HR Manager

Overview

As HR Manager for the UK, you will lead the people strategy for a UK-based business within an international manufacturing group. You will partner with senior leaders to shape and deliver the people agenda, balancing hands-on delivery with strategic HR initiatives. You’ll own end-to-end HR across the employee lifecycle, from recruitment and payroll to ER and change management, while driving HR transformation. This role offers autonomy, broad scope, and a chance to influence outcomes for a growing organisation.

Pay / Benefits

• Hybrid working
• Private medical cover
• Salary sacrifice pension with employer matching up to 9%
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• 10% annual bonus (targeted)

Responsibilities

• Partner with the UK leadership team to deliver people-focused solutions and commercial HR support
• Manage employee relations, including organisational change and restructuring
• Support absence management and wellbeing initiatives
• Lead end-to-end recruitment across the business
• Oversee payroll processes and identify improvement opportunities
• Coach and support managers to build strong relationships
• Administer employee benefits and reward processes
• Act as a key stakeholder for the global HR system and employee data management
• Drive process improvements and support ongoing HR transformation initiatives

Key requirements

• Previous experience as an HR Manager, HR Business Partner, or standalone HR lead
• Strong generalist HR knowledge across employee relations, recruitment, payroll and benefits
• Proactive, self-starting approach with ability to work independently
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
• Strong analytical and numeracy skills with spreadsheets, HR systems and data
• Flexible mindset to participate in all HR function areas

• Stakeholder management
• Relationship-building
• Autonomy
• HR systems
• Payroll processing
• Employee data management

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