Position Snapshot
Nestlé Waters
HR Business Partner (Factory & DC)
Buxton
Salary £45,000-£55,000 + 17% car allowance + potential bonus + excellent benefits
Position Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a HR Business Partner to join our Buxton Factory and Distribution Centre. As the Senior HRBP for the site and a member of the Factory Leadership Team, you will play a pivotal role in leading the development and execution of the People plan. Your key areas of focus will include understanding the future and current employee relations landscape, taking key insights to develop proactive plans which will support the improvement of employee engagement, manager capability and deliver a high performing, supportive and inclusive culture.
This role will provide the flexibility and autonomy of getting to the heart of people issues, working to develop fit for purpose solutions with a continuous improvement mentality.
At Nestlé Waters, we are passionately committed to enhancing people’s quality of life by leading Healthy Hydration through our passion for water and healthy beverages. We are also proud to produce some of the UK’s best loved brands including Buxton®, Nestlé Pure Life®, Princes Gate® and international brands San Pellegrino®, Acqua Panna®, and Perrier®.
A day in the life of a HR Business Partner at our Buxton Factory
This role offers a real opportunity to contribute to the development and delivery of the HR strategy from day one.
- Lead, support and enable the successful execution of the HR strategy
- Act as a key member of the Factory Leadership Team, business partnering, coaching and challenging key leaders to drive performance and culture development
- Engage with site Operations leaders to prioritise key initiatives that will step change engagement levels, including a key role in driving a respectful and inclusive culture
- Act as a key point of contact for employee relations, supporting the site to ensure the appropriate resolution is achieved in a timely manner
- Ensure our performance and talent management activities are understood, embedded and delivered, supporting our people and the factory to deliver against the business’s goals
- Be a key driver in upskilling our line manager capability, specifically around our people’s development
- Support on organisational transformation and change projects, which support the journey to high performing Operations
- Work in collaboration with site Trade Union representatives, and as part of the broader Operations HR BP team
What will make you Successful?
You’ll need to be able to have a proven track record of working within an HR role delivering tangible outcomes that make a real difference to the business.
You will also;
- Have solid operational HR experience across the core HR processes (performance management, talent management, recruitment & resourcing, employee relations, organisational change)
- Be able to analyse and translate HR data
- Have working knowledge of UK Employment Legislation
- Experience of complex case management
- Ideally have worked in a manufacturing or other ‘blue collar’ environment
- Have worked with and built excellent relationships with Trade Union Representatives
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.
The closing date for this role is 24th February 2023.If you would like to have an informal chat regarding the role please reach out to Phil Colbourne, Head of HR and Hiring Manager.
At Nestlé, our values are rooted in respect – for our employees, our customers and our consumers. That’s why championing diversity and inclusion is so important to us; when we embrace different perspectives and give everyone the chance to be the best they can be, we can think in new, creative ways that grow and enhance our business. We are committed to equal opportunity for all and we may collect relevant data for monitoring purposes during our candidate registration process. Be yourself, everyone else is taken!
Right to Work
In accordance with Home Office guidance successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencement of employment. The successful candidate therefore must be able to demonstrate their right to work status for the UK during the recruitment process. We have assessed this role and it could be applicable for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and you are unable to gain this independently, we may be able to provide sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route in line with the Home office guidelines. We encourage you to review the UK Home Office guidelines ahead of submitting a job application to review whether you meet the eligibility criteria under the Skilled Worker route and understand the immigration fees that you would be responsible for when making a visa application. If you require sponsorship, please discuss this with us as part of the recruitment process.