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Cameron James Professional Recruitment are working with a National Retail Brand who are looking to add a HR Manager to their existing HR Team. The HR Manager will contribute to the achievement of the overall Company HR strategy by providing professional and commercial generalist operational and strategic HR support in order to maximise productivity, performance and profitability.

Responsibilities:

• Be visible across the head office and retail populations building positive working relationships driving an HR partnership promoting positive performance management and influencing managers to improve capability
• Approach HR with an open mind and a can do attitude always ensuring the very best possible service is offered to the business
• Gain a deep understanding of HR and Payroll system and act as custodian of the system.
• Provide sound and commercial employee relations support to the business through the development of the HR team and coach line managers to make effective and justified outcome decisions
• Continually review and update or create HR policies and procedures
• Work to effectively promote all benefits to employees resulting in an engaged workforce and reduced labour turnover
• Undertake annual pay review processes
• Review existing and develop new recruitment methods / tools for retail roles and key roles within Head Office covering social media and online job boards
• Be familiar with and regularly communicate changes to employment legislation to HR team and amend or update HR policies and processes as appropriate
• Proactively take ownership and drive HR projects where appropriate


Person Specification:

• CIPD qualified or equivalent


• Have extensive Human Resources exposure gained through retail/hospitality/ leisure multi-site environment preferably in a fast paced premium environment
• Excellent working knowledge of UK employment law
• Previous line management experience
• Demonstrable experience of working in a challenging environment in an owner managed business
• Outstanding commercial awareness of what makes an organisation’s workforce successful in their roles.
• Approachable and respected by all who you work with
• Team Player in wider business not just within the HR function
• Credible in a retail multi-site environment with a can do, commercial attitude that is demonstrated continually
• Utmost professionalism, diplomacy and confidentiality at all times
• Ability to lead and motivate, coach, train and develop a team through a positive, collaborative management style
• Excellent communication skills both externally and at all levels within the company, both written and verbal
• Enthusiastic, self-confident and self-motivated
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight and changing deadlines
• Ability to use initiative and be proactive to come up with own solutions
• Be a strong leader, with an empathetic but commercial coaching style
• Open to sharing and developing new ideas and methodology
• Excellent planning, organisational and administrative skills
• Willing to adapt and take on new challenges and driven to continually improve
• Strong degree of flexibility within a multi-faceted environment.
• Enjoys detail, accuracy and is analytical