Job Description This job is with Savers Health and Beauty, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.
People Leadership & Development Manager - Field based but requires 1-2 days a week in our Head Office (Dunstable)
Savers - Career Band 7
Role Purpose:
The People Leadership and Development Manager will be responsible for leading the design and delivery of impactful training, development, and leadership initiatives across Head Office and Retail. This role will work closely with key stakeholders to develop and implement tailored development plans that assess current capabilities, identify future skills, and address development needs, ultimately enhancing employee engagement, performance, leadership, and career progression.
The People Development Manager will report to the Senior Talent and People Development Manager and will be the line manager for the People Development team.
A typical day in this role includes:
· Building strong relationships with key stakeholders, including Regional General Managers, functional heads of departments, and the People Teams across both Savers and Superdrug.
· Supporting the Senior Talent and People Development Manager in the design and implementation of the company's Development Strategy, with specific ownership of Savers training and leadership development delivery both online and face to face.
· Continuously developing personal knowledge and skills to ensure Savers offers best in class training and leadership development that meets the evolving needs of our people, now and in the future.
· Ensuring leadership skills at all levels are clearly defined, mapped, and developed focusing on both current skill requirements and future leadership needs.
· Identifying trends and providing insight to the business to drive great decision making and enhance our overall development offering.
· Working closely with the Senior Talent and Development Manager to highlight skills gaps, development opportunities and future leadership potential to enable Savers to deliver a strong succession plan and pipeline of top talent both internally and externally.
· Delivering regular reports and insights on key KPIs that support business performance, strengthen our employee journey, and maintain a healthy internal leadership and succession pipeline.
· Line managing and developing the People Development team, ensuring they are empowered to deliver high impact learning and leadership programmes across Savers.
This job is a good fit for you if:
· You enjoy being proactive, solution focused and always looking for opportunities to make improvements to drive results
· You understand how to put plans in place to support business initiatives and drive business results
· You are good at influencing, communication and building strong relationships
· You can easily use data to spot trends, implement plans and drive opportunities
· You are motivated by developing people and passionate about learning
· You get satisfaction though helping others in spotting talent, developing their teams and finding solutions
What you'll need:
· Proven experience building strong relationships and communicating with key stakeholders
· Good understanding of skills mapping and the ability to identify and implement effective development solutions, including online learning
· Have learning top of mind and be willing to continuously learn and develop yourself and the team
· A curious mindset, coupled with creativity, proactivity, strong organisation skills, and the resilience to navigate challenges
· Management experience in managing successful teams
· A degree Human Resources or CIPD Level 5 would be valuable but not essential
This role is based field based however there is a requirement to attend Head office, meetings, conferences and visit stores. It also requires someone who has a full clean driving license.
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