Interim HR Business Partner

Artis HR are proud to partner with our Commercial multi-national FMCG Client who are recruiting an Interim HR Business Partner for a period of 6 months to support one of their commercial Divisions Customer and Colleague centricity has always been at the heart of their culture, without a doubt this reflects clearly in their continuing business success and ongoing growth.
Reporting into one of their Group Heads of HR your role will drive implementation of the HR strategy across your business unit. Partner with customers to identify business led HR solutions that deliver commercial performance. Provide leadership on the people aspects of business plans and provide input on people and organisational issues. As a key member of the HR Team, you will contribute to and influence the development of the business agenda and strategy, providing challenge and consulting support. You will act as a change agent and be pivotal in driving forward the HR and business Strategy to enable a step change in performance.
Areas of Responsibility
Leadership
* Participate in the implementation of the HR agenda across businesses in the UK by delivering a business focused HR service to the various Managers across the area of responsibility.
* In conjunction with Managers, implement an HR business plan which aligns with business performance objectives and is measurable in terms of cost and quality effectiveness.
* Protect position as an employer e.g., competitor activity around Reward and Benefits and ensure DS Smith is seen as a competitive and attractive employer.
* Act as a role model for the HR function as a whole and assist in standardising.
Relationships
* Play an active role within their team, contributing to and influencing the implementation of the operating plan.
* Build and maintain collaborative working relationships with COE's and Shared Service Centre.
* Build effective relationships with Unions and employee committees.
* Participate fully in key people related change decisions, anticipating and effectively dealing with any people issues.
* Play an active role in employee engagement activities.
* Understand local business context, issues, and challenges to provide specific advice to Business Managers. Deliver HR solutions as appropriate to enhance commercial performance.
* Assist with the management of stakeholder and customer relationships during the bid process, where appropriate
* Use nationally provided HR tools, processes, and techniques to address local issues.
* Advise, challenge, coach, and support Managers in their role on people-related processes (e.g., performance management, personal and team development, career path implementation, resource planning and recruitment).
* Understand local business context, issues, and challenges to provide specific advice to Business Managers. Deliver HR solutions as appropriate to enhance commercial performance.
* Assist with the management of stakeholder and customer relationships during the bid process, where appropriate
* Use nationally provided HR tools, processes, and techniques to address local issues.
* Advise, challenge, coach, and support Managers in their role on people-related processes (e.g., performance management, personal and team development, career path implementation, resource planning and recruitment).
Organisational Design and Development
* Partner the business around Organisational Design & Development, supporting any change programmes and identifying opportunities and areas of improvement to support organisational and people performance.
Developing Others
* Support, develop & coach local site management to enable them to manage all HR related issues; ensuring they understand the impact of these on the individual and the business, ideally resolving issues where possible informally.
* Provide support and guidance to the site-based HR team and assist in their professional development by developing a Personal Development Plan.
Proactively work with the people managers to ensure that training and development plans are in place and are linked with PDR's.
Culture & Engagement
* Support the Operations team with the development and delivery of the Engagement and Communications plan.
* Foster true engagement by taking a pro-active role in the facilitation, coaching and advice to both the management and general employee population.
* Provide support and guidance to the local sites and executive management team to embed the Leadership Management Standards
* Work with the CI team to embed lean principles across the businesses.
Projects and Continuous Improvement
* Identify continuous improvement opportunities across HR processes and procedures & escalate to Senior HR Business Partner
* Champion business change and continuous improvement, leading and embedding business change plans in line with targets and corporate plans.
* Lead and participate in a number of UK Wide projects.
Experience
* CIPD Qualified or Equivalent.
* Very strong HR Business Partnering skills.
* Sound up to date knowledge of employment legislation.
* International Business exposure
* Proven track record as a HR generalist experience fast paced and unionised environments.
* Strong change management, people management, re-structuring, employee relations and recruitment expertise.
* Strong personal impact and relationship building skills.
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