Head of People

4 weeks ago


UK, UK, United Kingdom Oscar Mayer Group UK Full time

To guide and manage the overall provision of the People services and programs for central, in harmony with the Group strategy, initiatives, projects delivering consistency and a common framework for the Group.


Key Responsibilities;

  • Develops the people plans for central aligned with the organisational strategy.
  • Works with the key stakeholders to review and implement effective People teams and structures for the central functions.
  • Work in partnership with the Group Head of L&D to ensure the right development and succession plans are in place for the central teams.
  • Work with function leads enabling line managers to drive accountability at appropriate levels and support the managers to achieve this. Hence building effective high-performance teams/structures delivering to budget and the company strategy.
  • Ensures the group operates within the requirements of employment law and ethical policy at all times.
  • Provides a professional advisory service that gives effective solutions to people issues ensuring a balance between individual sand business needs.
  • Ensure KPIs and reports are understood, integrated and aligned across the People teams. KPIs and reports support effective data management, visibility and action focused activity. Provide board KPIs to CPO.
  • Employee relations are effectively managed across central. Ensure effective employee representative groups in place that are legally compliant and support positive employee relations particularly around well-being and D&I.
  • Develop engagement plans. Robust communication plans are in place and proactive activities are embedded to support good retention.
  • Works with the Occupational Health resource and align cost, activity and resource across the central.
  • Create and update people policies.
  • Drive harmonisation of people processes and procedures across the Group.


Qualification & Training

  • CIPD Qualified – level 7 - preferred
  • Coaching / mentoring training – preferred
  • Good working knowledge of Employment Law or additional formal training
  • Stronger together / Ethical / Modern Slavery training at some level


Skills & Experience

  • Experience of food manufacturing or similar fast paced environment.
  • Hands on experience of major change programmes, redundancies and significant changes to term and conditions
  • Extensive employee relations experience of dealing successfully with complex and sensitive issues.
  • Coaching and coordinating senior teams.
  • Developing People functions.


Personal Attributes

  • Collaborative approach to teams and people
  • Empathetic and supportive
  • Highly confidential and professional
  • Positive energy
  • Extremely organised and structured in approach
  • Exceptional communicator
  • High levels of emotional intelligence and intuition

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