Human Resources Manager

Acu-IT.net; Stonehouse; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading dairy company is seeking an experienced HR Manager for their Severnside site in the United Kingdom. This role includes responsibility for the employee lifecycle, from recruitment to onboarding and performance management, in a dynamic manufacturing environment. Key skills include CIPD qualification, experience in a manufacturing environment, and the ability to build trust within teams. The position offers hybrid working with competitive benefits.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Bonus scheme

Contributory pension plan

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Generous annual leave

Flexible benefits programme

Discount rewards programme

Qualifications

• CIPD qualified or relevant experience.
• Proven experience of leading HR project workstreams.
• Proven HR legislative understanding and ability to apply this knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Support the HR agenda for the site with key stakeholders.
• Communicate HR initiatives to the workforce.
• Drive compliance against people KPIs.

Skills

CIPD qualified

Manufacturing environment experience

Business partner/matrix structure experience

Leading HR project workstreams

HR legislative understanding

Building trust and openness

Job description

Overview

Müller UK & Ireland is wholly owned by Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller which employs over 31,000 people throughout Europe. In the UK, Müller develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of branded and private label dairy products made with milk from 1,300 farmers in Britain. Müller is ranked within the top 20 in the Grocer's Top 100 list of Britain's biggest brands and is picked from shelves millions of times each year. Müller UK & Ireland includes Müller Milk & Ingredients, which aims to be Britain’s private label dairy leader and produces branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter and ingredients products. It boasts a network of dairies and depots servicing customers throughout the country. Müller Yogurt & Desserts is the UK's leading yogurt manufacturer and is responsible for brands like M fcler Corner, M fcler Light, M fcler Bliss, M fcler Rice, FRijj and Müller Kefir Smoothie and produces chilled desserts under licence from Mondelez International. It also supplies the UK private label yogurt market from a dedicated, state of the art yogurt facility.

Role

HR Manager

Location: Severnside, Gloucestershire

Working pattern: Hybrid (4 days in office)

Employment type: Full Time - Permanent

We’re looking for an experienced HR professional to join our Severnside dairy site. The Site HR Manager is responsible for the delivery of all aspects of the employee lifecycle from recruitment and onboarding, performance management through to employee exit. This is a great opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, manufacturing environment and enjoys being close to the operations.

In This Role the Key Responsibilities Will Include

• To support the HR people agenda for site working with key stakeholders.
• To build commitment for HR initiatives across site.
• Effectively communicate people related initiatives and strategy to the site workforce.
• Drive compliance against people KPIs, such as absence and turnover, to track and determine progress in addressing gaps.
• Participate in the implementation of HR projects, procedures and guidelines to help align the workforce with the strategic goals of the organisation.
• Deliver an engagement and wellbeing agenda and track progress against engagement action plans.
• Facilitate employee forums, focus groups and listening sessions.
• To collaborate with Centres of Excellence within the HR team including the ER team, recruitment and L&D teams.
• To work with the Reward team; implement and communicate incentive and recognition programmes ensuring that people understand the link between performance and reward/recognition.
• To act as a coach to management teams to improve the effectiveness of performance development.
• To ensure the performance management process is in place and operating effectively.
• Support and develop relevant stakeholder groups in the identification and development of talent and generate, review and deliver succession strategy.
• To build leadership capability, by providing managers with skills, tools and techniques to manage change and employee issues.
• To manage recruitment in line with workforce plans; regularly review headcount with Finance colleagues to ensure budgets are appropriately managed.

Key Skills & Experience

• CIPD qualified or relevant experience.
• Experience working within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience working in a business partner/matrix structure.
• Proven experience of leading HR project workstreams.
• Proven HR legislative understanding / knowledge and ability to apply this knowledge appropriately.
• Able to build trust, respect and openness.

Benefits

In return for your commitment, drive and enthusiasm, we offer our employees numerous benefits as part of your employment, including:

• Competitive Salary
• Bonus scheme
• Contributory pension plan
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Generous annual leave increasing with service
• Flexible benefits programme
• Access to a Rewards Benefits Programme, giving you a range of discounts across 800 retailers online and in store

The Process

If you have the skills and experience in the above areas and would like to be considered for this role please apply at

www.mullercareers.co.uk

Contact Details

F.A.O. UK Recruitment, Müller UK & Ireland, Shrewsbury Road, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 3SQ