Head of Human Resources

4 weeks ago


Carlisle, United Kingdom 2 Sisters Food Group Full time

**Carlisle**

**Excellent Salary & Company Benefits**

**About Us**:
When you join 2 Sisters, you will become part of the UK’s largest food manufacturer, with an annual turnover of £3billion+, over 13,500 people and covering more than 16 sites.

This role sits within our Meals division, where we live by our mantra of ‘Making Every Meal Moment Special’. We have 5 sites creating over 500 different products to feed our nation, from ready meals to iced fingers we love our food, and we love our people.

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, and we couldn’t do it without our team. It is a team where everyone counts we empower you with trust and give you the freedom to deliver. We ‘do what we say’ and accept accountability which allows our customers to trust us to create great tasting, innovative and quality meal solutions.

**About the Role**:
Reporting to the Site Director, with a dotted line to the divisional HR Director, at our chilled foods site in Carlisle, you will be a key part of the senior leadership team and be instrumental in shaping and delivering site strategy.

This is a key manufacturing site in our Meals Solutions division, and your key responsibilities will include:

- Leading transformational cultural and organisational change, to ensure the business has effective structures in place to drive performance and support future ways of working.
- Ensuring a highly effective HR service is provided to the business, including Learning & Development, Recruitment, Payroll, and Occupational Health.
- Managing and developing the HR team, working to ensure all site objectives are achieved in line with business strategy and are fully compliant with best practice.
- Working to drive employee engagement by ensuring positive employee relations, effective communication strategy, and effectively managing dispute processes and negotiations.
- Implementing effective performance management processes to drive improvements and opportunities for career progression and succession planning.
- Working with the wider HR team across the Meals division to develop and implement group strategy.

**About You**:

- Ideally MCIPD qualified, with prior HR management experience gained in a similar sized food or FMCG manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrable experience of leading and influencing organisational and cultural change.
- Strong HR generalist background, including significant experience of Employee Relations.
- Experience of negotiating with and working in partnership with trade unions.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to influence and, when appropriate, challenge colleagues at all levels.
- Resilient, able to work well under pressure and prioritise a busy workload in a fast-paced environment.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus scheme

Work Location: One location

Reference ID: 5786



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