HR Manager

Our clients are the proud guardians of over 130 years of baking experience that make up their iconic and much-loved brand. They produce bread and bakery products created with goodness at the heart of each. They deliver around 1.3million loaves, every day of the week throughout the UK and Ireland, where they also make Mothers Pride and Ormo products.

They are 2,800 people working within 8 bakeries, 1 flour mill, and 2 regional distribution centres across the UK. Their success is a result of the hard work of their people; they are experts in their field whether it’s baking, manufacturing, logistics, engineering, or the many departments within the central functions team based at head office in High Wycombe. They are a values-led business and expect their colleagues to live, breathe, and embed Quality, Accountability, and Trust into their ways of working.

What’s the opportunity?

We're excited to offer an exciting opportunity for an experienced HR Manager to join our team. Our goal is to be the best quality brand in the bakery industry, and your role will be instrumental in achieving this vision. As an HR Manager, you'll help us develop HR plans that align with our business strategy, ensuring we maximise our capabilities and resources while keeping quality at the forefront of all our endeavors.

What will you be doing?

• Championing HR excellence and streamlining processes for efficiency.
• Implementing the people strategy to foster best practices and support business goals, with a focus on maintaining consistency and providing value-added support across all HR functions, including Employee Relations.
• Promoting collaborative work practices to drive continuous improvement throughout HR operations.
• Simplifying approaches to enable effective focus on achieving business objectives.
• Supporting central and support programs to achieve top-tier performance.
• Identifying and addressing key challenges faced by the business by aligning HR initiatives to deliver effective solutions.
• Overseeing the management of the Apprenticeship program.

The ideal candidate will be one that is passionate not only about the work they do but the brand they work for, takes ownership for what they do and is able to influence multiple stakeholders in the right way. They will also be able to focus individuals on specific tasks and behaviours, by bringing a positive, encouraging and consistent behaviour and is able to create a compelling story for the future as well as role model the Leadership Standards.?

What are 'must haves’ from you?

• Graduate / CIPD qualified?
• Experience in FMCG - ideally manufacturing and food?
• Test employee relations experience?
• Delivery of change management programmes?
• Experience in TU negotiations - pay awards and T&C reviews?
• Strong knowledge of employment law?
• Performance management techniques?
• Resourcing experience at all levels?
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills - ability to influence and persuade?
• Results oriented, resilient and highly motivated?

Why work for our client and their benefits:

Our clients understand the importance of looking after their colleagues, so they provide a variety of benefits in addition to salaries. The benefits they provide are as varied as the people who receive them but they are offered with the intention of creating value to them personally over and above their salaries

• There is a range of colleague benefits available, which individuals can select based on their needs.
• The benefits scheme offers a variety of savings and cashback offers on day to day living and much more including eyecare vouchers, and a healthcare scheme to suit everyone. It also includes a Cycle to Work scheme where you can obtain a brand new bike at a significant saving
• They offer enhanced annual leave and maternity/paternity leave, and flexibility where possible in order to create a healthy work-life balance
• They celebrate loyalty with generous long service and colleague recognition schemes
• They offer three levels of pensions

Our client values diversity and is committed to promoting equal opportunities in the workplace. Every job applicant, employee or worker will be treated fairly and equally with dignity and respect regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, social class, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religious belief, union membership, political opinion, sex, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic.