People Business Partner

Sunbelt Rentals Careers; Dublin; Remote; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible rewards package

Generous holiday allowance

Life assurance

Retail discount scheme

Employee recognition awards

Company pension scheme

Company car (optional)

Private medical insurance (optional)

Job summary

Sunbelt Rentals is seeking a People Business Partner to lead and deliver strategic and operational People initiatives in a specified region, aligned with company strategy. You will ensure a culture of high engagement and performance while building credible relationships with senior stakeholders in a multi-site setting.

The role is based at our Dublin depot on a full-time basis, with a rewards package including holiday, life assurance, discounts, recognition awards and a strong pension scheme.

Qualifications

• Relevant HR qualifications (CIPD, or equivalent).
• Proven experience in HR business partnering with senior stakeholders.
• Experience leading organisational change and HR compliance.
• Generalist HR with rewards, ER, communications, talent and development, resourcing, and org design.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of strategic and operational People initiatives within a region/business area.
• Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across multi-site environments.
• Collaborate with the wider HR Team and Finance to understand and challenge the P&L.
• Drive change programmes and people plans to enable high performance.

Skills

HR qualifications (CIPD)

HR business partnering

Change management

Generalist HR

P&L / finance collaboration

Education

CIPD qualification

Job description

About The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the People Team at Sunbelt Rentals UK as a People Business Partner.

It will be your role to facilitate and lead the delivery of strategic and operational People initiatives and projects within a specified region/business area(s) aligned to the company strategy and objectives. You'll ensure that our people are highly engaged, high performing and working collaboratively to help the Company to deliver its goals.

We are looking for someone who has a passion for HR with proven experience of developing and delivering a people plan that enables a high performance culture. You'll havethe credibility to build strong relationships with senior stakeholders in a multi-site environment and a collaborative approach toworking closely with the wider HR Team and Finance colleagues.

The role be based out of our Dublin depot on a full time basis.

What can we offer you in return?

You’ll be joining a highly successful company, the UK’s largest equipment rental provider. We provide an Industry leading flexible rewards package including generous holiday allowance (with the opportunity to buy and sell annual leave), life assurance, retail discount scheme, employee recognition awards and a great Company pension scheme. Other benefits will depend on your job role and may include company car and private medical insurance.

About You

If you join the team we’ll provide you with everything you need and ensure you are equipped for success. We’ll talk to you about your training and personal development needs and what you’d like to do to further your career and support your future aspirations.

To succeed as an People Business Partner you will bring the following skill-set and behaviours:

• Relevant HR qualifications (CIPD, or equivalent)
• Proven experience in HR business partnering including experience influencing senior management and critical stakeholders
• Experience in leading organisations through significant change, including a sound understanding of HR legal compliance requirements
• A Generalist background with experience in reward, employee relations, communications, talent and development, resourcing, organisation design and development, cultural change programmes
• Experience of creating project proposals through to successful implementation and delivery of change programmes
• Experience of working alongside Finance in order to understand and challenge the operational P&L
• Experience of successfully working independently with limited day to day support
• Thorough knowledge of employment law including experience of employment tribunals
• Experience of TUPE transfers, mergers, acquisitions and organisational change
• Driving licence essential

Competencies and capabilities you will bring to the role:

• Business acumen – the ability to utilise insights of organisation’s business environment to improve the impact of HR
• Awareness of company business model, HR model and strategy
• Commercially aware – understands financial data and P&L
• Excellent organisational skills
• Confident decision maker and calculated risk taker
• Effective communicator and presenter – verbal and written, succinct and persuasive
• Ability to influence at senior levels, constructively challenging assumptions, behaviours and ways of working
• Negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Ability to understand and resolve complex business problems
• Project management skills
• Ability to collect and analyse data/information on which to diagnose and recommend potential solutions
• Facilitator of change
• Customer focus – ability to see issues from customers’ perspective, engages customer (stakeholder) in the development of solutions
• Coaching skills at a senior level
• High performance standards for self and others
• Ability to adapt to rapidly changing priorities

About Us

Sunbelt Rentals is the leader in equipment rentals in the UK, Ireland, US and Canada - as well as specialist operations in Europe. We provide a range of solutions to every market and sector, including construction, industrial, energy, infrastructure, government and events. Our teams make the impossible possible and the unthinkable doable. Turning what if into what is.

Our people are at the heart of our values and they’re our greatest asset. We rely on you to look after our customers so in return, we take good care of you. We recognise the value and uniqueness of our team-mates and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive Sunbelt Rentals, providing equality of opportunity and a culture of fairness and respect.

Your health, safety and wellbeing is really important to us. We’re raising awareness and providing support through initiatives such as our mental health awareness campaign and first-aider programme. You’ll also be able to access a 24-7 employee assistance helpline, counselling services and financial wellbeing support.