People Manager

People Manager, Greenford, London, working across all aspects of the employee journey - recruitment, learning and development, compensation and benefits, people experience and people tools and technologies. The team takes the lead on the continuing evolution of the company's culture and employer brand. Reporting to the Head of People with one direct report in People and Payroll Administration.

About Us

Belazu has been a pioneer of supplying chef grade ingredients for over 30 years. We are a Gold Standard Investor in People Award winner and a responsible, ethical B Corp accredited business. We balance the needs of our people, our product and our planet alongside our need to be profitable. We have a diverse workforce that not only contributes to a positive company culture, but also to our achievements.

Our Approach

We strive to walk the talk – in our dealings internally and externally. We are all committed to development, of ourselves, our products, our relationships and our positive impact. This is a growing business with a social core and we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinion, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs

Our Dream People Manager…

At Belazu we are focussed on our journey, as much as our goals – this commitment to doing the right thing is shared throughout the business and integrity should be the guiding principle of your approach to your role. You might have had a generalist role in a small team, or been a specialist in a larger team, keen to develop a broad skillset in People service.

This role will suit you if:

✔️You enjoy people, warts and all!

✔️You are energetic and positive with a growth mindset and a customer centric approach

✔️You are a strong communicator with well developed listening and negotiation skills

✔️You are familiar with CIPD – an accreditation with be a plus

✔️You are excited by facilitating personal development

✔️You have experience in a people focussed business with high colleague engagement

✔️You have D,E and I expertise

This role may not be for you if:

👎 You prefer working in a siloed setup rather than a collaboration-centric environment.

👎 You lack a self-starting attitude and struggle with deadline focus

👎 You are not detail focussed

👎 You prefer a hands off role – we are a team of do-ers…

What the day job looks like:

In this full-time role as People Manager, we are seeking a true generalist to work within a team of 3, driving our workplace culture, responding to our colleagues and sweeping away the barriers to great work across the business - you will interact with all areas of the People experience:

· Curating and supporting the full lifecycle of employment at Belazu

· Building strong working relationships across the business

· Supporting managers in efficient, effective and rapid response to ER issues

· Recruitment support across the business

· Driving engagement in workplace culture

· Developing, sourcing and delivering training programs

· Supporting performance management processes across the business

· Reviewing and rolling out policy and procedure

· Being creative in compensation and benefit, building best in class employee value propositions

· Contributing to People strategy

· Communicating across the business

What’s in it for you?

· 33 days annual leave per annum (incl public holidays)

· Auto-Enrolment Pension, plus an enhanced pension option

· Discretionary annual bonus scheme

· Learning and development opportunities for everyone in the business

· Life assurance from day one

· Cycle to work scheme

· Employee benefits portal with retail discounts, EAP and GP services and financial support tools

· Volunteer days

· Free parking on site

· Up to 40% discount on Company products

· Socials and internal awards

· Subsidised Canteen

Terms

· 40 hrs/wk i.e. 8.30am-4.30pm Mon-Fri (start and finish times flexible) with a 3 day/week office; 2 day/week WFH hybrid working model.

· Probationary period 3 months

· Annual salary review (our ‘movers and shakers’ are always rewarded)