Human Resources Manager

Ball Aerospace; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Plant HR Manager, where you will be pivotal in shaping the HR strategy and fostering a positive workplace culture. This role offers the chance to work closely with plant management, ensuring effective HR service delivery and compliance with ethical standards. You will be the ambassador of a culture that values diversity and inclusion, driving performance management processes and engaging with local communities. If you are passionate about human resources and want to make a meaningful impact in a global organization, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills and a customer service mindset.
• Experience in HR business-partnering and knowledge of employment legislation.

Responsibilities

• Drive HR service delivery and support people strategy at the plant.
• Implement HR policies and ensure compliance with local laws.
• Lead negotiations with unions and manage grievance resolutions.

Skills

Communication Skills

HR Business Partnering Experience

Microsoft Office

SAP SuccessFactors

Employment Legislation Knowledge

Unionized Environment Experience

Tools

SAP SuccessFactors

Microsoft Office

Job description

Human Resources Manager

Company: Ball Corporation

Location: Wakefield, GB, WF2 0XE

Job Category: Human Resources

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 the plant management team to develop the local HR strategy and deploy the global/regional one, and support various HR-related activities.

Key responsibilities include:

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

What are we looking for?

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

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.