Regional People Manager (Northern based Stores)

Concepts for Business, LLC; Huddersfield; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity to join a forward-thinking company as a Regional People & Experience Manager. This role is pivotal in shaping the HR strategy across Northern stores, enhancing colleague engagement, and driving business success. With a focus on talent acquisition, performance management, and colleague development, you'll collaborate closely with store and regional managers to implement tailored solutions. This position offers a developmental path for ambitious HR professionals looking to grow into strategic partners. Join a vibrant team dedicated to making a difference in the lives of new and expectant parents while enjoying a supportive work environment that values your contributions.

Benefits

Company Car

33 days holiday

Buy & Sell holiday schemes

Company Bonus Schemes

Employer pension contribution

Significant staff discounts

Subsidised health & critical illness cover

Supportive family-related leave policies

Employee Recognition Schemes

Qualifications

• Experience in HR or People roles with a focus on engagement.
• Ability to work collaboratively with store and regional managers.

Responsibilities

• Drive business success and enhance colleague engagement across Northern sites.
• Provide hands-on HR support and guidance on key people-related matters.

Skills

HR Support

Talent Acquisition

Performance Management

Colleague Development

Stakeholder Collaboration

Education

Degree in Human Resources or related field

Professional HR qualifications (CIPD or equivalent)

Tools

HR Management Systems

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Over the last few years, here at Mamas & Papas, we have gone through a real growth spurt, from 600 colleagues to over 1,000. This growth has come through the continued opening of more of our award-winning Mamas & Papas “store within a store” concession sites, cementing ourselves as the largest specialist baby/nursery products retailer in the UK.

Our brand and in-store buying experiences are proudly regarded as the brand of trust for an incredible community of new and expectant parents. We have created a working environment that saw us as finalists at Retail Week’s 2024 “Happiest Retailer to Work For” where our purpose is to help parents become the best they can be: confident, capable, and loving life with their little ones.

Through amazing growth, with more to achieve in strengthening and building on our People foundations, we’re looking to take our HR/People and Experience offering to the next level by recruiting a Regional People & Experience Manager (covering the NORTH).
(We are also recruiting for the South too)

The role of Regional People & Experience Manager (North)
• As a key contributor to our people strategy, you will be out and about on a daily basis within our Northern Store & Concession sites (around 30 sites, predominantly M62 wider corridor but including some in Scotland and the island of Ireland) identifying opportunities to drive business success and enhance colleague engagement and experience.

• The Regional People Manager will work closely with both store and regional managers to collaboratively compose and orchestrate tailored people solutions that support both short and long-term strategic goals, helping to create a motivated, high-performing workforce.

• In this role, you will collaborate with senior stakeholders, provide hands-on HR support, and guide store and regional managers on key people-related matters, including talent acquisition, performance management & ER, colleague development, and key change initiatives.

• This role is ideal for an ambitious advisor aspiring to be a future people partner in their field. It is a developmental role for someone who has aspirations of growing into a partnering professional over time, to continue growing within the role and within the business to support the business’ growth. You will solidify base foundational practices, moving the reactive nature of our stores and concessions to a proactive, forward-thinking one.

• For someone in HR or People, this is an exciting next chapter for you and us, at a very exciting time in our own continued growth plans and ambitions.

Note: This role requires you to be out within your Northern Region, 3-4 days a week, with 1-2 days from home, with some head office visits. You will manage your own diary planning, but overnight stays may be required due to the nature of the region covered.

To learn more about this exciting HR/Regional People & Experience Manager role partnering our NORTHERN region, simply take those amazing first steps and APPLY TODAY.

We're a business that cares. Here's just some of our benefits on offer:

• Company Car available for this role.
• 33 days holiday, increasing up to 40 with service.
• Buy & Sell holiday schemes.
• Company Bonus Schemes.
• Employer pension contribution from day 1 enrolment.
• Significant staff discounts for family & friends from our shops & online.
• Ongoing offers & discounts across a variety of external organisations, from holidays, travel, restaurants, gifts & services to many more worthy discounts through our Benefits Hub.
• Subsidised health & critical illness cover and insurances.
• Supportive family-related leave policies (including company enhanced pay for maternity, IVF & Fertility, surrogacy, paternity, adoption, shared parental leave).
• Supportive Foster Care & Carers Leave offering.
• Support for Loss and Bereavement.
• A Menopause Friendly Employer.
• Employee Recognition and Appreciation Schemes.

At Mamas & Papas, we’re a business for the future. Every day, we help to welcome a new generation of children into the world, and we want them to grow up in a world that’s sustainable – one that’s full of opportunity and hope.

...Oh, and a great bunch of people to work with too.

(NB*: All benefits subject to individual schemes criteria & terms)

• Regional "field-based" role covering our Northern Stores/Concessions (c30).
• 3-4 days out within our Stores (1 day from home).
• Requirement to be at Head Office on occasion for key collaborative meetings or events.