Learning, Talent & Growth Manager

Eat Real Snacks; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

PROPER SNACKS is seeking a Learning, Talent & Growth Manager to shape how we develop our people and leadership pipeline across London and Nuneaton. You’ll embed strong learning foundations, drive compliance, and partner with leaders to create clear pathways for growth while expanding learning across the business.

You will lead initiatives to build capability, implement scalable frameworks, and oversee apprenticeships and partnerships, ensuring a culture of continuous development aligned to our

Qualifications

• Depth of experience designing and delivering learning and capability strategies within a growing organisation.
• Experience using data and metrics to drive decision-making in learning.
• Strong understanding of modern learning methodologies and capability-building approaches.

Responsibilities

• Lead learning governance, compliance and audit readiness across the business.
• Develop role profiles, capability frameworks and career pathways across the organisation.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Technical and Supply Chain to build skills and functional excellence.
• Evolve talent management and succession planning with P&C to grow internal leaders.
• Identify future skills, guide capability planning and investment across the business.
• Oversee apprenticeships and learning partnerships to maximise impact.

Skills

Learning strategy

People data analytics

LMS experience

Modern learning methodologies

Capability development

Tools

LMS

Job description

We are looking for a Learning, Talent & Growth Manager to join our People & Culture team. At PROPER SNACKS, we are passionate about the growth of our people – giving our talent the experiences and opportunities they need to supercharge their career in PS and beyond. We’re looking for someone to drive this agenda, get the best from our people and ensure our skills and team are fit for the future.

We are open to candidates being based from either our London office or Nuneaton factory. However, for candidates based in London, we would require a regular presence in Nuneaton of approximately 1-2 days per week. Any travel to and from the Nuneaton site would be reimbursed.

The Person:

The right person for this role will be passionate about helping people grow and will bring positive, motivating energy to the work they deliver. They will look beyond immediate needs, spotting opportunities to build stronger skills, leaders and teams for the future.

They will combine commercial awareness with genuine curiosity across all areas of the business. Comfortable working with both front line teams and senior leaders, they will ask thoughtful questions, challenge constructively and turn ideas into practical solutions. They will build strong relationships, bring people with them and communicate clearly in a way that feels engaging, relevant and aligned to our values and brand tone of voice.

The Role:

As Learning, Talent & Capability Manager, you will play a key role in helping PROPER SNACKS build the team we need for the future. Working closely with leaders across the business, you'll shape how we develop our people, strengthen our leadership pipeline and create clear pathways for growth, while ensuring strong learning and compliance foundations are in place – particularly at our factory. The initial focus of the role will be on our Nuneaton site where we want to ensure learning and compliance are fully embedded into the culture. The role will broaden to drive our learning agenda across the entire business – supporting all London and Nuneaton based talent.

Responsibilities:

Compliance & Assurance

• Ensure learning governance, compliance and audit readiness across the business, especially in manufacturing.
• Maintain competence frameworks, onboarding pathways and training standards.
• Lead the Training team to deliver compliance, admin and learning operations well.

Capability Development

• Develop role profiles, capability frameworks and career pathways across PS.
• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Technical and Supply Chain to build skills and functional excellence.
• Extend this approach across the wider organisation over time.

Talent & Succession

• Work with P&C to evolve talent management and succession planning.
• Develop high-potential talent through targeted initiatives, including Thrive Accelerator.
• Strengthen internal mobility and career progression to build future leaders.

Future Skills & Workforce Planning

• Work with leaders to identify the skills and talent needed for future business plans.
• Use workforce and talent insights to guide capability planning and investment.

Growth Culture & Technology

• Champion everyday learning, feedback and development.
• Ensure Roles & Goals and growth conversations are delivered consistently.
• Own and improve learning platforms and resources, including Thrive and the Builder's Toolkit.
• Oversee apprenticeships and learning partnerships to maximise impact.

Requirements:

• Depth of experience designing and delivering learning and capability strategies within a growing organisation. Experience in a food or drinks business is preferred but not required.
• Experience working with diverse employee populations in both office and operational/manufacturing environments.
• Experience using Learning Management Systems, people data, learning metrics and organisational insights to drive decision-making.
• Strong understanding of modern learning methodologies and capability-building approaches.
• Proven ability to design scalable frameworks, processes and programmes that support business growth.

About PS:

PROPER SNACKS is the home of PROPER and Eat Real. The UK’s fastest-growing major snacks company.

We’re a diverse team of builders, thinkers, creators and makers – based in London and Nuneaton and serving snackers across Europe. Our brilliant team are united by an insatiable curiosity and driven by an entrepreneurial spirit.At PROPER SNACKS, we don’t sit still. We scale fast, dream big and back our people to make stuff happen. Our values keep us grounded:Be builder. Dream bigger. Seriously fun.

Whether you're joining us in London – where the brands are built, and big ideas take flight. Or in Nuneaton where magic happens in our factory and every bag gets made – you’ll be part of a team shaking up the snacking world.Get a flavour of what life is like at PROPER SNACKS here.

LDN – Drummond Street – London – NW1 3HP
NUN – Townsend Dr – Nuneaton – CV11 6TJ

Our Approach:

PROPER and Eat Real is an equal opportunities employer and we do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability, or age.

Please let us know if there is anything we can do to accommodate you to participate fully in the recruitment or interview process.