Human Resources Business Partner

1 month ago

Carlisle, United Kingdom Realise HR Full time

Role: HR Business Partner

Location: Carlisle

Employer: Pladis (McVities)

Salary: Circa £70,000 per annum + car allowance + bonus

Employment Type: Permanent, Onsite with some flex

Benefits:


  • Up-to 15% Annual Bonus
  • £7k Car allowance
  • Life Insurance
  • Enhanced Pension Contributions


Pladis is the proud custodian of over 300 years of baking and confectionary heritage. With a 16,000-strong global team, it crafts delicious treats across 27 bakeries in 11 countries, with the potential to reach four billion consumers worldwide.


With its site in Carlisle, McVitie’s has been crafting some of the world’s favourite biscuits and cakes since 1839 and is now seeking a new HR Business Partner to provide HR leadership and business partnering support at site. This role will work closely with the site leadership and management teams, as well as the various teams within the wider UK&I HR function to ensure all HR activity is adding value in line with the site plans and strategies, and is aligned to wider HR priorities for the region


Responsibilities include:


  • To play a central role as part of the Site Leadership Team, developing strong, credible relationships with the team, and being instrumental in setting site direction and strategy, and leading on the creation of people strategy.
  • Developing Talent Management plans and owning the talent management processes for the site
  • Own the HR agenda for site/functions in line with agreed functional agendas covering performance management, talent development, engagement, reward and industrial relations.
  • Work in partnership with senior leaders and senior managers on establishing and implementing solutions that support the ongoing development of leadership capability.
  • Provide the necessary link to other teams within the wider HR function as required, including Recruitment, Central Engagement, Central L&D, Employee Relations, Occupational Health & Wellbeing, HR Shared Services.
  • Own and lead the creation of site people plans that are fully aligned to site strategic priorities and wider HR priorities, ensuring full integration of the HR agenda for the site, including engagement and site driven L&D priorities.
  • Build strong relationships with site trade union teams that foster positive employee relations across the site.
  • Maintain close links with other HR Business Partners across the UK&I to ensure consistency of HR practices and the management of any read across and wider implications of local site wide initiatives or decisions.
  • Partner with the Site Lead on creation of future facing site change plans including organisation design, with responsibility for leading people workstreams, including planning, stakeholder management and execution.
  • Through line management of the Site Engagement Lead, take accountability for: ongoing measurement of engagement levels across all worker groups at site, as well as engagement action planning to address key areas. Holding leaders to account in their roles in owning this agenda; Developing Site driven CSR agenda – accountable for creation, maintaining and delivery of this agenda, and execution of central CSR agenda; Developing site driven Inclusion & Diversity and Employee Value Proposition plans, and execution of central IDE/EVP agenda; Execution of centrally driven Health & Wellbeing plans, including provision of support and leadership to the site Mental Health Ambassador network
  • Through line management of the Site L&D Coordinator, take accountability for: Compliance training across site – including Health & Safety, Food Safety, Ethical standards, as well as inductions. Support central L&D initiatives as they arise; Developing and maintaining a clear understanding of the L&D offering within pladis UK&I and optimise opportunities to ensure these are accessible to targeted groups/individuals in order to develop colleague, management and leadership capability levels


About You


You’re an experienced HR professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and has a deep understanding of the unique challenges within manufacturing. You excel in developing and executing strategic people plans (including significant transformation planning and execution) and are comfortable influencing and collaborating with senior leaders, trade union representatives, and cross-functional teams. You have a strong track record of leading complex reorganisations, driving employee engagement, and embedding a culture of continuous improvement.


Your passion for people is evident through your proactive approach to supporting leadership capability, advancing employee engagement, and fostering an inclusive culture that aligns with the organisation’s strategic goals. You’re solutions-oriented, resilient, and motivated by the opportunity to make a real impact within a dynamic organisation.


If you’re ready to lead a team, drive meaningful change, and serve as a trusted partner within our HR function, we’d love to hear from you.


Don't meet every single requirement? At Realise, we are dedicated to helping our clients build diverse, inclusive and authentic workplaces, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement, we would encourage you to apply anyway You might be just the candidate we're looking for


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