HR Manager

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We have an exciting opening at Huhtamaki for a HR Manager to join our team in Belfast, where you will lead a dedicated HR team and play a key role in shaping the people strategy for our UK & Ireland Food service Market Unit. Reporting to the Head of HR for the UK & Ireland Food service Market Unit, with a dotted line to the Site Manufacturing Manager, you will partner with local management to drive progress against business objectives and key performance indicators.

Where you’ll be Huhtamaki Belfast, Northern Ireland. You will work closely with the local management team and provide HR leadership across the Belfast site.

• Acts as a Strategic HR Business Partner for the business to ensure plant goals and objective are achieved.
• Providing HR strategy & planning, organizational effectiveness and leadership development.
• Leadership and strategic insight to the leadership team on both business and HR matters.
• Operational HR management.
• Responsible for overseeing HR team members in Belfast and providing overall HR management responsibility, including, but not limited to:
• Recruitment across all organisational levels, implementing recruitment guidelines and managing recruitment partners.
• Onboarding and induction procedures.
• Local compensation and benefits process (including pay review, Incentive planning and payout).
• Advise managers on employee and labour relations, supporting senior leaders on labour and union matters.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation, company policies and procedures, including customer audits.

• Directs the annual performance management and salary review processes for the plant.
• Drive supervisor and manager training in performance management, compensation, benefits, employee/labour relations, and leadership; coordinate national training on core competencies.
• Partner with our Training Specialist to identify and address capability gaps.
• Oversee talent development and succession planning.
• Implement global and national HR policies and programs.
• Own all strategic HR initiatives for the Belfast site HR Leadership and Advisory.

• Directs, advises and counsels managers and their direct reports concerning policies and procedures, organisational structure, and business unit goals and objectives;
  Directs HR team to ensure consistent and effective HR support to all employees of the plant (including performance management, employee relations, policy and procedures).

• Align HR plans with business needs and adapt to organizational change.
• Ensure organizational structure supports strategic goals; manage change as needed.
• Keep job descriptions current and relevant with managers.
• Oversee headcount budgeting and planning for the plant.

• At least 3 years’ experience managing a busy HR department, preferably in a multi-site manufacturing environment CIPD (Level
  5) or above (required); degree educated in a related discipline (preferred)
• Prov…