HR and Development Manager (Ref: 1003-23GR)
Location: United Kingdom,West Yorkshire
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + bens
Job Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 29 April 2010
Our client is a market leader in the FMCG sector and due to recent expansion is currently seeking to recruit a HR and Development Manager to join their dedicated HR function. Reporting into the HR Director, you will provide senior level operational support to the business across locations in the Yorkshire region and help develop the skills of the existing HR team.
Key Responsibilities Include:
* Assist the Head of HR in shaping the HR Business plan in line with business strategy and key objectives.
* Develop and maintain effective working relationships with key managers and personnel within the business and appropriate external contacts
* Deliver the HR business plan through focussing on improving performance management and employee relations
* Identify and implement appropriate HR solutions to fit in house needs, including advising on manpower planning, job design and remuneration, ensuring consistency of approach and HR policy across all locations
* Challenge, coach and facilitate managers in dealing with people issues in line with best practice, business requirements and legal requirements
* Lead and support the delivery of the training agenda across the business with particular reference to Training and Development
* Provide support, advice and guidance on recruitment and selection methodologies to enable cost effective attraction and selection
* Help managers drive forward business change
* Manage the relationship with Trade Unions at local level to ensure support for cultural change, communication mechanisms etc
* Manage a team of HR advisors
We are looking for HR Managers with significant experience in an operational generalist role at this level in food, FMCG or manufacturing. You must have a strong influencing style, be MCIPD or equivalent qualified and have experience of trade unions in order to be considered.
Ashley Kate Executive Resourcing, a division of the Ashley Kate Associates Group, is a leading Executive HR Search and Selection consultancy. Our teams of specialist HR recruitment consultants and researchers, supported by an integrated nationwide office network, use a combination of powerful advertising campaigns, targeted search methods and sophisticated networking techniques, to provide individually tailored solutions for the recruitment of executive level HR professionals across all industry sectors.
The Ashley Kate Associates Group is an equal opportunities employer and a company committed to diversity. The Ashley Kate Associates Group is committed to the fair and equal treatment of potential and existing employees, candidates and clients irrespective of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, ex-offending background or any other potentially discriminating factor.
