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People Manager Leeds, England

Wincanton

Full Time Leeds, England 40000 - 50000 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Overview

Wincanton is looking for a hands on, operational People Manager at our Sainsbury's Distribution Centre site in Sherburn in Elmet, Leeds.

You will support the General Manager and be responsible for a small People team and support the operations team with absence management, long term sick management, disciplinaries and grievances. The nature of the operation means that this is an on-site role.

This role supports around 1000 colleagues at present. Through TUPE, this will reduce by 75% next year and as such, this is a permanent opportunity but we are happy to consider a FTC for anyone who prefers a role supporting larger workforce long term. TUPE experience is not required and is not part of this role.

The salary is between £40,000 - £50,000 p.a depending on experience.

How will you contribute?

Ensuring the provision of a high quality people service to all stakeholders in all areas of HR including resourcing, employee relations, learning & development and reward and supporting the delivery of the people agenda supporting the customer and site requirements.
Supporting the management and a small people team with ER issues and providing generalist HR support and advice for the department as required.
Proactively facilitate and champion employee wellbeing initiatives across the site.
Ensuring all site and company policies and procedures are adhered to.
Supporting ongoing volume recruitment in partnership with the resourcing team
Supporting large scale change projects and maintaining excellent relationships with our Trade Union Partners.
Playing an active role in forward thinking and fast action responses to the control of absence and retention ensuring contractual KPIs are achieved and maintained.
Supporting the Site team ensuring relevant management training is identified, sourced and delivered, promoting a culture of learning and development across site.
Proactively facilitate and champion employee engagement initiatives across the site .
Responsible for the development of the team of People Advisors and Assistants
Partnering the Health & Safety team and supporting H&S activities to reduce lost time incidents, Riddors etc. and assist the site teams achieving a zero-accident safety culture.

What will you bring?

Must be able to demonstrate relevant HR experience. Ideally CIPD qualified with hands on experience of dealing with high volume ER issues.
Able to apply high levels of common sense and logic to often delicate and complicated situations and therefore possess excellent listening and communication skills.
Ability to work in a fast paced and varied environment, with experience in adapting to change based on business requirements
Sound knowledge of employment law.
Excellent communication skills are essential, as is the ability to interact with staff at all levels.

What do we offer?

We really value our people and offer a friendly, safety first working environment and a competitive salary along with other benefits including; company pension scheme, generous holidays, cycle to work scheme ,employee benefits online discount platform, onsite parking + much more

Our people are at the core of our business and what makes Wincanton great. That’s why we also provide significant opportunities for career development and progression, as well as training enrichment and multi-skilling, in a dynamic working environment.

Apply Now!

Please apply by following the links and uploading your CV. We are a fast-moving organisation so we may not always wait until the closing date to review applications. As a result you should submit your CV as soon as possible!

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

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