P&O (HR) Manager – Wythenshawe (travel to other sites as required) – Mon‑Fri, 37.5 hours per week
We are looking for an experienced HR Professional to join our Air & Sea Division in the UK. This is a key role managing a small team and partnering with the business to provide HR advice and expertise across multiple sites in the UK.
Responsibilities
* Build trusted relationships with senior leaders and managers, providing expert HR guidance to support business objectives and people priorities.
* Develop your team, ensuring the function delivers a high‑quality, consistent and commercially focused service across the business.
* Support and oversee organisational initiatives including restructures, TUPE transfers, organisational change and integration activities to support business growth and transformation.
* Act as an escalation point for complex employee relations matters, ensuring risks are managed effectively and advice is aligned to employment law and company policy.
* Partner with leaders to identify workforce requirements, succession planning needs and development opportunities, supporting talent management, apprenticeships, early careers and leadership development initiatives.
* Represent the business in union consultations and employee forums where required.
* Own the development, implementation and continuous improvement of HR policies, procedures and practices.
* Champion a high‑performance culture by supporting and developing managers to lead their teams effectively, including coordinating and delivering targeted training initiatives.
* Work closely with the Talent Acquisition Manager to oversee recruitment activity, ensuring alignment with workforce planning and business needs.
* Lead and support HR projects and people initiatives, including succession planning, engagement, employee experience and continuous improvement activities.
* Support the HR Senior Manager on strategic priorities and provide leadership support across the wider HR function where required.
Qualifications
* Proven experience in an HR Manager or senior HR generalist role, ideally within a complex, multi‑site or unionised environment.
* Strong track record of leading HR activity and delivering practical, business‑focused people solutions.
* Sound knowledge of employment law, employee relations and HR best practice, with the ability to apply this confidently in a commercial environment.
* Experience supporting organisational change programmes including TUPE, restructures and business integration activities.
* Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build effective relationships at all levels, including trade unions and employee representatives.
* Commercially minded, with the ability to balance operational business priorities with people needs.
* Previous experience in a similar role – ideally CIPD Level 5 or Level 7 qualified (or equivalent).
* Customer‑focused attitude with a high level of professionalism, discretion and attention to detail.
Benefits
Competitive Salary Package and an opportunity to be a part of and grow within a driven and successful company, with a team of 160,000, operating in over 90 countries.
* Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement from your start, which increases with length of service.
* Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme for Ultra‑Low Emissions Cars.
* Salary Sacrifice Cycle Scheme.
* WeCare App, for support with physical and mental wellbeing, including access to GPs for you and your dependents.
* LifeWorks app for access to cashback and discounts on high street and online brands.
* Life Insurance (which includes access to expert probate support).
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