Fairfax Meadow is the UK’s favourite foodservice catering butcher and has been putting great meat on the menu for 50 years. Our unrivalled heritage, scale and expertise allow us to provide great quality meat and excellent service, consistently. Established in the 1970’s from a small group of local butchers in North London, we have grown to become the leading Catering Butcher in the UK. We’ve invested continually as we’ve evolved to ensure our infrastructure is always leading edge and we believe we have unrivalled, state of the art production processes and facilities. Our customers operate in challenging marketplaces, so we continually develop and innovate to help ensure they stay ahead of the game. Fairfax Meadow is part of the Hilton foods family. Hilton Foods is a business built on a passion for food. We have grown from operating in one country with one retailer relationship, into an international company that has strong customer partnerships around the world. Over the last 4 years, we have doubled group revenues from £2bn to £4bn - driven by strategic international and category expansion. Today, we operate in 10 countries worldwide operating our own or joint venture food processing facilities to supply retail and foodservice partners serving over 19 markets. 75% of revenues are now outside the UK, and we have over 7000 diverse colleagues with whom we work with around the world. Our expertise spans food, technology, and services. Our unique multi-category offer includes the food categories of meat, seafood, vegan and vegetarian, and easier meals. We leverage our market-leading technology and supply chain services within our business and with external customers. At Hilton Foods, our purpose is growth and success through partnership and people. We are a company that takes pride in our people as it is our people who are at the centre of everything that we do. We are looking for a professional and experienced Senior People & Culture Business Partner to join our growing People & Culture team. As a Senior People & Culture Business Partner you will be a strategic partner and change agent for Fairfax Meadow building and delivering the people capability we need to meet the needs of our customers, our people and our business. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES -As part of the Fairfax Meadow Management team contribute to the development of the People & Culture Strategy and develop and deliver aligned People Plan for all sites. -Driving an engagement culture by fostering a climate in which our people feel connected and committed to the business and are genuine advocates for Fairfax Meadow and -Hilton Foods.Champion colleague engagement, galvanizing the business management team to feedback results, listen and build and implement effective action plans. -Advise, coach, support, mentor and challenge business leaders/managers on all aspects of people related matters including change management and people leadership skills strengthening leadership through coaching. -Working closely with the Operational People Team, lead on all aspects of employee relations, both collective and individual to ensure employees are managed fairly and business requirements are met in a legally compliant way that protects the reputation of the business. -Continually review and update our onboarding and induction programs to ensure the ‘best first day’ and 3-month experience for employees -Lead, develop, evolve and implement appropriate training, apprenticeship, early careers, and graduate programs and initiatives -Participate in Group and Business Projects to develop our Employee Value Proposition (EVP) -Continually developing our employee communication channels, ensuring everyone feels that their voice is heard. -Work collaboratively with business management team, to ensure the appropriate development and management of pay and benefits. -Ccontinually develop and oversee performance management to support a high-performance culture. -Lead on organizational development programs (including restructuring, redundancy, etc.) -Working closely with the business to identify and develop Talent,by ensuring the recruitment, development and retention of key talent through capability management, robust succession planning and engagement. -In collaboration with safety and wellbeing demonstrate visible leadership in driving the right safety culture in accordance with the Health and Safety Framework in the business and support the wellbeing of our people through the development and delivery of wellbeing programs and initiatives and occupational health and return to work. -Ensure equity, inclusion and diversity is embedded in our business and support and translate Group initiatives to be effective within Fairfax Meadow. -Support and co-ordinate the provision of accurate data in respect to People Analytics.Utilise People Analytics to drive performance. -Champion and ensure compliance as appropriate with people related ESG goals and requirements e.g. modern-day slavery, SMETA audit, and sustainability plans. Passion. Performance. Innovation. Ambition. These are just some of the successful ingredients that make us who we are, if this is a role that excites you and would like to learn more, please contact Kate Tidy who is supporting me on these roles. We look forward to discussing this exciting opportunity.