People Business Partner

TN United Kingdom; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a People Business Partner to drive their People Strategy across the North of the UK and East of England. In this dynamic role, you will coach regional teams, enhance employee engagement, and lead initiatives in talent management, recruitment, and employee relations. Your ability to build collaborative relationships and simplify complex problems will be key to your success. This position offers an exciting opportunity to influence the future of people strategies in a thriving retail environment, making a significant impact on employee wellbeing and organizational culture.

Qualifications

• Experienced HR Generalist with multi-location experience.
• Strong digital and organizational skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the People Strategy and support Regional teams.
• Coach key stakeholders on producing Regional people plans.
• Manage employee relations and ensure compliance with legislation.

Skills

HR Generalist Experience

Coaching Skills

Employee Relations

Diversity and Inclusion

Digital Skills

Organizational Skills

Education

Degree in Human Resources or related field

Job description

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*This is a field based role covering the North of the UK and East of England*

People Business Partner - Retail
Savers Stores Plc

Role Purpose:
You’ll be responsible for delivering the People Strategy in your regions and supporting the Regional teams in their delivery of the Retail strategy. The People Business Partner will represent the People Function in driving and implementing people projects. You will support and coach the RGM and Area Managers across your regions.

You’ll blend knowledge best practice, people process and employment law to build regional people strategies that will plan for the future needs that include: talent management, people recruitment, employee relations, wellbeing and reward.

This role is primarily field based however there is a requirement to attend meetings when required in Stores and Head Office.

A typical day in this role includes:

1. To be responsible for working with and coaching key stakeholders on the regions and wider People team to produce a Regional people plan which incorporates the pillars of the People strategy including D&I with clear ownership and accountabilities.
2. Raise capability across the Regional teams through ensuring there is a clear and consistent People Review and succession plan in place.
3. Proactively input to and support the employee journey on edge through induction, development, performance and learning.
4. To support overall engagement initiatives in terms of reward, recognition and wellbeing inc Company Engagement survey & social media.
5. Be an ambassador for our diversity and inclusion networks in Savers.
6. To work in conjunction with the Area Managers, RGM and People Advice team to ensure that all absence, disciplinary, grievance and general ER cases are dealt with in a professional and timely manner, support regionally for high profile cases and be overall accountable for the ER trends and capability for the Region.
7. To keep up to date with current employment legislation and to ensure that the Regional team are briefed and trained and have a plan in place to effectively brief and train their line managers on any relevant ER & policy changes.
8. To work with the talent team to ensure that vacancies are filled in line with the correct recruitment processes.
9. To work with the Talent team to review and improve recruitment and selection processes for Store Management & Store teams and are conducted in line with budgeted headcount and payroll costs.
10. To work in conjunction with the Reward team to ensure the Pay Review & bonus is implemented within the agreed policies and timelines.
11. Leading and supporting with key people projects that support the overall people strategy.
12. Interpreting data, looking at solutions and being able to present and communicate this to key colleagues and gain buy in to your plans.
13. Understand how systems and technology can support our overall people strategy and looking at ways of efficiencies.

This job is a good fit for you if:
You can easily build collaborative and honest relationships both internally and externally.
You are passionate for getting the best outcome possible by being proactive and agile in your approach.
You can the ability to work effectively with a variety of situations where you can prioritise workload, influence decisions and have strong relationships with a number of Stakeholders.

What you’ll need:
Be an experienced HR Generalist with multi location experience.
Demonstrate strong digital and organisational skills.
To be resilient, understanding with the ability to simplify problems and provide solutions.