Responsible for generalist HR management across the whole organisation including Retail, Production, Logistics and all central functions. (1300 employees across 75+ sites).- Acting as Business Partner to 11 Heads of Department- Creating HR, OD and L&D Strategy to align to the company business plan for the next 3-5 years- Implementing HR KPI’s and metrics for the first time within the business to demonstrate ROI and commercial benefits of effective people management- Designing and implementing succession planning and talent mapping for the first time within the business- Coaching, managing and developing 4 direct reports- Working closely with the L&D Manager to establish needs within client groups and support design and delivery of solutions- Dealing with complex ER escalated from Advisor and BP's

Partnering Senior Managers and Executive Directors across four directorates (Commercial, Finance and Resources, Business Development, Chief Executive Office). This encompassed in excess of 500 employees in offices in London, Milton Keynes, Edinburgh and Belfast, as well as field based teams nationwide.- Focused on HR at a strategic level, working with senior management teams to outline succession, talent and development plans for the next 3-5 years- Worked to identify knowledge gaps and business opportunities, and then apply targeted coaching or design relevant learning interventions to address these needs- Managed high level and complex ER cases escalated from HR consultants

Responsible for generalist HR management across 28 locations across North and Central London with in excess of 700 colleagues.- Focussed on managing all aspects of generalist HR- Business partner to the operational Area Managers, focusing on the design and delivery of an effective Area strategy- Contribute towards the Area achievement of commercial metrics- To design and deliver L and D interventions to supplement the Corporate offer to meet the specific needs of teams- To own and land HR and business change in line with the Regional, Divisional and Corporate strategiesAdditional Responsibilities/Information:Member of the Future Leaders Development Group, Reward and Policy Lead for the London Region, Mentor to HR graduates, Member of the Pensions Defined Contributions Panel

The Graduate Programme consisted of 3 placements:HR Business Associate for Property- Day-to-day generalist HR contact for 280 colleagues- Working with Senior Leadership Team (up to Board Level) to develop future fit L&D and OD solutions- Dealing with all ER issues within the division- Coordinating and overseeing pay review and bonus moderation- Supporting line managers in managing performance, succession planning and developing their teamsBusiness Analyst for HR Transformation- Conducting research into opportunities within the Supermarket HR operation in relation to organisational design- Collating findings and recommendations into business cases shared up to board level- Manage update and communicate project plans and risk logs- Recommendations taken forward into organisation wide restructureLondon 2012 Paralympic Sponsorship Project Manager- Point of contact in the London Store Support Centre for LOCOG working with the non-food buying and merchandising teams to deliver a compelling customer offer of merchandise for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sainsbury's stores- Ownership of the Sainsbury's 1 Million Kids Challenge.- Obtaining and analysing robust commercial data- Managing customer and colleague engagement initiatives with London 2012 and 1 Million Kids Challenge

For the 2 months of the summer placement I worked within Learning and Development in the Management Development team.