HR Manager

KP Snacks; Ashby-de-la-Zouch; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading snacks manufacturer is seeking an HR Manager for an initial 24-month FTC in Ashby-de-la-Zouch. You will partner with site leadership on people-related matters, focusing on employee relations, culture, and engagement. The role requires significant HR business partnering experience, particularly in managing complex cases. Key benefits include an annual bonus, healthcare support, and a pension plan. This is a fantastic opportunity for a proactive HR professional ready to make an impact in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Annual bonus scheme

Comprehensive healthcare support

KP Pension Plan

25 days holiday plus options to buy more

KP4ME benefits platform

Qualifications

• Strong generalist HR experience in a large organisation is required.
• Experience in a manufacturing or FMCG environment is preferred.
• Proven experience handling complex employee relations cases.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the site HR plan effectively.
• Manage employee relations including absence and grievances.
• Build and coach line management capability.

Skills

Generalist HR business partnering experience

Autonomous work ability

Employee relations management

Analytical skills

Organisational skills

Confidence and resilience

Experience with trade unions

Education

Degree qualification and/or CIPD Level 5

Job description

HR Manager – Initial 24-month FTC

Ashby-de-la-Zouch (Home of Hula Hoops, popchips, Nik Naks, and more…) | On-site | Monday - Friday

Overview

Join our snack-loving team. We’re looking for a HR Manager to join us at KP Snacks. If you’re ready to bring your ideas to the table, grow your skills and be part of a team that values what makes you, you – this could be your next big move.

About the role

As HR Manager, you’ll partner the site leadership and operational teams on all people-related matters. You’ll provide high-quality insight, advice and challenge, with a strong focus on coaching and upskilling line managers to improve people management capability and confidence.

You’ll take a lead role in employee relations, culture and engagement, supporting the business through change while ensuring our values are lived every day. Reporting into the Site HR Lead, you’ll also have line management responsibility for the site HR Advisor and work closely with central Payroll, People Services and our HR Centres of Excellence to deliver an effective and joined-up HR service.

What’s in it for you?

We believe in rewarding our colleagues and helping them thrive. Here’s a flavour of what we offer:

• Annual bonus scheme, with a strong track record of overachievement

• Comprehensive healthcare support – including Medicash Health Cash Plan or Private Healthcare, Digital GP, Best Doctors second opinion service and specialist cancer care

• KP Pension Plan – contribution matching up to 7% of your salary

• 25 days holiday, plus the option to buy more

• KP4ME – our online platform for benefits, discounts, wellbeing tools and more

What will you be doing?

• Delivering the site HR plan, with the flexibility and accountability to bring it to life in a way that best supports the site’s priorities and change agenda

• Leading on employee relations, managing a complex and high-volume caseload including absence, conduct, performance, grievances and flexible working

• Building people management capability, coaching and upskilling line managers and working with the Learning and Development Manager to deliver impactful training

• Driving engagement and culture, leading site communications, supporting the employee engagement survey and embedding KP Snacks Values and Behaviours

• Using data and insight to drive improvement, owning key HR KPIs such as absence, headcount, engagement and turnover

• Supporting wellbeing and values activity, acting as a visible role model and deputy for the Site HR Lead when required

Who are we?

We’re KP Snacks, part of the Intersnack family. Across more than 30 countries, over 15,000 of us work together to make the snacks people love – from Hula Hoops to McCoy’s. In the UK, we’re a team of around 2,400 colleagues, based across seven sites and our Slough HQ. We’re proud of our close-knit culture, where we speak up, celebrate differences and push boundaries together.

We’re committed to inclusion

We’re building a workplace where everyone belongs. If you don’t tick every box, we’d still love to hear from you – your unique perspective could be just what we need. And if there’s anything we can do to make the process easier for you, just let us know.

We’d love to hear from you if you can bring:

• Degree qualification and/or CIPD Level 5, or equivalent experience

• Strong generalist HR business partnering experience in a large, complex organisation; manufacturing or FMCG experience is desirable but not essential

• Proven ability to work autonomously, using your judgement and initiative to drive outcomes

• Significant experience managing complex employee relations and absence cases, with a strong working knowledge of employment law

• Demonstrable experience of partnering at a senior operational level, influencing leaders through periods of change

• Confidence and resilience, with the ability to challenge constructively while building trusted, effective relationships

• Strong analytical, organisational and prioritisation skills, enabling you to operate effectively at pace

• Experience of working effectively with trade unions