Senior HR Advisor

Crewe, England, United Kingdom

12/2/2024

Job Title: Senior Human Resources Advisor

Location: Crewe

At The Compleat Food Group we’re not just serving up great food, we’re creating an environment where our people can thrive. As one of the leading chilled prepared food manufacturers in the UK food industry, we believe that our employees are the secret ingredient to our success. We’re passionate about fostering a culture where quality, innovation, collaboration, and personal growth are at the forefront. If you’re an experienced HR professional ready to make a tangible impact, we want you on our team as our next Senior Human Resources Advisor.

As a Senior HR Advisor, you’ll play a pivotal role in supporting the Site HRBP to deliver the site HR strategy and drive key site projects. This is your chance to be at the heart of our site people strategy, ensuring that our people are engaged, developed, and empowered to achieve their best.

What You Will Be Doing

• Strategic Support: Assist the site HRBP in delivering the site HR strategy, including involvement in site projects that shape the future of our workforce. You will also get the opportunity to work on wider group HR projects and initiatives.
• Talent Management: Lead the delivery of the talent review cycle, supporting site with talent mapping, succession planning, and initiatives to attract, retain, and develop top talent.
• Training & Development: Deliver workshops and training sessions to equip colleagues with the tools they need, ensuring they’re confident and capable in their roles.
• Employee Engagement: Play a key role in engagement activities on site and analyse our employment engagement survey results, crafting actionable plans to boost engagement within our site.
• Data-Driven Insights: Analyze HR data and KPIs to identify trends and risk areas, presenting your findings to senior leadership and developing action plans for improvement.
• Policy Review: Ensure our site policies are future-ready, identifying any compliance gaps and updating or writing policies as needed.
• Cultural Ambassador: Drive our cultural agenda, embedding our company values across the site and spearheading new initiatives to enhance our workplace culture.
• Employee Relations: Manage day-to-day Employee Relations (ER) cases, including disciplinary, grievance, and performance management, while analyzing trends to recommend improvements.
• Absence Management: Oversee absence management processes, ensuring managers and colleagues are supported every step of the way.
• Consultation Management: Lead consultation processes, including changes of terms, redundancy etc, providing expert guidance and support.
• Team Coaching: Mentor and guide the HR team, enhancing their HR knowledge and fostering their professional development.
  
  

Who We’re Looking For

• Qualifications: Degree or Equivalent and/or CIPD certification (Level 5 minimum) required.
• Experience: Demonstrated experience in HR advisory roles, ideally within a fast-paced multi location large FMCG environment.
• Legal Expertise: Solid knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practices.
• Communication: Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate at all levels.
• Proactive Attitude: A collaborative, proactive approach to problem-solving and innovation.
  
  

What's in it for you?

• Dynamic Environment: You will be working in a fast-paced, future-thinking agile company where your contributions make a real difference.
• Professional Growth: You'll have ample opportunities for personal and professional development, including continuous learning and career progression.
• Culture: Be part of a fantastic team that values diversity, innovation, collaboration and excellence.
• Benefits: Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package, and flexible working options.
• 33 Days annual leave
• 2 Employee Volunteering Days per year
• Online and High-street retailer discount scheme
• Employee well-being and community support groups
• Informal and Formal training opportunities with personalised online LMS platform
• Charity Initiatives and Team events
• 24/7 Access to Grocery Aid (Free Financial, Emotional and Practical Support)
• Physical Well being Benefits – Free on demand exercise hub and various gym discounts.
• Online Well being benefits
• Free Financial well being – mortgage calculators, budget tools, financial aid tools
• Holiday Discounts via Online Retail Discount
  
  

If this sounds like you and you are ready to take the next step in your HR career? Join us at The Compleat Food Group and help us create a workplace where everyone can succeed. Click Apply now to submit your CV and become our next Senior Human Resources Advisor.

The Compleat Food Group are proud to have built an inclusive and respectful culture where our colleagues feel safe, supported and valued. A place where they can bring their whole selves to work to achieve exceptional results and thrive.

We continue to attract diverse talent into our teams, because we know greater diversity leads to exceptional results and provides a better working life. That’s why we’re committed to ensuring Fairness, Equity, Inclusivity, and Respect in all that we do.

Recruitment Agencies We have an active and trusted Preferred Supplier List to assist us if required. We do not acknowledge any speculative CVs or unsolicited candidate introductions from agencies.

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