Premier Foods Stoke is the home of the Cherry Bakewell and the nations favourite Mr Kipling Cakes. We are looking for a HR and Payroll Assistant to join our team.
Salary: £27,500 (pro rata)
Working hours: 39 hours Monday-Friday
Contract: 5 month Fixed Term Contract
The role of HR & Payroll Assistant at Premier foods Stoke will play a pivotal role within the HR department by ensuring a seamless administrative and payroll function is delivered.
You will assist the HR Team to deliver a first-class employee experience across the HR generalist field.
What You'll Be Doing
As a key member of the HR team, you'll provide all-round administrative support to managers and colleagues, ensuring our HR processes run smoothly and efficiently.
Key Responsibilities:
Support all HR admin processes including onboarding and offboarding
Support in processing payroll inputs (weekly and monthly) accurately and on time
Maintain employee records and ensure HR systems (SAP, MYHR, T&A) are kept up to date
Track absence, return to work, and fit note documentation
Provide support for maternity/paternity leave, sickness absence, and other HR policies
Help manage recruitment admin - job adverts, interviews, onboarding
Respond to employee queries and monitor the HR inbox
Support with HR projects and site engagement activities
What We're Looking For
Previous experience in an HR admin or coordinator role
Strong organisational and time management skills
High level of accuracy and attention to detail
Friendly, professional, and able to handle sensitive information
A proactive and flexible approach to work
Good administrative and organisational skills.
IT literate - be proficient in the use of MS Office applications - Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint.
Desirable
CIPD Level 3 qualification or equivalent.
Previous experience of working within a HR team completing transactional tasks, with evidence of advising managers on day to day HR queries.
Confident using HR systems (SAP experience is a bonus)
What we offer
Competitive pension scheme up to 7.5% contribution
Subsidisedcanteen facilities on site
Free parking
Cycle to work scheme
Staff Shop
Share Save Scheme plus many mor e
Please note we are looking to fill this vacancy urgently applications may close before the closing date stated below. I f you are interested in applying for this vacancy please hit the apply button.
Closing date 14.5.25
A great British food company
Premier Foods is one of Britain's biggest listed food companies, employing over4,000 colleagues at 13 manufacturingsites and offices up and down the country.
Many of our brands have been part of UK lifefor more than a century and you'll find them in 90% of British households.
At Premier foods we believe in inclusion, authenticityandindividuality.We aim to ensure all existingand futurecolleagues are given equitable opportunities and are respected, valued and encouraged to bring their true authentic selves to workno matter who they are, what they look like, who they love or what they believe in.Our culture is one where everyone is welcome.
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