People and Culture Partner

Novatech Ltd; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous employee discount

Company pension

Group Life Assurance

Long service benefits

Paid community days

25 days annual leave plus Bank Holiday

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Novatech Ltd is seeking a seasoned HR Business Partner to join our fast-paced beauty manufacturing environment. You will partner with leaders to attract, develop and retain great talent while aligning people priorities with business goals.

You will drive a performance and engagement culture, shaping organisational design, strengthening talent pipelines and embedding reward practices to boost productivity and colleague experience.

Qualifications

• Business-related degree or equivalent; CIPD chartered preferred.
• Significant proven HRBP/HR Manager experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Data-led approach using people analytics to uncover insights.
• Strong employee relations to manage complex cases and apply employment law.
• Support managers in performance management and development initiatives.
• Think commercially, applying people initiatives within operations to business goals.
• Comprehensive knowledge of employment law and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to attract, develop and retain talent.
• Drive a performance, customer-led culture and promote innovation.
• Shape organisational design and strengthen talent pipelines.
• Embed performance and reward practices to drive engagement.
• Listen to employees, champion engagement initiatives, and reduce turnover.

Skills

HRBP experience

Employee relations

People analytics

Commercial awareness

Coaching & development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR

CIPD membership preferred

Job description

Do what you do well in our beautifully unique environment

You'll play a key role in building a high performing operational team within a fast paced beauty manufacturing environment. Partnering with our leaders you'll help attract, develop and retain great talent, balancing people priorities with business goals. You'll drive a performance, customer led culture, promoting innovation to push boundaries with bold thinking that reimagines the colleague experience.

Working hand in hand with our operations teams, you'll help us deliver on our exciting ambitions.

With a key focus on building capability, supporting leaders, and aligning people priorities to commercial plans, you'll become a strong partner within our manufacturing space. You'll support the delivery of our strategy through robust people plans and initiatives to drive productivity, profitable growth and an exceptional colleague experience.

Acting as a trusted partner, you'll be shaping organisational design, strengthening talent pipelines, and embedding performance and reward practices that drive performance, and enhance engagement.

As our pulse-checker, you'll be actively listening to our people, championing engagement initiatives, and creating programs that keep energy high and turnover low.

What you'll have

Business-related degree or equivalent and ideally be a chartered member of CIPD and or equivalent experience

Significant proven experience as a HR Business Partner or HR Manager in a fast-paced, manufacturing environment, where priorities can shift quickly, is a must.

Data led, to leverage people analytics, uncovering insights and spotting trends early

Strong employee relations expertise, an area which you enjoy, with the ability to manage complex cases, translating evolving employment law into practical solutions.

Support managers in performance management, coaching, and employee development initiatives

Think commercially, applying people initiatives within an operational environment about long-term business goals and people challenges

Comprehensive knowledge of employment law and best people practices.

What you'll get:

• Generous employee discount
• Company pension
• Group Life Assurance
• Long service benefits
• Paid community days
• 25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Employee Assistance Programme