Why Greencore?
At Greencore, we're a leading manufacturer of convenience food in the UK, and our purpose is simple yet powerful: to make every day taste better.
We proudly supply all major UK supermarkets, as well as convenience stores, travel retailers, discounters, coffee shops, and foodservice providers. Our expertise spans a wide range of categories-including sandwiches, salads, sushi, chilled snacking, ready meals, soups, sauces, quiche, ambient sauces and pickles, and frozen Yorkshire Puddings.
What sets us apart is our people. We're committed to making Greencore a great place to work-where everyone can thrive. Over the past year, we've seen an 11% increase in colleagues who would recommend Greencore as an employer. That's a testament to our culture, care, and commitment to development.
Our Warrington site is our Italian centre of excellence-home to a state-of-the-art facility producing premium Italian ready meals for Tesco, J Sainsbury's and Co-op. With a team of around 850 colleagues, the site plays a vital role in our chilled ready meals network and our ongoing growth journey.
Join us and be part of something great.
What you'll be doing
* Acting as a trusted partner to site leadership, aligning people plans to strategic priorities.
* Leading the people agenda across engagement, ethics, compliance, and culture.
* Building capability in employee relations, guiding line managers and handling complex cases.
* Engaging confidently with trade unions on negotiations and consultation activity.
* Supporting first-line manager development and succession planning.
* Playing a key role in improving absence and retention metrics through targeted people plans.
* Managing labour planning, headcount, and associated budgets effectively.
* Leading and developing a dedicated HR team, ensuring they are focused and high-performing.
* Working Monday to Friday on-site, with flexibility to support night shifts when required.
What we're looking for
* CIPD qualified (MCIPD/FCIPD), with proven HR leadership experience.
* Strong track record in unionised environments, with exceptional employee relations knowledge.
* Experience within a manufacturing or fast-paced, operational setting is ideal.
* Skilled in budget management, workforce planning, and organisational development.
* Resilient, confident, and highly capable of building credibility across all levels.
* Naturally hands-on and driven to improve capability, performance and culture.
We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us to make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.
What you'll get in return
* Competitive salary and job-related benefits
* Holidays
* Pension up to 8% matched
* Life insurance up to 4x salary
* Company share save scheme
* Greencore Qualifications
* Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
* Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career.
If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.