Part of the Stores & Property HR Team across UK.- Partnering with Heads of HR, Head office teams, Shared Service, Retail team & other stakeholders to ensure delivery of people change projects- Work nationally in partnership with Regional HR Business Partners and Store teams to provide ‘on the ground’ support to ensure that both core people practices and store estate transformation programmes are effectively embedded, key risks are identified and managed and that store colleagues embrace… Show more Part of the Stores & Property HR Team across UK.- Partnering with Heads of HR, Head office teams, Shared Service, Retail team & other stakeholders to ensure delivery of people change projects- Work nationally in partnership with Regional HR Business Partners and Store teams to provide ‘on the ground’ support to ensure that both core people practices and store estate transformation programmes are effectively embedded, key risks are identified and managed and that store colleagues embrace change. Show less

- Delivered the Business HR Strategy across 50 Stores on 2 Regions by developing and leading the implementation of a People Plan for c5000 employees- Business Partnered 2 Heads of Region, each line managing 25+ Store Managers. Worked together to understand regional opportunities and created a people plan that added value to the region. - Provided coaching and pragmatic advice for both people and commercial problems to Heads of Region and Store Managers across the Regions- Developed… Show more - Delivered the Business HR Strategy across 50 Stores on 2 Regions by developing and leading the implementation of a People Plan for c5000 employees- Business Partnered 2 Heads of Region, each line managing 25+ Store Managers. Worked together to understand regional opportunities and created a people plan that added value to the region. - Provided coaching and pragmatic advice for both people and commercial problems to Heads of Region and Store Managers across the Regions- Developed and delivered a successful Talent Development plan across both Regions for High Potential Managers- Developed robust succession planning resulting in all management vacancies filled- Advised Managers on complex ER cases- Led and embedded updated People Policies including Absence Management, Managing Poor Performance and Performance Management- Drove a high performance culture across the region - Successfully delivered Organisational Structural Changes on the Regions including Property Changes, Security Structure change and CCTV Structure Change- Successfully led Consultation in 2 closure stores Show less

- To broaden my experience I completed this secondment as part of the Central Recruitment Team. During my time in this role I led the Retail Recruitment team delivering volume hiring for Assistants and Retail Managers.- Accountable for the end to end brand attraction, assessment, selection and candidate experience of all external hires across the UK Store estate. Role included campaign management, managing paid advertising, careers website development and content creation and… Show more - To broaden my experience I completed this secondment as part of the Central Recruitment Team. During my time in this role I led the Retail Recruitment team delivering volume hiring for Assistants and Retail Managers.- Accountable for the end to end brand attraction, assessment, selection and candidate experience of all external hires across the UK Store estate. Role included campaign management, managing paid advertising, careers website development and content creation and management.- Worked with a wide range of Internal and External Stakeholders to deliver recruitment priorities and process improvements- Delivered projects across the Recruitment Team including the implementation of GDPR and a new Recruitment System. Show less

- Succefully completed appointments on North and South Divisions- Business Partnered Head of Region to deliver improved Business KPI's- Led the delivery of new Pay and Pensions Schemes across the Region- Project Managed all People elements of New Store Openings- Led Projects as part of the National HRBP Team on Performance Management, MI, Budgets and Labour Scheduling Trial for the Business

- Part of a newly formed team and accountable for the Management Recruitment in 80 Stores across the North Division- Developed and embedded new processes to establish the new function including training and developing of Store Managers, Budget Management and producing relevant MI

- Worked with Store Managers and Regional Teams to deliver key Business People priorities- Led complex resourcing project on a new store opening and closure- Managed a £2.4million Training Budget

- Led a team of 16 HR Admin Managers through a large scale and complex Business Transformation which saw the introduction of a new Payroll and People System and the closure of Regional Payroll Centres- Delivered Individual Consultation with the HR Admin Managers which saw some redundancies and some transfers into the Shared Service in Manchester- Developed and delivered standardised processes nationally- Led the implementation of an elctronic P-File System nationally

- Established local training requirements and delivered training and coaching solutions