People Partner

3 months ago


Banbury, United Kingdom Booker Group Full time

About the role
We have an opportunity for a People Partner to join our fast paced & dynamic team, reporting into the Head of People for Best Food Logistics.

Responsible for partnering the Centre Manager and/or Business Leaders, ensuring excellent delivery of the core People agenda; cultivating and reinforcing Best/Booker as A Place to Get On and a Great Place to Work where **Everyone is Welcome**.

You will be responsible for
- Partner Centre Managers and Business Leaders in your area to deliver a great colleague experience focused on talent/development of people and, health and wellness.
- Support Centre Managers and Business Leaders to coach and develop high potential talent whilst ensuring those who need support to improve are supported.
- Support Centre Managers and Business Leaders in identifying key capability needs for my area, being curious, agitating and engaging managers to identify and achieve.
- This role includes the Line Manager responsibility of a HR Advisor and works closely with the Central Functions Team.
- Driving the talent agenda locally, coaching Centre Managers and high performing Team/Lead Managers; creating diverse career paths for those wanting to get on, ensuring diversity & inclusion is embedded into everything I do.
- Communicate to and engage the teams you partner to deploy the people plan priorities and initiatives as well as our core people cycle activities.
- Self-serve using central platforms (e.g., Our Booker, TribePad etc) to provide people insight to teams which informs judgement, action planning and decision making at a local level.
- Working with local union representatives and officials on any business as usual or local activity.
- Provide advice on absence cases, specifically supporting and guiding my partnering teams on sensitive wellness cases or people crisis situations.
- Provide advice in respect of dispute resolution (Disciplinary and Grievance) with a focus on coaching managers to resolve issues informally where possible - attend some hearings as HR advice and note taker.
- Manage Employment Tribunal Claims received by the Business in relation to your partnering area, liaising with Company legal advisors and Head of HR
- Supporting the deployment of change projects into centres focusing on talent moves/interventions, training and development to implement right first time
- Supporting the alignment of structures & hours, ensuring our resource is aligned to future priorities.
- Provide expert support and guidance during recruitment campaigns
- Partner Centre Managers and Business Leaders on management resourcing
- Keeping up to date with People Practices (e.g., People Policies, employment law) both internally and externally.
- Following our Business Code of Conduct and always acting with integrity and due diligence.

You will need
**Operational skills relevant for this job**
- Knowledge of diversity and inclusion agenda and practices.
- Understanding of the broader internal and external talent good practice.
- Clear sense of ownership and an ability to follow through tenaciously to resolve issues.
- An understanding of emerging trends in HR and the broader market.
- Ability to think strategically allied with a practical approach to execution.
- Experience working with Trade Union's in a logistics environment.
- Broad understanding of our business, our strategy and plans.
- Consulting and Partnering.
- Commercial 'Know How'
- Colleague Experts.

**Experience relevant for this job**:

- Broad knowledge of general HR principles which includes specialist knowledge of internal or external talent management and acquisition.
- CIPD qualification or equivalent desirable.
- Experience of developing and executing strategic plans.

We look forward to you joining the **BEST **team

About The Company
**About Us**

We have always aspired to be the Best and now we are.

We are so confident in our supply chain, our people and our service that we can truly live up to our name, The Best Food Logistics company. Our people are what make us the best. We take the greatest care to commit to our vision and values with each interaction and at every touch point through the supply chain. There is no magic system to what we do. We stick to our values, and everything else falls into place. We are proud of our simplicity and straightforward approach.

We love our customers We want them to love us We aim to do that by providing great service, every day, by providing value with vision, and performance with passion.

Be part of something special. Join our team at Booker.

Booker is the UK's leading food & drink wholesaler. We are privileged to serve independent retailers, caterers and small businesses, from locations across the country.

Booker Group comprises of Booker Wholesale, Makro, Booker Direct, Classic Drinks, Ritter Courivaud, Best Logistics and Chef Direct. Our customers include Premier, Family Shopper, Budgens and Londis retailers and we have one shared aim - improving choice, p


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