People & Payroll Services Manager - FTC

KP Snacks; East Staffordshire; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing snack company in the UK seeks a People & Payroll Services Manager for maternity cover. This role involves leading a team responsible for HR administration and payroll services, ensuring exceptional colleague experience. The ideal candidate will have HR leadership experience, strong knowledge of UK employment law, and the ability to inspire and develop their team. The position offers a competitive salary and benefits, along with opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Benefits

£6,000 annual car allowance

Annual bonus scheme

Comprehensive healthcare support

KP Pension Plan

25 days holiday plus options to buy more

KP4ME online platform for benefits

Qualifications

• Experience managing HR teams in a complex environment.
• Understanding of UK employment law.
• Ability to lead, develop and performance manage within a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high performing team and inspire personal and professional development.
• Provide exceptional customer service and manage team performance.
• Accountable for efficient HR transactional support service.

Skills

HR leadership experience

Strong knowledge of compliance and legislation

Team leadership and stakeholder management

Technical and analytical skills

Job description

People & Payroll Services Manager
Maternity Cover (12-month FTC, ideally from mid-April 2026)
Ashby-de-la-Zouch (Home of Hula Hoops, popchips, Skips, and more!)

We operate a dynamic working model built on trust, choice and balance. Colleagues connect in person 3 days per week, as we know the best ideas and relationships grow when we collaborate side by side.

Join our snack-loving team

We’re looking for a People & Payroll Services Manager to join us at KP Snacks. If you’re ready to bring your ideas to the table, grow your skills and be part of a team that values what makes you, you – this could be your next big move.

About the role

As Payroll & People Services Manager, you’ll lead a team that delivers a first-class HR administration and payroll service to the business. You’ll oversee the day-to-day operations of people and payroll services, ensuring accuracy, efficiency and exceptional colleague experience.

This role also involves leading the delivery of agreed objectives and strategic plans, managing audits, and supporting the evolution of HR systems to improve efficiency. You’ll inspire and develop your team, promoting collaboration and accountability to achieve high performance and service standards.

What’s in it for you?

• £6,000 annual car allowance.

• Annual bonus scheme, with a strong track record of overachievement

• Comprehensive healthcare support – including Medicash Health Cash Plan or Private Healthcare, Digital GP, Best Doctors second opinion service and specialist cancer care

• KP Pension Plan – contribution matching up to 7% of your salary

• 25 days holiday, plus the option to buy more

• KP4ME – our online platform for benefits, discounts, wellbeing tools and more

What will you be doing?

• Lead and develop a high performing team

  Role modelling behaviours that inspire personal & professional development but also team excellence linked to a continuous improvement mindset

• Provide an exceptional customer service

  Confidence in developing and maintaining excellent relationships within HR and with stakeholders at all levels

• Manage team performance and development
  Inspire and lead a high-performing team, setting clear objectives, monitoring progress and supporting professional growth

• Act as the escalation point for complex queries
  Resolve issues that fall outside standard processes, providing clear guidance and solutions to stakeholders and colleagues

• Accountable for an efficient HR transactional support service

  Offering an effective, timely, high quality administration activities to the business via the people and payroll services team

• Oversee HR systems and service delivery
  Support the effective use of HR systems, ensuring data integrity and partnering with HR teams to deliver agreed objectives and service levels

Who are we?

We’re KP Snacks, part of the Intersnack family. Across more than 30 countries, over 15,000 of us work together to make the snacks people love – from Hula Hoops to McCoy’s. In the UK, we’re a team of around 2,400 colleagues, based across seven sites and our Slough HQ. We’re proud of our close-knit culture, where we speak up, celebrate differences and push boundaries together.

We’re committed to inclusion

We’re building a workplace where everyone belongs. If you don’t tick every box, we’d still love to hear from you – your unique perspective could be just what we need. And if there’s anything we can do to make the process easier for you, just let us know.

We’d love to hear from you if you can bring:

• HR leadership experience

  You’ll have experience managing HR teams in a complex environment

• Strong knowledge of compliance and legislation

  Understanding of UK employment law

• Team leadership and stakeholder management

  Ability to lead, develop and performance manage within a team, and build strong relationships across all levels

• Technical and analytical skills

  Advanced Excel skills, attention to detail and confidence handling sensitive data