Huddersfield, England, United Kingdom
As an HR Business Partner specialising in HR Operations, I work closely with Schools and Professional Services to deliver business-critical human resources solutions that align with organisational priorities. In addition to strategic partnership responsibilities, I lead the HR Operations team and oversee the Recruitment & Selection function.
My role is to support managers, by providing professional advice, training and guidance on complex employee relations issues such as disciplinary, grievance, capability, performance management, long term illness, redundancy, redeployment, service transformation and change programmes. I act as the lead HR contact and advisor in relation to organisational change and restructuring exercises in my designated areas to ensure that all aspects of the change process from consultation through to implementation are managed professionally. Develop the people management skills, competence and confidence of managers within my designated areas through coaching, training and advisory support. To build effective working relationships with Trade Union colleagues, involving them appropriately and ensuring that channels of communication are open and involving. Proactively lead / be involved in project work to drive the HR agenda across the organisation.
Genix Healthcare owns and operates a chain of dental clinics that provide a high standard of NHS dentistry and affordable private denistry. Sparkle Dental Labs is a sister company of Genix Healthcare and does all its manufacturing in Britain in state-of-the art dental labs. Our expert, UK qualified technicians handcraft everything to exacting British standards using the best quality materials and the most advanced technology and techniques. My role as Group HR Manager is to provide a full HR generalist service to both companies within the group. The role oversees the HR function within the group and works alongside the Directors and Senior Management team within the group to support the core business functions. My role involves contributing to the long term development of the HR function and ensuring a consistently high level of customer care is provided to all individuals and people who use the HR Service.
As Senior HR Officer my role involves delivering a HR service to functional departments within the factory, working closely with the Senior Team on day to day issues and longer term strategy. My role involved running the day to day operations of the HR Office with 4 direct reports including managing all disciplinaries, grievances and appeals. My role reported directly to the HR Manager, and involved deputising where required. Key Achievements: •Acted as HR lead in proposing, building communications plan and delivering shift change to Engineering Department from 5/7 to 4/4. Completed with zero ER issues. •Acted as HR lead in the roll out of new proactive policies & procedures in relation to absence management through early intervention and support of Occupational Health. This included the support, co-ordination and roll out of an onsite physiotherapy scheme to aid the return to work of colleagues with muscular-skeletal problems. •Acted as HR lead in the transition of 100 colleagues from the Retail Fresh Meats department into the remainder of the factory when the department moved to Winsford. Completed with zero ER issues. •Acted as HR lead in the co-ordination and briefing of all colleagues on site via group sessions of the changes coming up with regards to payroll and holidays, approx 1,400 colleagues
On completion of the Graduate scheme I was appointed as HR Officer in July 2010, reporting into Senior HR Officer, at the largest of Morrison's Manufacturing sites, Farmers Boy in Bradford (approx. 1400 employees). My role as HR Officer was situated within a busy HR Office and duties included; • Dealing with Disciplinary & Grievances • Recruitment and Selection • Inducting new starters into the business • Management briefings / training • Supporting payroll function • HR Reporting • Compilation and distribution of factory KPI’s • Extended Leave applications
As part of the Manufacturing Graduate scheme I have had the opportunity of working on numerous projects at both site and divisional level. Some of these projects include: • Recruitment for 2009 Manufacturing Graduate scheme • MSTP writing and training roll out for new machinery following Flaxby refurbishment • Assisting in compilation and roll out of Manufacturing Handbook • Manufacturing site re-branding • Organising first Manufacturing Vision to Action event in May 2009
Working alongside the HR Manager to deliver enhanced HR solutions to our employees. Responsibilities involved overseeing all lower level recruitment, Long Service Awards, overseeing 3 payrolls, collating headcount data and reporting to the management team on matters such as absenteeism, attrition and diversity. Other responsibilities included the processing of new starters and leavers, compilation of contracts of employment, updating of all employee data as needed, carry out all new starter inductions, liaising with managers to deal with HR issues and the identification of training needs and the delivery of several internal training courses. I was also able to work on and manage many projects including the introduction of a new payroll, introducing the Young Enterprise Scheme into the workplace and updating all of the company’s position profiles. Systems used include Oracle Human Resources System and ADP Payroll Processing.