People Development Partner
Sigma 3 Kitchens
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Job summary
Sigma 3 Kitchens, a family‑owned Welsh manufacturer, is seeking a part-time People Development Partner to shape our talent journey. You will lead recruitment, onboarding, learning and development, and performance initiatives.
You’ll partner with managers to build capability, improve performance, and create clear career pathways across the business. This hybrid role (3–4 days on-site, 1 day work-from-home) offers a competitive package and the opportunity to influence talent strategy in a growing
Qualifications
- CIPD Level 5 or above, or equivalent experience.
- Full UK driving licence and access to own vehicle.
- Proven experience within HR, Learning & Development or Talent Management.
- Strong understanding of recruitment, performance management and organisational development.
- Experience coaching managers and influencing stakeholders.
- Ability to analyse workforce data and identify development needs.
- Strong project management and organisational skills.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end recruitment activities and onboarding processes.
- Develop and implement learning and development initiatives.
- Coach managers on performance management and objective setting.
- Drive succession planning and career development across the business.
- Support organisational design and workforce planning projects.
- Collaborate with payroll and people administration teams to ensure accuracy.
Skills
Education
Job description
Founded in 1975 and headquartered just north-west of Cardiff, Sigma 3 Kitchens Ltd is a family-owned kitchen manufacturer, distributor and retailer with over 50 years of experience crafting high-quality kitchens. Today, it stands as the largest kitchen manufacturer in Wales, with a reputation built on exceptional product quality, craftsmanship and customer service.
Sigma 3 is proud to be the UK’s most trusted kitchen retailer on Trustpilot, with an outstanding rating of 4.9 out of 5 from more than 2,500 verified customer reviews. This recognition reflects the company’s unwavering commitment to delivering an exceptional customer experience at every stage of the journey.
The business has undertaken a significant £20 million investment in a secondary manufacturing facility in Bridgend, alongside the modernisation of its existing factory in Llantrisant. Combined with continued investment in its people, systems and production capabilities, this expansion has effectively tripled manufacturing capacity, bringing total operational space to more than 200,000 square feet and reinforcing Sigma 3’s position as a leading UK manufacturer.
Sigma 3 currently sells kitchens through six of its own retail showrooms across South Wales and in Esher, Surrey, while also supplying its national brand, Masterclass Kitchens, to over 160 independent retailers across the UK. In addition, the company partners with both boutique and national housebuilders throughout Wales and the South-West. Every kitchen is designed and manufactured in Wales, ensuring that the company’s continued national success supports the local economy.
The People Development Partner is responsible for helping colleagues become successful at Sigma 3. The role leads the attraction, development, performance and progression of employees by partnering with managers to build capability, improve performance, develop future talent and create clear career pathways across the business.
The role combines strategic people development with practical operational support and plays a key role in creating a high-performance culture where employees have the skills, knowledge and opportunity to succeed.
Please note this is a part-time role, 3 or 4 days per week.
- Lead end-to-end recruitment activities.
- Develop attraction strategies to fill critical and hard-to-recruit vacancies.
- Build talent pipelines and support workforce planning activities.
- Ensure an excellent candidate experience throughout the recruitment journey.
- Design and continually improve onboarding processes.
- Oversee probationary review processes.
- Support managers to integrate new starters effectively and successfully.
- Develop and deliver learning and development initiatives.
- Coordinate apprenticeship, graduate and early careers programmes.
- Identify skills gaps and design appropriate development solutions.
- Promote a culture of continuous learning throughout the organisation.
- Lead the performance review process.
- Coach managers on performance management and objective setting.
- Support capability improvement plans.
- Drive accountability and high-performance standards across the business.
- Identify high-potential employees and future talent.
- Support succession planning activities.
- Develop career pathways and progression frameworks.
- Support internal mobility and career development opportunities.
- Support organisational design and workforce planning projects.
- Lead initiatives that enhance employee capability and business effectiveness.
- Contribute to change management and transformation programmes.
- Assist with the accurate collation and validation of payroll information for submission to the external payroll provider.
- Work with the Executive Support Coordinator and other members of the People Team to ensure employee changes, including starters, leavers, contractual amendments, absence information and other payroll-related data, are processed accurately and within agreed timescales.
- Support managers and employees with payroll-related queries where appropriate.
- Develops trusted relationships across the business, invests time in understanding people and teams, and works collaboratively to achieve positive outcomes.
- Acts proactively and with pace, follows through on commitments, and takes responsibility for delivering high-quality outcomes.
- Handles information sensitively, demonstrates sound judgement and consistently does the right thing, even when it is difficult.
- Uses insight, metrics and workforce data to identify trends, shape solutions and measure success.
- Encourages high standards and holds managers and individuals accountable for delivering their best performance.
- CIPD Level 5 or above, or equivalent experience.
- Full UK Driving Licence and access to your own vehicle.
- Proven experience within HR, Learning & Development or Talent Management.
- Strong understanding of recruitment, performance management and organisational development.
- Experience coaching managers and influencing stakeholders.
- Ability to analyse workforce data and identify development needs.
- Strong project management and organisational skills.
- Experience leading apprenticeship or graduate programmes.
- Experience supporting organisational change initiatives.
- Competitive salary of £40,000-£45,000 FTE depending on experience, with the opportunity to improve on this with knowledge, experience and excellent performance.
- 25 days holiday plus 8 Bank Holidays.
- Option for hybrid working with 1 day per week working from home.
- Part-time role, 3 or 4 days per week.
- Access to Health & Wellbeing benefits/app inclusive of an 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
- Company pension scheme.
- Death in Service/Life Assurance benefit.
- PHI (Incapacity Benefit).
- Company sick pay.
- Employee Discount scheme for friends & family!
This list of duties is not exhaustive and may be varied from time to time in line with business needs.
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