Senior HR Business Partner

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HR Business Partner (full time on-site)
Lumentum is looking for a dynamic HR Business Partner to provide frontline operational support to its UK based site near Towcester, Northamptonshire. Due to this being a design and manufacturing site with over 370 employees the role will be site based, full time, 5 days a week to support and be available to provide pro-active business partnering.

Reporting to the local HR Director, the role works closely with our EMEA based HR colleagues in HR Operations and Talent Acquisition, Global CoEs based out of North America, local leadership and managers.

The right candidate is self-motivated, familiarises themselves with the business priorities and can implement creative HR solutions that align with those business priorities, within the guidelines of the wider business.

There is some potential scope for individuals with exposure to Italian working practices.

Scope
Provide HR Business Partnering support to Lumentum's UK employees. In addition to this Client Group, partner with the Company's wider Centres of Excellence (CoEs). To deliver the wider HR agenda.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates local and global HR initiatives with in-country managers, i.e. illuminating culture, all UK Operational HR activities; partnering with, seeking advice and giving feedback to the HR CoEs before putting changes or new programs in place.
• Contribute and participate in change programmes relating to the strategic pillar to achieve Manufacturing Excellence.
• Provide developmental coaching to managers to grow their leadership skills to help promote and deliver a "can do" culture that implements lean methodologies and a continuous improvement mindset.
• Ensure all employment related policies and procedures remain legally compliant with changing regulations. Seeking sign-off from local HR leadership and inhouse legal counsel before issuing. Following up with line manager training regarding policy and procedural changes.
• Train all line leaders on policies and procedures to a standard whereby they can manage simple cases of return to work, disciplinary, grievance. Be present for junior/first-time line managers who are unfamiliar with company processes.
• For more complex ER case work, act as technical expert to drive disciplinary, grievance, flexible working and appeals, coordinating the necessary steps of these processes to support stakeholders, to guarantee compliant decision making.
• Coach employees and management on sensitive and difficult work-related problems.
• Follow up legal cases current and new. Working in partnership with site leader and legal.
• Act as company representative in the absence of the local HR Director for in-country HR topics, both towards internal stakeholders (such all levels of line management, employees and their representatives) and external entities (such as government, universities, court), in order to provide trustful guidance on people matters.
• Advise local and corporate stakeholders about the frame of local legislation, proactively raise legal constraints and mitigations to be considered, in order to ensure compliance in the implementation of Lumentum' s management decisions.
• Partner with the relevant parties to promote, deliver and monitor HR projects/initiatives to contribute for leveraging employees' engagement and Corporate branding across the Client Group.
• Participate in the Caswell engagement counsel as a company representative. Drive relevant activities with team members and actively work to ensure the implementation and sustainability of employee outcomes and initiatives set by local leadership.
• Work with HR Connections (HRC) to ensure WorkDay is accurately maintained and all workflows are completed in a timely manner. Produce relevant KPIs and identified at local and Corporate level, using them as a vehicle for process improvement and driving efficiencies.
• Partner with Occ Health on medical absence case work, ensuring employee wellbeing and company compliance. Support EHS with any potential insurance claims.
• Address mobility, through supporting work permits and visa follow up, partnering with HRC and Mobility. Track review dates and address renewals in a timely manner. Support any Ex-pat activity (contract, repatriation, RIF. etc) partnering with HRC and mobility.
• Take an active role on DIB (Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging) committee, working with the local and international DIB team to generate ideas to increase and/or maintain a diverse workforce. Additionally, support the STEM program and seek out opportunities to enhance it.
• All other activities that would reasonably fall under the remit of an HR Business Partner.
• Adhere to all health and safety policies, procedures and processes.

Qualifications

• Minimum of level 5 CIPD qualification or equivalent, required to demonstrate a technical understanding of the Human Resources Business Partnering remit and deep awareness of the HR CoE remits.
• Experience of working within a highly matrixed USA headquartered, global organization with a Corporate Centres of Excellence business model, would be an advantage in understanding the business structure and potentially being able to quickly integrate into and navigate it.
• Comprehensive HR experience as a generalist or HR Business Partner, to a standard whereby you can operate confidently on employment law related matters and contribute to the Global HR team to drive continuous improvement.
• A thorough understanding of the employee lifecycle to a standard whereby you can offer experienced advice, guidance and coaching to a varied and diverse workforce.
• Experience of working with HR information systems/databases, with the ability to translate data to provide meaningful outcomes.
• Comprehensive knowledge of UK employment law, with an ongoing thirst to follow change and development.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and exceptional analytical skills with attention to detail, coupled with comprehensive HRIS (preferably WorkDay), Excel, Word and PowerPoint usage. Exposure to AI within the HR profession would be a distinct advantage to assisting the business to continue to grow its capability and tooling.
• Comprehensive employment case work experience will be essential to support with agility, the timely resolution and documentation of employee relations matters.
• Ability to navigate the pressures of a fast paced, dynamic environment that has competing demands on time.
• Ability to create and deliver localized employment related training courses.
• Pro-active, collaborative team-player.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
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