Overview
Kepak is a global food company serving international retailers and food service household names with prime cuts of meat, on-trend food concepts and ready-for-market convenience foods. Kepak Red Meat UK operates from three sites within the UK: McIntosh Donald, Aberdeen; Merthyr Tydfil, Wales; and Bodmin, Cornwall.
Our growing and developing site HR function are looking for an experienced HR Advisor to join the team. We are looking for someone who can drive a positive, engaging, and high performing culture. Someone who enjoys a fast pace where no 2 days are the same.
You will be based at our Kepak Bodmin site which is a single species (cattle) primary product and packing site, with approximately 300 employees and a 5 day operation.
Working hours are 37.5hrs per week, Monday to Friday, site based with some flexibility around home working and hours of work to ensure we support your work-life balance.
What we can offer
* Opportunity to work for a leading food manufacturer in a fast paced, dynamic and production focused role, within a small HR Team, with operational excellence at the heart of what we do
* As well as delivering on the day to day HR operations you will be working collaboratively with the HR Manager to support the site HR strategy. This will give you a great exposure to enhancing employee engagement, managing employee relations, and leading continuous improvement projects
* Our company is dedicated to your growth and success! We offer a variety of training to help you reach your full potential and support your development and progression
As an HR Advisor you will
* Build effective relationships with stakeholders and become a trusted advisor to positively influence approaches and behaviours in line with site/company standards and best practice, escalating any complex queries to the HR Manager as necessary
* Proactively work to build people management capability across the Site Management team to give them the tools and confidence to handle people issues
* Manage Employee Relations cases end-to-end including investigation, disciplinary, grievance, capability, flexible working, absence and performance management, coaching line managers/supervisors and providing pragmatic advice throughout the process
* Actively identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiencies within the department/site
* Lead on assigned ad-hoc projects as required, including data gathering, research and analysis
* Support the site with our early careers initiatives, employee events and engagement activities
* Support the HR Manager with delivery of annual HR processes such as salary reviews, succession planning and employee surveys
* Support the Recruiter as required with recruitment activities including utilising the recruitment system, including advertising, responding to applications, scheduling interviews/block tests, and being a member of the interview panel. Supporting with health surveillance/occupational health appointments
* Support the Training Co-ordinator as required with new hire inductions, and other training needs identified as required
Requirements
* CIPD Qualified - Level 5 preferred, or qualified through experience
* Passionate about delivering a proactive, operationally focused and value-add HR service to the business
* Must be discreet, diplomatic and treat information within the department as highly confidential
* Meticulous attention to detail is essential
* Communicates well in written and oral form with multi-nationals on all levels
* Ability to multitask and work under pressure using own initiative to meet various deadlines
* Resilience when faced with ambiguity and changing priorities whilst maintaining a positive, ‘can-do' attitude
* Relationship builder with influencing skills
Role Level
A role model for the Kepak values of Responsibility, Ambition, Passion for Food and Teamwork, you will be operating at Lead Self level and able to demonstrate our required core behaviour.
* Passion for Food at forefront of day-to-day performance
* Ambition to develop self to achieve personal and business goals
* Responsibility for positive contribution to business
* Teamwork across all levels, department and teams, willing to go the extra mile
Benefits
* Flexible working hours to suit you and the business
* 31 days annual leave (after probation)
* Employee Discount platform - All Kepak employees are entitled to access to the WrkIt platform, which offers significant discounts and cashback with hundreds of brands
* Refer a Friend Scheme - Get up to £500 for successfully referring a friend or family member to Kepak Group
* FREE access to Employee Assistance Program (Includes Free legal advice, counselling and mental health advice)
* Company Pension plan
* Death in Service benefit for all employees in the pension scheme
* Christmas hamper
* On-site parking - Our Kepak site has a dedicated staff car parking facility which is free to use for all of our colleagues
* Cycle to work scheme - You can buy a bike and safety equipment through a salary sacrifice scheme which reduces your taxable income - meaning you pay less tax!
* Subsidised Canteen - Our on site canteen is serving multiple hot food options during the day
* Free Lunch Once a Month
* Free hot drinks all day
* Employee engagement activities
* Long Service Award - we recognise, acknowledge and award the dedication and valuable contribution of long serving employees
* Ongoing Training and Development in the role
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