HR Business Partner
Global Manufacturer
Belfast
VANRATH is delighted to be partnering with a true market leader, as they seek to appoint a new HR Business Partner to join their CIPD award winning HR team.
The Role
This role focuses on uncovering the specific people requirements for the business areas they support and on working with the wider HR Functional Teams to deliver on that requirement.
This has a specific focus on working with business leaders to ensure the delivery of the in-year results, understanding the status of major bids and programmes and enabling the identification and delivery of the resources and capabilities needed to meet business goals.
The HRBP will work closely with the HR Director who has accountability for making sure any people solutions are effectively integrated into their business area and the customer need is met.
Responsibilities
* Establishing sufficient business intimacy, insight and influence to fully develop the people plan for a defined perimeter, in conjunction with key stakeholders.
* Ensuring all resulting HR requirements are identified, scoped and effectively prioritised
* Ensuring progress against the plan is regularly monitored, stakeholders are updated on progress and that the people plan is delivered
* Maintaining a strong focus on key bids and critical programmes in a defined perimeter to support improvements in bid and project execution. Understands the People factors at play on this topic and combines this with a technical understanding of how businesses work and operate to meet their goals. Is able to identify and mitigate People risks and issues in this area.
* Proactively supporting and enabling the long term identification and delivery of current and future resource and capability needed to meet business goals. Using a blend of options and approaches ensures and enables; right size, shape and cost
* In conjunction with Operations, ensuring a clear and robust people supply plan is in place and work with TA and the relevant functions to ensure the business has the right people in the right place at the right time
* Work with and challenge senior managers to identify for design improvements to help fulfil organisation strategy and objectives. Ensure our organisational structures, capabilities and cultures are continuously aligned to the business growth and delivery strategies. Ensure the appropriate HR solutions are implemented that drive the high performance and effectiveness of teams
* Identify critical organisational health metrics and use these to inform decision making / guide the business on key people and change related issues
* Coach and provide feedback to key stakeholders to help improve business efficiency and individual effectiveness of leaders
* Use a strong consulting mind-set, working with the internal customer, leveraging the wider HR model and using external thinking, to shape sustainable solutions that ensure organisational effectiveness and business success
Full spec available upon request
The Person
Education/Professional:
* Degree qualified or equivalent
* Associate CIPD / Equivalent experience (Chartered MCIPD desirable)
Experience:
* Proven track record of success in HR Business partnering, including resolving complex HR matters (ideally working in a matrixed organisation)
* Proven ability to engage with and influence key stakeholders to improve people and organizational performance
* Has successfully worked with senior managers and leadership teams to identify how an organisation’s growth strategy can be achieved though people activities
* Significant experience in supporting critical bids and programmes and in identifying appropriate people and organisational solutions that improve business performance
* Proven experience in supporting and enabling senior managers in leading and designing change and transformation activities (including looking beyond ‘structural’ issues and into the holistic effectiveness of the business)
* Experience of investigating complex situations, getting to the root cause by using data and personal insights, tools and techniques
* Demonstrates business knowledge and acumen to understand where challenges may manifest or be different for various stakeholder groups
* Proven ability in using analytical and problem solving techniques to understand complex situations
The Package
Strong base salary, bonus and highly competitive benefits with long term development into senior leadership role.
For further information on this exciting HR job, please contact Richard McFarland (Assoc. CIPD) in the strictest confidence.