HR Manager

Overview

As HR Manager for UK&I you partner with business leaders to shape people strategies and drive transformational initiatives. You’ll work with Centres of Excellence and HR colleagues to deliver priorities, improve organisational effectiveness and ensure pragmatic people management. The role blends business partnering, talent development, and employee relations to enable business success in a global paints company. You’ll lead change programs, use data to inform decisions, and collaborate across a matrix organisation to positively influence outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to deliver people plans aligned to objectives
• Support organisational transformation and change programmes, managing impacts and risks
• Lead restructuring, consultation and change projects
• Facilitate talent reviews, succession planning and performance management
• Identify capability gaps and implement development solutions
• Roll out learning and development initiatives
• Use people data analytics to identify trends, risks and opportunities
• Coach managers on employee relations and employment legislation
• Build relationships with employee representatives and unions where applicable
• Support reward, job evaluation and compensation activities with specialist HR teams
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition on recruitment and workforce planning
• Lead HR projects and initiatives supporting UK&I people strategy
• Champion HR self-service tools, processes and best practice

Key requirements

• Experience in a generalist HR Business Partner or HR Manager role
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
• Experience of supporting organisational change and transformation programmes
• Strong employee relations experience including managing complex casework
• Experience working with Trade Unions and employee representatives
• Ability to analyse people data and translate insights into actions
• Excellent communication, coaching and relationship-building skills
• Experience in a complex matrix organisation
• Strong project management and organisational skills
• Flexibility to travel when required

• proactive
• stakeholder management
• excellent communication
• HR data analytics
• employment law knowledge
• change management

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