People Business Partner

Why Superdrug?

Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities.

We’re a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun.

Our success comes from our people – they make the difference. We’re all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling.

Role Purpose:

The People Business Partner will champion employee experience and play a key role in supporting the delivery of People Team activity within Head Office. This role has the scope to make a huge impact on the performance of the business as you will be partnering with stakeholders and delivering people solutions which are aligned to the business goals and people strategy. This role reports to the Senior People Manager for Superdrug Head Office.

A typical day in this role includes:

· Key stakeholders: Wider People team, Executive Team, Heads of Department and Senior Managers

· Build good relationships in order to influence and support both the commercial and people strategy

· Providing an honest ‘voice’ for our Head Office colleagues in all business led projects, to ensure initiatives and changes land effectively.

· Working in partnership with the Senior People Manager and Head Office leaders to understand the future roles and skills needed within their teams, putting proactive plans in place to deliver internal capability

· Provide expert advice and coach line managers to resolve employee relations issues including performance management, redundancy, disciplinary and grievances, TUPE, exits etc.

· Coaching and leading the People Advisor and the Executive Assistants to be great and confident in their roles

· Owning the People Operation Processes for the Head Office People Team with the support of your People Advisor

· Impacting and delivering on the People Strategy for Head Office

· Supporting the Senior People Manager to identify and research potential initiatives to drive efficiencies, build capability and deliver innovation

· Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Play an active and vocal role in driving some of our key Diversity and Inclusion initiatives, identifying any barriers internally to DE&I and actively driving change.

This is just a snapshot of the many things you’ll be involved with at Superdrug. It’s a varied role in an ever-changing environment, where we can promise that no two days will be the same.

This job is a good fit for you if:

· You’re a people focussed, People Business Partner, who’s accustomed to working in a fast-paced environment.

· A brilliant team player – no task is too big when it comes to supporting your fellow People Team members.

· You are an excellent communicator who is interpersonal with great influencing skills

· You have a great ability to build trust and rapport with people

· You are a problem solver with the ability to navigate complex and sensitive situation with professionalism and discretion.

· You know you add value through your ability to see from different viewpoints and can build strong relationships

· You understand the importance of ensuring that the People Operations are fundamental to the success of the people strategy.

· You have a flexible approach to Business Partnering and can pitch in to support wider team activities

· You enjoy researching new initiatives and can present your findings back in an insightful and engaging way

This is just a snapshot of the many things you’ll be involved with at Superdrug. It’s a varied role in an ever-changing environment, where we can promise that no two days will be the same.

What you’ll need:

· Experience working as a HR Business Partner

· A passion for working with people and being supportive

· A good understanding of current employment law and a keen interest in staying up to date with what’s going on in the market and how that may impact us

· A passion for the world of retail health and beauty