Position Snapshot
Nestlé UK & Ireland
HR Business Partner (Factory)
Location – York- Site Based
Salary between £34,000- £38,000 (depending on experience) + Potential Bonus + Excellent Benefits
This is a full-time permanent and site based opportunity, but we are always open to discuss individual’s flexible working needs so please speak to us during the recruitment process to understand what this could look like for you.
Position Summary
We have a fantastic opportunity for a talented individual to join our Confectionery Factory in York as a HR Business Partner. This is an exciting role, where you will work closely with all areas of our factory providing best in class HR support, guidance and governance.
York factory is the home of Kit Kat, Aero, Polo and more great brands; this is your opportunity to play a key role in the factory responsible for manufacturing these iconic brands.
A day in the life of a Factory HR Business Partner
This role offers a real opportunity to partner managers as their trusted Business Partner from day one, providing HR support, coaching and development in order to empower managers to provide a high-level service. This role will provide the flexibility and autonomy of getting to the heart of people issues & working to develop fit for purpose solutions with a continuous improvement mentality.
You will be responsible for:
- Be a key point of contact for any employee relations issues that arise supporting the site to ensure the appropriate resolution it achieved in a timely manner.
- Ensure our performance and talent management activities are understood, embedded and delivered, supporting our people and the factory to deliver against the business’s goals.
- Be a key driver in upskilling our line managers’ capability specifically around our people’s development enabling everybody to be the very best that they can be.
- Work as part of cross functional team to develop our HR practices and processes.
- Develop capability across the factory ensuring our people understand the HR model we work within and are able to efficiently access the solutions they need with ease.
- Support the successful execution of the HR strategy across the factory site.
What will make you Successful?
Ideally, you will have some operational HR Business Partner experience and have the ability to partner with the factory management team with strong influencing, communication, networking and analytical skills. Supporting the leaders in engaging and enabling their teams to improve performance.
You will also;
- Have operational HR experience across the core HR processes (performance management, talent management, recruitment & resourcing, employee relations, organisational change).
- Be able to analyse and translate HR data.
- Have working knowledge of UK Employment Legislation.
- Experience of case management and exposure.
- Ideally have worked in a manufacturing or other ‘blue collar’ environment.
- Have previously worked with and can demonstrate building excellent relationships with Trader Union partners.
What you need to know
What can we offer in return? Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestlé – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, 25 days holiday plus statutory holidays plus flex, pension scheme, and a real focus on personal development and growth all centered round a supportive and ambitious team.
The closing date for this role is 19th April 2024.
We will be considering applicants as they apply, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.
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