HR Business Partner

Job Title: HR Business Partner
Salary: £40,000 - £45,000
Location: Amersham
Industry Sector Hospitality, Leisure, Hotel or Retail environment
Hours: Full time perm role - working hours 42 ½ a week


Ashley Kate have an exciting opportunity with one of our leading retail clients who are currently recruiting for a HR Business Partner role on a permanent full time basis.

Description of the job

As a Human Resources Business Partner, will support the senior SLT and line managers within the business during a significant period of change. This is an exciting permanent opportunity to join a stable and growing organisation.
You also ensure that HR policies are applied and that HR processes are implemented effectively and consistently in the business area in line with local legislation and global HR strategy.

Tasks

Your role will consist of:

·Acting as a strategic business partner and advising local and transnational managers in their management role in line with HR strategy and challenging management thinking, driving constant improvement and innovation in the business.
·Establishing a two-way information flow with the wider business and the Centres of Excellence: ensuring management awareness of HR policies, change management processes and providing input on business needs to the Centre of Expertise, providing managers with HR tools and practices for managing all HR-related process.
·Facilitating changes processes in the business by supporting managers in managing the human aspect of change in line with company change management strategy.
·Supporting and challenging managers on the qualitative and quantitative aspects of re-source planning (Optimize Skills, headcount planning), internal and external mobility/recruitment and contributing to the staffing plan.
·Providing organisational advice to managers.
·Advising managers and employees on career development, supporting the deployment and integration of people development, remuneration and talent management processes, managing the development conferences and implementing a strategic succession planning process for the business area. Providing input on learning needs.
·Ensuring effective employee relation solutions within existing local employee relation policy and practice, supporting the wiser ER Managers
·Harmonising processes following a recent acquisition

Skills

To succeed in this HR Business Partner position, you must have the following knowledge and skills:

·Qualified to degree level In HR or equivalent or a significant level of industry experience.
·3 - 5 years' experience within a fast paced HR function and preferably within a retail environment.
·Multisite experience essential
·Good knowledge of the main HR processes and IT tools and relevant legislation.
·Generalist HR knowledge with strong change and strategic competencies.
·Acquisitions experience - TUPE is a must.
·A highly pro-active mindset, the ability to anticipate and address business issues and offer solutions to managers.
·Good communication and conflict management skills, teamwork and networking abilities in a transnational environment.
·You should have at least an advanced level in English.
·CIPD qualified or working towards this qualification is desirable.
·Happy to travel to different site as and when needed.

If you are interested in this role, please apply or contact Ashley Kate for further details.

Ashley Kate specialise in recruitment nationwide for temporary, contract and permanent roles. We give equal priority to our candidate and client relationships and ensure we deliver a highly professional consultancy service at all times.

Ashley Kate operates as a Recruitment Agency for the provision of permanent candidates and as a Recruitment Business for the provision of temporary candidates.