People Business Partner – Retail
Savers Stores Plc
This is a field based role covering London and the South of England. It is a fixed term contract for 18 months. Role Purpose: You’ll be responsible for delivering the People Strategy in your regions and supporting the Regional teams in their delivery of the Retail strategy. The People Business Partner will represent the People Function in driving and implementing people projects. You will support and coach the RGM and Area Managers across your regions. You'll blend knowledge best practice, people process and employment law to build regional people strategies that will plan for the future needs that include talent management, people recruitment, employee relations, wellbeing and reward. This role is primarily field based; however, there is a requirement to attend meetings when required in Stores and Head Office.
A Typical Day In This Role Includes
* To be responsible for working with and coaching key stakeholders on the regions and wider People team to produce a Regional people plan which incorporates the pillars of the People strategy including D&I with clear ownership and accountabilities.
* Raise capability across the Regional teams through ensuring there is a clear and consistent People Review and succession plan in place.
* Proactively input to and support the employee journey on edge through induction, development, performance and learning.
* Support overall engagement initiatives in terms of reward, recognition and wellbeing including Company Engagement survey and social media.
* Be an ambassador for our diversity and inclusion networks in Savers.
* Work in conjunction with the Area Managers, RGM and People Advice team to ensure that all absence, disciplinary, grievance and general ER cases are dealt with professionally and timely; support regionally for high‑profile cases and be overall accountable for the ER trends and capability for the Region.
* Keep up to date with current employment legislation and ensure that the Regional team are briefed and trained and have a plan in place to effectively train their line managers on any relevant ER & policy changes.
* Work with the talent team to ensure that vacancies are filled in line with the correct recruitment processes.
* Work with the Talent team to review and improve recruitment and selection processes for Store Management & Store teams, conducted within budgeted headcount and payroll costs.
* Work with the Reward team to ensure the Pay Review & bonus is implemented within the agreed policies and timelines.
* Lead and support key people projects that support the overall people strategy.
* Interpret data, look for solutions and be able to present and communicate this to key colleagues, gaining buy‑in to your plans.
* Understand how systems and technology can support our overall people strategy and look at ways of achieving efficiencies.
This Job Is a Good Fit For You
* Can easily build collaborative and honest relationships both internally and externally.
* Passionate about getting the best outcome possible by being proactive and agile in your approach.
* Can work effectively with a variety of situations, prioritise workload, influence decisions and maintain strong relationships with a number of stakeholders.
What You’ll Need
* Be an experienced HR Generalist with multi‑location experience.
* Ideal candidate would have Level 5 CIPD or above.
* Demonstrate strong digital and organisational skills.
* Be resilient, understanding, with the ability to simplify problems and provide solutions.
Seniority level
* Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
* Full‑time
Job function
* Business Development and Sales
* Industries: Retail
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