Sostrene Grene is looking for a HR Officer. Opportunity to join a dynamic and successful team as well as a growing business!
Client Details
Søstrene Grene is an international Danish retail lifestyle brand with over 260 stores worldwide. Every Søstrene Grene store invites our customers into a sensual world of classical music, aesthetics, and joy.
Due to our UK expansion plans, we have an exciting opportunity for Stock Room Assistant to join Søstrene Grene's management team. This is a dynamic and varied job in a beautiful environment.
Description
As the HR Manager at Søstrene Grene, you will play a pivotal role in growing and retaining a talented workforce as we continue to expand throughout the UK.
You will be responsible for implementing sound HR practices and processes, in liaison with professional 24/7 advice from Peninsula HR. This role is a HR generalist position supporting the managers and employees in all aspects of the people strategy. You will take ownership of recruitment, onboarding, personnel files and payroll for new and existing stores. You will also be leading on culture, staff incentives and engagement, and will aim to improve all areas of the employee cycle.
The HR Manager will also take ownership of the overall Health & Safety practices in liaison with 24/7 professional advice from Peninsula H&S, using the online Brightsafe portal as our H&S communication and records tool.
You will need sound HR Manager experience and knowledge to ensure best practice is in place across a range of HR areas.
This role is based in our Newbury Support Office so you will need to live within a realistic commutable distance. As HR Manager, you will provide HR visibility and on-site HR support where required, which will require travel to other stores.
This is an organisation which is growing quickly, and you'll need to be excited to contribute to journey. You'll need to be flexible, energetic, personable and organised.
This role will be supported by a HR Administrator and will report directly to the Retail Operations Manager and Managing Director.
In this role you will be heavily involved within the recruitment, supporting the support office and stores.
Profile
- Minimum 2 years' experience as a HR Manager (preferably a retail background and experience in a fast-growing company).
- Strong experience in recruitment and developing/delivering a successful onboarding programme.
- Experience in leading on the people strategy and culture within a growing company.
- Have a relevant HR qualification (CIPD Level required - minimum Level 5).
- Experience with online recruitment platforms (example Indeed)
- Be organised and thorough with good attention to detail.
- Be able to motivate and engage staff and be flexible in your approach to work.
- Be a quick learner and be willing to develop new skills and show initiative.
- Be confident dealing with all HR and H&S issues.
- Be a team player and willing to assist colleagues and the business where needed
- Be willing and able to travel to other stores for new store openings, induction training and to champion ongoing staff engagement in existing stores
Job Offer
- Competitive salary
- 28 days annual leave + bank holidays
- Staff discount
Please note, if you wish to apply for this role, please consider the following information:
PageGroup are Søstrene Grene exclusive recruitment partner for this vacancy and all applications, whether internal or external, will be forwarded to them. If you're successful, you may be subject to all or some of our client's standard pre-employment checks.