Human Resources Strategy and Planning Manager London, England
Job description
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Human Resources leads the implementation of the Group’s people strategy in line with the business objectives. We facilitate talent management, succession planning and employee mobility, while defining and overseeing frameworks that support employee performance management, reward, learning and development, resourcing, and engagement.
The HR Strategy and Planning Manager is responsible for the delivery of the HR Strategy Office agenda. This includes defining and monitoring the HR and People Strategy and associated People Priorities for the Group. You will also be responsible for the delivery of special projects as part of the HR Strategy & Transformation team.
In this role, you will:
- Support the Head of HR Strategy & Transformation to define the HR and People Strategy and associated People Priorities for the Group. This includes facilitating the engagement of the HR Exco and HR Leadership Teams through 1:1 meetings, facilitated workshops / working sessions, off-sites.
- Build relationships with Group Strategy, acting in an interlock capacity to ensure broader business strategy and associated talent implications are fed into the HR strategic plan.
- Work with the Head of HR Strategic Planning to ensure HR leadership teams are informed and the wider people strategy and plans are aligned and connected.
- Coordinate the collection and consolidation of inputs from across HR Strategy & Transformation, HR Global Service Owners (GSOs) and wider HR teams for the Chief HR Officer (CHRO), HR Exco, HR Leadership and Group Strategy/ Transformation meetings, as well as People and HR Strategic updates to the GEC/ Board.
- Work with the wider HR Strategy & Transformation team, including HR Change Adoption, HR Change Capability, and HR Change Portfolio teams, to ensure related plans reflect the people priorities.
- Carry out non-specialist research, managing special projects as required. Primarily in relation to the development and maintenance of the People and HR Strategy and associated People Priorities, M&A activity, and consolidating regular reporting on progress and outputs against the people priorities to the Head of HR Strategy & Transformation.
- Identify and share best practices and thought leadership (internal and external) with the HR Strategy & Transformation team and HR Function.
- The HR Strategy & Planning Manager will manage one or more oversight capabilities in support of M&A (Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestments/ Disposals) and Organisation Design for HR, which includes but is not limited to:
To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:
- Demonstrable knowledge of HR’s role in M&A transactions (Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestments/ Disposals) is essential in this role. This should include practical experience of working within (and ideally leading HR on) a transaction end to end.
- Demonstrable knowledge of Organisation Design is essential in this role including development and application of methods, leading out on design end to end, and taking through to implementation.
- Robust understanding of the restructuring implications and considerations associated with OD change and implementation.
- Robust stakeholder management skills, interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively and confidently at all levels are essential in this role.
- Exceptional skills in Microsoft Office Excel and PowerPoint are essential in this role.
- Proven experience of shaping a strategic narrative and developing inputs/papers for Group Executive/Board level.
- Proven experience of facilitating Executive level teams through working sessions to reach decisions and outcomes.
- Proven experience of positive, challenging interactions with Senior Executives across the group.
- Knowledge of the global businesses and a broad understanding of the role of HR in an organisation.
- Experience in transformation/change and/or project management delivery.
The base location for this role is London with hybrid working arrangements in place.
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