- Partner the senior leadership, delivering strategically across HR operations, engagement and colleague development.
- Monitor and analyse people data trends and KPIs to enable preventative/corrective actions and to shape longer term strategic plans
- Work with People team colleagues to deliver the people plan, identifying current and future people-related business needs and strategies to prioritise
- Raise awareness of current and anticipated people opportunities, challenges and risks to inform current and future people related decisions and activity
- Coach leaders to manage change, develop people and lead a positive culture
- Provide expert advice and solutions in ER and performance management to support managers on complex disciplinary, grievance, redundancy, sickness, employee engagement and other people-related matters
- Act as a point of escalation for the business for any potential people related risks and ensure any known risks are managed appropriately
- Lead on people-related projects to drive our engagement strategy
- To support People Managers and the HR Director as required with talent identification, planning and development
- CIPD or equivalent qualification
- Proven experience in a Business Partnering role with experience of managing a team
- Experience with shaping people strategy and plans relating to colleague development and engagement
- Previous experience of working within a fast paced, changeable environment is essential for this role.
- Experience within the manufacturing sector or similar would be highly advantageous
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, coaching, impact and influencing skills
- Strong stakeholder engagement and ability to forge highly effective business relationships
- High level of planning and organising skills
- Customer orientation and business/commercial awareness
- Able to make a persuasive, clear presentation of ideas, both in writing and orally to convince others and gain acceptance, creating a positive impression on others
- Resilient under pressure or opposition and makes controlled responses in stressful situations
- Able to analyse and evaluate data and options for action to reach sound conclusions