HR Lead NPTC Confectionery & Snacking

Overview

As Head of HR at Nestlé NPTC Confectionery & Snacking in York, you will shape the people agenda globally to enable strategic growth. You’ll partner with senior leaders to lead change, strengthen capability, and foster an inclusive culture where teams thrive. The role blends transformation, leadership development, and governance to align people strategy with business objectives. This is an opportunity to influence at scale within a renowned innovation hub and flexible, hybrid working environment.

Pay / Benefits

• 17% car allowance
• Private health care
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Pension up to 12% contribution
• 12 flexible days on top of 25-day holiday entitlement
• 2 paid volunteering days

Responsibilities

• Define and align talent, organisation and culture priorities with business aims
• Lead people aspects of organisational transformation and change
• Coach and challenge senior leaders to raise capability and performance
• Oversee HR delivery and governance in line with Nestlé standards
• Strengthen organisation design, structures and ways of working
• Develop diverse talent pipelines and succession plans for critical roles
• Foster an inclusive, high-performing culture where people can excel

Key requirements

• Experience leading a broad people agenda with alignment to business priorities
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and contribute to strategy
• Experience driving organisational change and capability development
• Strong business acumen translating priorities into people solutions
• Ability to operate in a complex matrix with influence and collaboration
• Experience leading, coaching and developing teams
• Solid knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice
• Strong stakeholder management across diverse groups

• strategic influencing
• collaboration
• coaching and development
• HR governance and delivery
• organisation design and effectiveness
• employment law (UK)

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