About McCain
At McCain, we’re feeding the world: from French fries to Smiles, we contribute to the important role food plays in people’s lives. That’s why we’re dedicated to ensuring our core values—Family, Authentic, Trusted, and Quality—shine through every day. As a privately owned family company with over 60 years of experience, a presence in more than 160 countries, and a global team of 22,000 people, our values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that we can work together, along with our business and community partners, to bring sustainable growth and positive change today, tomorrow, and for generations to come. Join us and see how you can MAKE IT at McCain.
Position
Position Title: HR Specialist
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Requisition ID: 39967
Why join the McCain family
* Your Life – we’re here to help you fulfil your potential, flourish, and thrive in work and life.
* Your Success – work alongside passionate individuals who are committed to supporting your career ambitions, drive, and success.
* Your Impact – we want you to make a meaningful, lasting impact for you, for your colleagues, and for the business.
About The Role
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and interested in helping each other create good work experiences. We think about the customer and make doing business with McCain easy.
We have ambitious growth business plans at McCain, but we can’t achieve those without our people. Our HR team play a huge part in driving our winning culture and it’s the role of our HR Specialist to get under the skin of the people behind the potatoes.
As HR Specialist it’s your job to work alongside your our people leaders across our Hull Manufacturing Plant to make McCain a great place to work. This covers many elements of HR including Employee Relations, Recruitment, and day-to-day HR Employee Lifecycle processes and compliance.
Our ideal candidate will already be living and breathing a HR generalist role so you’ll already have a good idea of what this role will entail.
Leadership Principles
Our principles, each with related practices, guide our actions across the organisation. Together, they address how McCain interacts with our customers and employees, and how we work as individuals and collectively to find success. While each role adheres to the Leadership Principles, individual roles may focus more on a specific principle or principles.
We are customer obsessed. Customers are our starting point. By understanding their needs and leveraging data and consumer insights, we drive mutual success.
We think big and plan ahead. Through ambition, curiosity, and smart risks, we can accomplish goals, refine processes, and innovate to scale success.
We bring out the best in our people. We create safe spaces for our people so that trust and empowerment come naturally. Inclusion is about listening first, showing humility, and working together.
We act like owners. Together, we clear obstacles and do the work that makes us all successful and proud to be part of McCain.
Accountabilities
* Partner with leaders and employees to navigate people matters — from employee relations and investigations to managing appeals, misconduct, and disciplinary actions, including suspension or termination when required.
* Drive local recruitment with energy and ownership by managing job requisitions in SuccessFactors, hosting job events and fairs, proactively sourcing talent, and nurturing strong local talent pools — with a spotlight on early careers.
* Own employee movement and contract management, ensuring seamless updates to personal information and smooth transitions for all employees.
* Spot trends and share meaningful insights with stakeholders to elevate the impact and efficiency of HR service delivery.
* Champion HR compliance, including right-to-work checks, GDPR data practices, and internal audit requirements.
* Keep the employee experience at the heart of everything, continually identifying and implementing improvements that make our HR processes smoother, smarter, and more human.
Qualifications
You’ll be a HR generalist ideally with experience in a manufacturing environment (FMCG would be advantageous!). You will also have…
* A professional HR qualification
* Experience of working within a FMCG Manufacturing plant
* Solid ER experience, with previous knowledge of managing conduct, absence etc.
* Strong stakeholder management
* Experience of working at pace in a high pressured, and demanding environment
* Strong recruitment experience. Has experience of talent attraction as well as experience of recruiting at pace and volume
* Good administrational skills with a knowledge of Microsoft Office particularly Excel
* The ability to work well on your own, and self-motivated. A self-start and able to work independently
Location
Hull
Benefits
* An excellent pension where we will pay double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your pay
* Flexible holidays – where you can buy & sell up to 5 days holiday per year
* Optional health cash plan
* Cycle to work scheme
* Chips In Volunteering Day Off - to make a positive impact to the competitiveness, resilience, and long-term development of McCain communities across the globe
And of course, being part of a Global business there are great opportunities to shine/thrive should you wish to relocate in the future. We have an ambitious 5-year growth plan that presents development & progression opportunities for those who seek it out.
The McCain Experience
We are McCain: this statement is about our power collectively and our importance individually—your impact is a significant part of the business. Our winning culture focuses on authenticity and trust so we can always bring out the best in our people. Here, you have the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive while being yourself. Join our team to see why we’re better together.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain’s Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy, as applicable. You can understand how your personal information is being handled here.
Job Family: Human Resources
Division: GB HR
Department: GB Manufacturing North
Location(s): GB - United Kingdom : England : Hull || GB - United Kingdom : England : Kingston-upon-Hull
Company: McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd
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