Are you an HR Business Partner with a passion for using HR analytics? Would you like to take on a role that allows you to develop talent to create a positive employee experience and promote an inclusive and diverse environment?
Can you build relationships with senior leaders to ensure they are leveraging the potential of their teams and aligning their people strategies with the overall business strategy?
If so, we want you to join our highly successful business and bring your innovative ideas and proven track record of getting things done.
We are looking for a confident HR Business Partner who can use HR metrics to gain insight about people and the organisation and use these metrics to help deliver our strategy.
We are a highly successful, award-winning and ambitious business, having grown from a humble paper sales business to a market-leader employing 800 employees. You will business partner with the Operations Director and his team responsible for our mills located in Disley, Chesterfield, and Lancaster.
This opportunity will enable you to grow as you keep learning and evolving with the job. We want to encourage you to make decisions that affect your work and consider continuous improvements. If you share our passion for success, come and join us!
What's involved in this HR Business Partner role?
Act as a trusted advisor for senior leaders; challenge and stretch them to achieve their maximum potential through self-awareness and understanding and, where necessary, challenge them to adapt their behaviour. Support our leaders to engage their business areas on the values, strategy, and objectives of the business so they can ensure all colleagues are clear on their contribution to these objectives. Be known for getting things done and delivering as promised. Contribute innovative ideas around people, performance, information, and work.Help senior leaders to create a shared agenda around our strategy (mission, vision, purpose). Assist them to create and embed the company culture throughout the organisation, helping to create a positive employee experience. Work with our senior leaders to ensure we have the capacity and capability to meet customer demands.Facilitate workforce planning, talent reviews, succession planning, and leverage career paths. Drive a diverse and inclusive environment and champion awareness.Advise and support managers with grievance, performance, disciplinary, and absence matters and facilitate mediation where required.Ensure each site has a Northwood Voice (works council) group, and engage with and listen to the representatives to ensure we improve the employee experience and develop a culture where colleagues thrive.This HR Business Partner role would suit candidates with a Level 5 CIPD qualification or equivalent, and experience in HR, as a HR Manager, People Partner, or Human Resources Business Partner.
Benefits25 annual holidays plus public holidaysCompany pensionPrivate medical insuranceLife insuranceFree company productsFree on-site parkingRetail, holidays, cinema, and gyms discountsWellness programmes, including Employee Assistance Program and OnDemand GP serviceFree early access to pay schemeEssential SkillsCIPD qualified Level 5 or equivalentConsiderable generalist HR experience, preferably within a fast-moving multi-site environment. Ability to display personal credibility and command professional respect and confidence from others.Good interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to liaise with colleagues and managers at all levels of the company as well as external contacts. Up-to-date working knowledge of employment lawComputer literacy in all MS applicationsDesirable SkillsAbility to use PowerBIAssisted in the development of a company culture programmeAbout CompanyNorthwood, a UK-based family-owned group of companies provides the manufacturing, supply, and transportation of paper hygiene products.
Fully vertically integrated; servicing markets such as healthcare, hospitality, janitorial, catering, and education. With 11 sites, including two in Spain, we employ over 800 employees.
At Northwood, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone is welcomed and respected. We strive to promote a workplace that celebrates diversity and encourages individuals to express their opinions and beliefs. We are dedicated to providing equal opportunities for all.