Interim Lead People Partner

Go Fractional; Hatfield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days leave + bank holidays

Pension contributions

Life insurance

Share save scheme

Employee discount

Wellbeing platform

Parental-leave policy

Training and development

Job summary

Greencore is seeking an experienced Lead People Partner for an interim four-month role, based at the Hatfield depot. You will lead the regional People team supporting nine distribution centres across the South of England and South Wales.

You will partner with site and functional leaders to deploy people priorities, provide pragmatic advice, and drive employee engagement and relations while ensuring compliance across the region.

Qualifications

• CIPD qualification at MCIPD or FCIPD level.
• Proven operational HR or People leadership experience.
• Experience in food manufacturing would be valuable.
• Logistics or distribution experience preferred.
• Current knowledge of employment legislation and employee-relations practice.
• Experience working with a diverse workforce and leading high-performing teams.
• Ability to balance competing priorities and handle sensitive employee-relations matters pragmatically.
• Proactive, organized approach with drive to deliver results.

Responsibilities

• Partner with site and functional leaders to deploy people priorities and provide pragmatic advice to support leadership and business objectives.
• Provide day-to-day leadership and direction to People team across the region with clear priorities and high standards.
• Lead colleague engagement agenda, communication and colleague-voice activity.
• Lead employee-relations activity, including engagement with unions and representatives for fair outcomes.
• Work with Centres of Excellence to support talent, succession and development across the region.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation, data protection, People policies and the HR agenda.
• Build line-manager capability by coaching leaders to manage performance and apply policies confidently.

Skills

People leadership

Employee relations

Stakeholder engagement

HR policy

Change management

Education

MCIPD/FCIPD

Job description

Lead People Partner - Interim

Homesite: Hatfield

Interim role - 4 months

What you'll be doing

As our Lead People Partner, you'll lead the regional People team supporting nine distribution centres across the South of England and South Wales.

You will:

• Partner with site and functional leaders to deploy people priorities, providing pragmatic advice, challenge and insight to support leadership, team performance and business objectives.
• Provide day-to-day leadership and direction to People team members across the region, ensuring clear priorities, strong capability and consistently high standards of delivery.
• Lead colleague engagement agenda, communication and colleague-voice activity.
• Lead employee-relations activity, including effective engagement with trade unions and colleague representatives, ensuring fair, consistent and timely outcomes.
• Work with our Centres of Excellence to support talent, succession and development activity across the region.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation, data protection, People policies and our human-rights agenda.
• Build line-manager capability by coaching leaders to manage performance, conduct effective people conversations and apply policies confidently and consistently.

This is an interim role based at our Hatfield depot. The position supports a regional depot network, so regular travel across southern England and South Wales will also be required.

What we're looking for

We're looking for an experienced operational People leader who can build trusted relationships, provide practical support and remain calm and effective in a demanding environment.

You'll bring:

• CIPD qualification at MCIPD or FCIPD level.
• Proven operational HR or People leadership experience within a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in food manufacturing would be particularly valuable.
• Logistics or distribution experience is preferred, although strong transferable experience from another demanding, multi-site operational setting will also be considered.
• Current knowledge of employment legislation and employee-relations practice.
• Experience working with a diverse workforce and leading and developing high-performing teams.
• The ability to balance competing priorities, exercise sound judgement and handle sensitive employee-relations matters pragmatically.
• A proactive, organised approach and the drive to deliver results.

What you'll get in return

• Competitive salary and job-related benefits.
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Competitive matched pension contributions.
• Life insurance up to four times salary.
• Company share-save scheme.
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform.
• Access to a company wellbeing platform.
• Enhanced parental-leave and menopause policies.
• On-the-job training and development opportunities throughout your time at Greencore.

Location: Hatfield
Job type: Fixed-Term - Full Time
Duration: 4 months