As a HR Manger my role is to provide high-level HR expertise, support, and coaching to managers on various aspects of HR such as policies, processes, people management, and career development. I build credibility and trusted relationships with managers by coaching them on issues including HR policies and processes, restructuring, investigations, and employee-related concerns. I collaborate with the talent acquisition team to drive recruitment efforts and conduct compensation analysis in partnership with subject matter experts to resolve local compensation needs and actions. I support HR platforms with large-scale initiatives and annual processes by partnering with appropriate HRBPs.

Accountable for the people elements of change projects and programmes, I work flexibly across the brands to design key change initiatives using a broad range of generalist and specialist HR skills. I engage and partner with senior stakeholders across the business to create robust business cases with data driven insight. Responsible for landing and embedding change by effectively coordinating activity timelines, milestones and budgets.Key responsibilities: • Delivery of key projects by applying negotiation, influencing and motivation techniques to engage colleagues through change. Projects include changes to policy and process, restructuring, redundancy and TUPE projects.• Embedding rationalisation activities within timescales, co-ordinating group and individual consultations whilst sustaining high engagement levels.• Own individual project and stakeholder plans, ensuring alignment with programme objectives/roadmap. Use a robust risk and issue management framework to support engagement with key stakeholders.

I provided HR advice and coaching to support the delivery of great operational standards and HR metrics. I provided professional, credible HR business partnering seven store managers and their teams, balancing commercial awareness with HR expertise.• Advised management and HR teams on employee relations (ER) and making decisions that consider both employee and business needs, in line with company policy and employment law.• Developed a multi-skilled, self-sufficient HR team in each supermarket consisting of 12 direct reports. I ensured effective delivery of all HR services including payroll, compensation and benefits.• Maintained strong understanding of local community and demographics, working closely with external partners for effective recruitment whilst fostering a diverse customer and colleague base.• Used HR analytics to review colleague data, creating reports and insights to achieve continual improvement. Areas included labour, recruitment, talent management and work force planning.• Maintained a positive working relationship with our unions in order to promote a positive ER environment in stores.