what we will always make is a difference.

Please note the advertised job title might vary from the job title on the contract due to local job title structure and global HR systems.

No agencies please.