HR Manager

HR Manager - People Associate

There’s More to Gü

Great Place to Work award!

Our Purpose is the Create the Most Irresistible Treats.

Our Mission is to take Gu to more people and places whilst reducing our impact on the planet.

We have & continue to grow significantly; we are the #1 brand in the UK and we’re also putting a lot into fulfilling our international growth agenda. In the UK over the last 5 years Gu has contributed 42% of the category growth and 2023 is set to deliver our fastest growth yet. Our Brand Plan will bring step change comms, bring first to market innovation and we will be listed in more places than ever before. Our International growth is driven through more consumers buying our Brand in existing markets such as France & Germany. While we continue to unlock new markets with launches in both the US & Spain.

The role

Reporting to the People Business Partner, the role will support the business-wide People Agenda at Shepherd’s Bush in employee relations, recruitment, people development, resourcing and reward activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Supports the Exec Team in Commercial, Marketing and Finance to design and implement their strategic people priorities to support the delivery of their department objectives.
• Drive a high-performance culture by challenging and coaching managers to appropriately apply performance and development principles and tools in line with our PACE Values
• Deliver day to day operational support and guidance to managers for complex employee relations, development, resourcing and reward as required.
• Deliver HR training to managers incorporating our PACE Values
• Manage HR data and analytics
• Lead recruitment for Shepherd’s Bush office.
• Lead the Wonderful Workplace Office team
• Manage our GPTW survey and work closely with managers to ensure action plans are implemented site-wide and employee engagement is achieved
• Coach line managers and leaders to develop their capability in managing people issues and enabling optimum performance from their teams.
• Support the Talent Development Manager and People Business Partner to assess team, manager and employee development needs, make recommendations and actively seek solutions.
• Support the overall performance cycle throughout the year; including talent reviews, nine box grid sessions, 1:1’s, team meetings, etc.
• Line Management of the Office Manager for site.
• Manage project work as and when appropriate.

The Person

• Experience in managing complex ER issues
• Comprehensive working knowledge of employment law and best practice
• Excellent relationship and rapport building skills with stakeholders at all levels
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to communicate technical HR information clearly and concisely
• Tactful, empathetic and a trusted confidante

Skills

• CIPD qualified to Level 5 or above or equivalent
• Effective Workplace Mediator
• Extensive knowledge of UK employment legislation
• Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge and understanding of best practice HR tools and strategies
• Your own ideas for how to create a great place to work, implementing them without direction.

Benefits

• Electric car scheme
• Increased holiday with length of service
• Option to buy more holiday
• Enhanced maternity / paternity (Maternity is 6 months full pay after 2 years service. 3 months full for 1-2 years)
• Flexi week opportunity every year
• Cycle to work

Interested? If you wish to apply for this role, please click on the apply button with a copy of your up-to-date CV.

Not right for you? We’d still like to speak with you about other opportunities, so please do send an up to date copy of your CV in word format and we will call you.