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Aug 22, 2024

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  • Job
    Full-time
    Expert Level
  • Consulting
    People, HR & Administration
  • Leeds

Requirements

  • - Experience in a senior HR leadership role, preferably as a People Director or similar level.
  • - Strong understanding of HR systems, specifically MHR/iTrent.
  • - Proven track record of developing and implementing people strategies that align with business objectives.
  • - Extensive experience in managing a large and diverse workforce, ideally in a retail environment.
  • - Strong analytical skills with the ability to define targets and KPIs to monitor progress.
  • - Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage with senior leadership and stakeholders effectively.
  • - Commitment to promoting diversity, inclusion, and colleague wellbeing within the workplace.
  • - Experience in building and leading high-performing HR teams.
  • - Strategic thinker with a focus on achieving competitive advantage through people strategies.
  • - Ability to represent the people agenda in leadership discussions and decision-making.

Responsibilities

  • - Build the basis for long-term success, owning and developing the people plan, supporting business strategy and objectives, ensuring Leadership decisions are taken in accordance with their agreed people strategies.
  • - Take strategic and directional responsibility for the HR team, ensuring delivery of the People Plan designed around their workforce of circa 5,000, dispersed across their multiple locations and business areas.
  • - Derive maximum ROI from the newly implemented People software/systems (MHR/iTrent), capitalising on the opportunities available, leading and executing the long-term plan for this new investment.
  • - Provide top level strategic direction and leadership of the HR team ensuring that at all times they have a clear and relevant People strategy and delivery plan in place, and this is well communicated, understood and consistent with their business needs and core values.
  • - Define a series of targets and KPI’s to effectively monitor progress against the People Plan objectives and oversee effective internal and external reporting of performance on relevant topics.
  • - Actively represent the people agenda in ongoing Leadership and Board discussions ensuring the LT has full visibility of the people implications and opportunities in strategic business decisions and a current view of performance against agreed people objectives, targets and KPIs.
  • - Ensure competitive advantage is achieved from the people strategies and they realise maximum possible advantage from their people.
  • - Actively champion a workplace culture that supports diversity, inclusion and colleague wellbeing and the wider responsible and sustainable business goals and values.
  • - Line manage and work together with the Head of HR to build a professional, high performing and motivated people function, serving all areas of the business.
  • - Form an integral part of the top leadership of the business, working with senior colleagues as an advocate to drive the achievement of overall strategic objective to create a successful business.

FAQs

What is the main focus of the HR Director role?

The main focus of the HR Director role is to develop and implement a People Plan that supports the business strategy and objectives, ensuring alignment with the company’s core values and delivering maximum ROI from HR investments.

How many employees will the People Director oversee?

The People Director will oversee a workforce of approximately 5,000 employees, dispersed across multiple locations and business areas.

What software systems will the People Director be responsible for utilizing?

The People Director will be responsible for maximizing the ROI from the newly implemented People software/systems, specifically MHR/iTrent.

What is the reporting structure for the HR Director role?

The HR Director will work closely with the Chief Executive and will actively represent the people agenda in Leadership and Board discussions, reporting on the performance of People Plan objectives, targets, and KPIs.

How does the HR Director promote workplace culture?

The HR Director actively champions a workplace culture that supports diversity, inclusion, colleague wellbeing, and the overarching responsible and sustainable business goals and values.

What is one of the key responsibilities regarding the HR team?

A key responsibility of the HR Director is to line manage and collaborate with the Head of HR to build a professional, high-performing, and motivated HR function that serves all areas of the business.

What types of strategic decisions will the HR Director be involved in?

The HR Director will be involved in strategic business decisions, providing insights on people implications and opportunities to ensure that Leadership decisions align with agreed people strategies.

What are the key performance indicators (KPIs) for the People Plan?

The HR Director will define a series of targets and KPIs to effectively monitor progress against the People Plan objectives, ensuring effective internal and external reporting on relevant performance topics.

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