Position Snapshot
Nestlé UK & Ireland
HR Business Partner (Factory)
Location – Halifax, West Yorkshire

Salary between £60,000 - £65,000 (depending on experience) +17% Car Allowance+ Potential Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Although this is a Full-time role, please speak to us about what flexibility means to you as we are always open to discuss individual’s flexible working needs, don’t let this stop you from applying

Position Summary
This is an exciting, fast-paced opportunity, where you will be a key member of the Factory Leadership team, partnering the Factory Manager. You will work closely with all areas of our factory including our Trade Union partners, identifying and leading large scale change programmes.  

In addition, you will be a key member of the Confectionary and UK HR Business partnering team, identifying and leading change across our UK&I Market. 

A little bit about us… 
We are Nestle, the world’s largest Food and Beverage manufacturer.  We have over 2000 brands, products sold in 188 countries, around 275,000 employees, billions spent on research and development, leading the way with action on climate change, over 150 years’ experience in Nutrition, wealth, and experience. 

We have an incredible opportunity to join Nestle within our renowned confectionery business at our Halifax Factory as HR Business Partner. 
Halifax factory is the home of many of our much-loved confectionery brands, including Quality Street, A8 and MATCHMAKERS. This is your opportunity to play a key role on the Factory Leadership Team, leading the site HR agenda. 

A day in the life of a Factory HR Business Partner
This role offers a real opportunity to collaborate with and act as a trusted strategic Business Partner, providing HR support coaching and development to empower managers across several areas, which will include Engagement, Recruitment & Selection, Performance & Talent Management and Employee Relations.  You’ll need to be pro-active in resolving challenging and complex situations, including complex change management programmes whilst continually driving best practice, and ensuring compliance with all company procedures, policies, and employment legislation. Working with our Trade Unions is pivotal in this role.
You will be an active member of the factory leadership team reporting and will support HR initiatives across Operations.

You will:
•    Support the successful execution of the HR strategy across Factory/Function, including leading participating on transformation initiatives across the entire UK
•    Ensure all employee relations matters are managed by the relevant team within internal procedures and act as custodian of this for the site. 
•    Work in collaboration with trade union representatives at both a local and national level for the Halifax site. 
•    Identify and lead change programmes within the factory as part of HR agenda and continuous improvement within your area site.
•    Ensure our performance and talent management activities are understood, embedded, and delivered, to enable our people to successfully deliver against the business’ goals.
•    Be a key driver in upskilling our people managers capability specifically around our people’s development enabling everybody to be the very best that they can be.
•    Work with the wider HR team to develop our HR practices and processes.
•    Develop capability to ensure our people understand the HR model we work within and can efficiently access the solutions they need with ease.
•    Coach and develop leaders and managers.

What will make you Successful?
You will have a passion for working within Operations in a high pressured and fast-paced environment. Your career so far will demonstrate a record of accomplishment as a HRBP with a strong knowledge of Core HR processes such as organisational change management, performance management, talent management, recruitment & resourcing, employee relations and employment law. 
Leading change management will be a particular focus of the role and you deliver tangible outcomes that make a real difference to the business whilst influencing a continuous improvement mind-set. 

You will also have:
•    Ideally have worked in a manufacturing/logistics or similar environment.
•    Have worked with and built excellent relationships with Trader Union partners.
•    Have Operational HR experience across the core HR processes (performance management, talent management, recruitment & resourcing, employee relations, organisational change).
•    Have experience working withing a matrix organisation, with the ability to influence across a broad stakeholder group.
•    Proven experience with employee engagement programmes and strategies. 
•    Have working knowledge of UK Employment Legislation.

What you need to know 
What can we offer in return? Great benefits you’d expect from a business the size of Nestlé – in the shape of a competitive salary and benefits package, bonus scheme, flexible working scheme, 25 days holiday plus statutory holidays plus flex leave, pension scheme and a real focus on personal development and growth.

Job advert posting date 24th April 2024
Job advert closing date 8th May 2024

We will be considering candidates as they apply and we will occasionally close job advertisements early in the event we receive sufficient applicants, so please don’t delay in submitting your application.

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