Our People Specialists are just that. Specialists. They are experts in their field and know everything there is to know about HR. They deputise for the People Manager, and manage a small team of People Advisors and Assistants. It's their job to ensure the People Team are developing a culture where people matter. This is a great role for someone looking to springboard their career into HR Management.
You would also... Partner and coach the site management teams to ensure that our colleagues remain the priority and that the leadership have been provided the right tools to do a great job
Design and implement effective and cost effective recruitment solutions in order to get the best talent
Lead engaging, proactive communications across the site
Support and drive colleague engagement on site in order to reduce absence and save money
Provide advice and guidance to colleagues
Support, coach and challenge line management with absence, disciplinary and grievance issues
Support, coach and challenge line managers to ensure succession planning is high on their agenda
Identify development opportunities for colleagues to improve skills and build future talent
Proactively manage employee relations to ensure we are being safe, appropriate and legal
Take ownership of the payroll process to ensure colleagues are paid correctly and on time
Build positive and effective relationships with unions and agency suppliers
Lead projects as appropriate on the HR plan Sales, Profit and Cash
Take charge of absence and sick pay processes to ensure costs are managed appropriately
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About you
As well as a 'hands on' attitude and the ability to react well to change (in a fast moving environment) you will also need to have: Experience of working in a fast paced, agile and demanding environment. (Ideally in a Manufacturing or Logistics environment)
Level 5 CIPD preferable, or a degree level educated or an equivalent level of job relevant experience
Strong IT skills, including MS Office and HR systems
Up to date and deep knowledge of employment law
The ability to support an environment where everyone feels valued and listened to. Confidence to speak up and Challenge others in an appropriate way.
Excellent interpersonal skills and a customer service approach
Ability and confidence to advise and coach management within your site
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Proactive approach to own continuous development
Knowledge of the core HR policies and processes
Ability to act on own initiative and be brave in your approach
Flexibility in terms of working hours, some travel will be involved to support other sites and project work
Additionally, you will be a self-starter, be innovative and creative in your ideas and be driven by culture change and be pragmatic in your strategic thought process. You will hold a desire to step up in your career alongside the development of our current People team.
About us From a Bradford market stall to the UK's 4th largest supermarket chain and the UK's 2nd largest fresh food manufacturer.
We are proud to be the Yorkshire food retailer serving customers across the UK in over 500 stores and an online home delivery service. Our 18 manufacturing sites provide our customers with the freshest produce from flowers, fish and veg to burgers and bread, all delivered to our stores via our 6 distribution sites by our 2,000 strong fleet.
Every week, 11 million customers pass through our doors and around 97,000 colleagues across the business work hard each day to deliver great service to them. We cover more than 11 million households with our Morrisons.com service. With competitive, permanently low prices we are committed to helping our customers save money every day.
We are foodmakers and shopkeepers and #wemakemorrisons.
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