Group HR Manager
Grainger Motor Group (EMG Anglia Ltd Group & Mantles Group Ltd)
(Automotive Industry)
Full Time - Permanent
Hours - Mon-Fri 9:00am until 5:00pm
GMG is a well established family owned and run Dealer Group, which is the parent company for EMG and Mantles. GMG has 16 locations across East Anglia & Hertfordshire, we proudly represent Kia, Mazda, MG, and BYD, and provide specialist aftersales services for Ford, Hyundai, Mitsubishi, Nissan, and Vauxhall, as well as used car dealerships and two Esso service stations. With an expanding footprint across Hertfordshire and East Anglia, we're now looking for a proactive and commercially minded Group HR Manager to work with closely within our management to assist all areas of our people stratergy.
About the Role
As Group HR Manager, you will play a key role in supporting the business through growth and change. You'll be responsible for developing HR policies, ensuring compliance, and supporting initiatives that retain, and develop talent across multiple sites. This is a hands-on role that combines strategic oversight with day-to-day HR operations.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead HR operations across dealerships, service centers, and support functions.
* Partner with managers to provide guidance on employee relations, performance, and organisational development.
* Support the company with onboarding processes, ensuring the best talent joins and stays with the group.
* Support training, learning, and career development opportunities for staff at all levels
* Ensure compliance with UK employment law and implement best practice HR policies
* Champion employee engagement and wellbeing initiatives across the group
* Work closely with company directors on all areas of our people strategy.
To be successful in this role you will have;
* Proven HR management experience in a multi-site, automotive, or retail environment.
* Ability to balance strategic leadership with hands-on delivery.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to build strong relationships.
* Commercial awareness and a proactive, problem-solving mindset.
* CIPD Level 5 or equivalent qualification in Human Resources or People Management.
* Strong HR generalist background with excellent knowledge of UK employment law.
* Comfortable working with HR systems and using data to inform decisions.
* Confident communicator with the ability to influence and lead.
* Experience in writing strategic HR documents and business cases.
* High levels of integrity, sound judgement, and a calm approach under pressure.
* Experience establishing an apprenticeship programme is advantageous but not essential.
Why Join Grainger Motor Group?
At EMG/Mantles/ Grainger Motor Group, we take pride in our identity as a family-run and owned business, we cherish our people and their contribution to our success.
Our vision is to 'be the best' at what we do and we recognise that our staff are the most important asset to our business - success is only achieved through our people. We are committed to creating an environment where our employees have opportunities to grow and thrive, as our business grows our staff go hand in hand growing with it.
If this role is of interest to you, we look forward to receiving your application.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £45,000.00-£50,000.00 per year
Benefits:
* Company events
* Company pension
* Employee discount
* Health & wellbeing programme
Experience:
* Human resources: 4 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
* CIPD (required)
Work Location: In person