Overview of Role - HR Manager Northamptonshire
Salary: £65,000 - £75,000
As a key member of the site leadership team, the HR Manager is responsible for leading and delivering the site's people agenda. This includes employee relations, performance and talent management, organisational change, workforce planning, learning and development, and ensuring strong compliance with employment legislation and company policy. The role plays a critical part in shaping a positive workplace culture and supporting business performance through effective people strategies.
Key Accountabilities:
- Champion a "Safety First" culture, ensuring safe working practices are consistently embedded and modelled across the site.
- Lead and support line managers in the full recruitment lifecycle, including selection, onboarding, and workforce integration.
- Manage and resolve employee relations cases, including grievances, disciplinary processes, absence management, and wage-related discussions where applicable.
- Oversee and coach managers in absence management, working closely with Occupational Health providers where appropriate.
- Drive performance management excellence, supporting managers with performance improvement plans, capability processes, and structured performance conversations.
- Identify organisational learning and development needs, designing and implementing effective, innovative training and development solutions.
- Ensure accurate and timely provision of HR data and reporting, supporting audits and maintaining compliance; oversee auditing of third-party labour providers where required.
- Play an active role in shaping and delivering the site's Health & Wellbeing strategy.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of HR best practice, employment law, and industry trends, ensuring policies and practices remain compliant and competitive.
The Right Person:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent, with CIPD qualification (part or fully qualified).
- Proven experience in a senior HR generalist or HR management role, ideally within an FMCG environment.
- Strong understanding of core HR principles and the ability to apply them to deliver measurable business value.
- Solid knowledge of UK employment law is essential.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build credibility, influence stakeholders, and lead at all levels.
- A pragmatic and solutions-focused thinker with strong analytical and decision-making skills
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