People Business Partner

WE ARE 200 years of history and over 2,300 employees strong. WE ARE a business loaded with opportunity and career progression. WE ARE innovators, designers, makers and engineers who manufacture and provide smart, efficient, and effective building products and solutions.

Through our customer relationships, diverse building product range and solutions, we enable the creation of inspirational homes, places and spaces for us all to live and work better. With eight core product categories, underpinned by expert design and technical services, we work with architects, builders, merchants and the wider construction supply chain to build the face of Britain.

We are fully committed to a net zero future and continue to invest in expertise and product development to manufacture more efficiently and sustainably. We pride ourselves on leading for new, innovative and sustainable products and solutions, both for today and for a new era of building.

To support our progress, we are currently recruiting for a People Business Partner to come and join our team at ourLeicester LE67

Job Purpose:

Reporting to the Head of People & Group Development – Futures & Functions. The purpose of this role is to partner senior leaders across the Futures Division in building the leadership, organisation, skills and capabilities to deliver on key performance requirements across sales, commercial, technical and operational departments. The role holder will have the ability to build strong partnering relationships to facilitate and embed change, and will be a key influencer to ensure that people are at the heart of everything we do. The role will also be a core member of the wider People team for the organisation

Key Accountabilities

• Business Partnering. Provide partnership for senior stakeholders on the people & organisational considerations to drive transformation in all aspects of the balanced agenda, with a solid understanding of key performance drivers in order to drive change.
• Organisation & People Effectiveness. Ensure that the organisation is appropriately designed and has the right capabilities to deliver key business objectives in the short, medium and long term. Role holder ensures responsibilities and accountabilities are clear, supporting teams to work effectively.
• Organisation Culture & Engagement. Coaches senior leaders to ensure the appropriate level of focus is given to effective employee engagement and enablement. Leverages insights from HR, the business and key diagnostic tools to develop effective action plans to drive improvement areas. Ensures a positive employee experience, high levels of engagement and performance are in place through effective leadership, communication, recognition, inclusion and focus on employee wellbeing
• Leadership & Team Development. Coaches senior leaders to create a positive culture through effective engagement and communication. Supports leadership team with own personal development, providing feedback and coaching as required. Identifies appropriate strategies to develop effective leadership teams with effective engagement and cross-functional working.
• Resourcing, Talent and Succession Management. Coach and support leadership teams to identify and develop high potential employees, ensuring appropriate development strategies are in place to help them to achieve their full potential. Ensure robust succession strategies and plans are in place to create diverse and effective teams, encouraging positive team and individual behaviours. Work alongside Resourcing to ensure robust plans are in place to meet the short, medium and long-term resourcing requirements.
• Equality, Diversity & Inclusion. Acts as a change agent to actively promote Diversity within the business in order to create a more diverse workforce. Partnering leaders and colleagues to enable the creation of a truly inclusive work environment where every colleague can be their authentic self.
• Performance & Reward. Partners business areas to ensure the appropriate financial and non-financial levers are in place to drive a culture of high individual and team performance. Includes coaching senior leaders to ensure that clear goals & objectives are set, regular reviews take place and that effective development plans are set.
• Skills & Capability & Development. Ensures that people at all levels of the organisation possess and develop the knowledge, skills, and behaviour to fulfil the short and long term ambitions of the organisation, and that they are motivated to learn, grow and perform.Ensure people processesare completed as required and are leveraged in a way that supports employee engagement

Knowledge, Skills and Experience - Essential

• Ability to build effective relationships at all levels (Skill)
• A solid understanding of manufacturing performance levers and culture (experience / Knowledge)
• Insights focussed & analytical (Skill)
• Ability to influence positive and sustainable change within a sales, commercial, design and manufacturing environment (Skill)
• Effective situational decision making
• Ability to challenge effectively and credibly
• Track record of innovative thinking and solutions focussed (experience)
• Business & Commercial Acumen
• Organisational culture and behaviour
• How to enable change effectively
• Understanding of leading people practices across all areas of the people agenda (detailed in Accountability section)
• Understanding of UK Employment legislation and company policies
• Understands the principles of high performance and development, and is able to coach leadership teams to create a culture this
• Is able to influence stakeholders and champion positive action in order to improve diversity within the business
• Demonstrates a good understanding of organisational culture and behaviour, and is able to effectively coach leaders and pull key levers to influence this.