Job description
Founded in 1971 in Somerset, England, today Mulberry is a truly global fashion company and the largest manufacturer of luxury leather goods in the United Kingdom. Across all locations, we are united by our employee values: Be Bold, Be Open, Be Responsible, Be Imaginative.
If these are values you share, we would love you to join our team.
Brief Outline of Job:
This is an exciting role working within the HR Business Partnering team and supporting our retail store teams across the UK and Europe.
The priority will be to provide employee relations support and guidance to your business area but there is an opportunity to get involved in broader HR projects.
This role is based in our London Head Office but will require regular travel to stores. Hybrid working applies meaning you may work up to 50% of your time from home.
Duties and Responsibilities:
HR:
Work with the respective business area to establish yourself as a key point of call for all HR related queries.- Manage employee relations matters (e.g., capability, absence management, grievance, redundancy) within the correct frameworks and coaching managers through these matters to ensure a successful and timely resolution with mitigation of risk.
- Provide robust employee relations advice, guidance and training to Store leadership teams and Area Managers.
- Work in partnership with the HR Assistants and HR Business Partner to ensure employee and manager queries are resolved effectively, spotting trends and patterns, and proposing solutions.
- Partner with the Training and Content team to ensure the delivery of successful induction plans for new starters within your business area.
- Support and promote employee engagement and health and wellbeing initiatives.
- Ensure a robust annual performance and talent management process, and work closely with your business leaders on succession planning.
- Act as a key point of contact for the Payroll department and your assigned Business Unit to ensure employees are paid correctly, on time and helping them with any queries that may arise.
- Support the wider HR team to review and update central HR documentation (e.g., letter and contract templates) in line with legislative changes and best practice.
- Produce and analyse people metrics where required (with the support of HR Analyst).
- Proactively spot/implement opportunities to improve team ways of working, HR services and identifies and resolves problems.
Projects:
Support the wider HR team in the annual salary and bonus review process for your business area.- Support in the delivery and development of internal communications programmes.
- Support to drive adoption of the new HR & Payroll system.
- Other ad-hoc project work as required.
Brand:
Understand and demonstrate the Mulberry employee values and behaviours: Be Bold, Be Imaginative, Be Open, Be Responsible.- Support Mulberry to deliver an inclusive culture, through behaving in a way that is open-minded and respectful towards others, and understanding that your views, opinions and experiences may not always be shared by your colleagues.
- Act as an ambassador for Mulberry and communicate positively about the brand.
Skills and Knowledge:
Relevant experience in an HR role in a fast-paced, professional environment.- Volume employee relations experience is essential.
- Level 3 or Level 5 CIPD qualified (or seeking to achieve or working towards qualification).
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to listen and assimilate relevant information.
- IT literate with good working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
- Process orientated with strong planning skills.
- Diligent and meticulous with a good eye for detail.
- Must have excellent organisational skills and initiative, with the ability to manage the day-to-day HR processes autonomously.
- Works with absolute confidentiality.
- A team player with strong interpersonal and relationship building skills.
- Proactive and positive attitude to change.
- Reliable and self-motivated.
- Solutions focussed problem solver
- Seeks continuous improvement.
- Maintains HR knowledge and practice through continuous professional development.
Mulberry is an equal opportunities employer and we are passionate about hiring and developing the best talent. All hiring decisions are made only on the basis of qualifications, skills or experience and as they relate to the particular role. If you need us to make any adjustments to our application or interview processes to enable you to be at your best, please email us at [email protected].
Mulberry
www.mulberry.com
Chilcompton, United Kingdom
Thierry Andretta
$100 to $500 million (USD)
1001 to 5000 Employees
Company - Public
Consumer Product Manufacturing
1971