L & D Business Partner

Company description:

Premier Foods is one of Britain’s biggest listed food companies, employing over 4,000 colleagues at 15 manufacturing sites and offices up and down the country. Many of our brands have been part of UK life for more than a century and you’ll find them in 94% of British households.At Premier foods we believe in inclusion, authenticity and individuality. We aim to ensure all existing and potential colleagues are given equitable opportunities and are respected, valued and encouraged to bring their true authentic selves to work no matter who they are, what they look like, who they love or what they believe in. Our culture is one where everyone is welcome.

Job description:

Based – Ashford, Kent

Full time, permanent

Salary - circa £48,000 per annum, dependant on experience

As our next L&D Business Partner you will work with the Senior HR Business Partner and the leadership of the site to lead change, build skills and capability, engage and motivate staff, develop their talents and improve the potential of staff through learning and development opportunities. This is a hands-on role in a food manufacturing site in Ashford and the role is on-site to support the manufacturing operation by carrying out continuous evaluation of training requirements to look at ways to continually improve the learning and development opportunities and ensure that the needs of the site are met. 

What will you be doing:

• Assisting the Senior HR Business Partner in creating the site learning and development strategy and setting clearly defined KPIs ensuring alignment with the site strategy
• Scoping, designing and delivering effective development programmes and solutions for a range of colleagues across the site which incorporates core capabilities and competencies in line with L&D strategy for the site
• Leading, coaching and mentoring the Training team and ensure the resource is deployed across the site and adding value
• Assisting with, arranging and/or delivering all aspects of technical training on site – including Health, Safety, Hygiene & Environmental
• Recording and maintaining the training records on-site and to assist in the accreditation of audit requirements
• Working proactively to conduct training needs analysis in line with mandatory requirements, individual needs and the business strategy. To ensure that required training needs are prioritised and co-ordinated – producing an annual training calendar
• Coach and assist managers to map out training plans for individual employees and teams as part of the talent process with the HR Manager
• Plan, develop and provide training and staff development programmes, using knowledge of the effectiveness of methods such as classroom training, demonstrations, on-the-job training, meetings, conferences and workshops
•  Manage apprentice programmes including recruitment, monitoring progress through regular reviews and provider compliance monitoring.

What do we need from you:

• Minimum of 2 years in an L&D role with FMCG
• Up to date with L&D trends and practices
• Excellent organisational and time management skills
• Facilitation and presentation skills
• Ability to lead and influence initiatives to final conclusion
• Must be qualified in “train the trainer” methodologies.

What we offer you:

• Salary of circa £48,000 per annum, dependant on experience
• Pension of up to 7.5% with life assurance
• Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Sharesave Scheme
• Wide range of online training
• Free parking
• Access to "The Hamper", an online discount platform with access to hundreds of retailers