Head of HR

Macmillan Davies ,
London, Greater London
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £65000 - £75000 per annum + Car Allowance, Health, Bonus, Pension

Overview

About the role This Head of HR position will play a pivotal role in facilitating and leading strategic change across an entire business unit of a global retail brand. Reporting to the HR Director, you will provide effective business partnering to leadership teams and key stakeholders within the business. Your remit will focus on: People plans - Develop and integrate the people dimension into business plans and support delivery of the people plan. Highlight the implications of business goals and ensure plans in place to tackle risks, challenges and opportunities over the short and long term. Ensure the right capabilities, frameworks and ways of working are in place to deliver Organisation design - Spot opportunities, review and reshape how the functions are set up and operate, to support their growth and increasing effectiveness Senior partnering - work in collaboration with the leader of your business and other senior leaders in their teams. Provide support, coaching and challenge to deliver actions that drive people and organisation performance, including development of their own leadership Talent acquisition - Work with Centres of Expertise to ensure effective hiring strategies; ensure teams are recruiting for the future as well as the now; and build the employer brand Talent development - Work with the Centres of Expertise and leadership teams to implement initiatives to spot and develop future leadership talent Change leadership - Support/oversee/lead transformation, restructuring or cultural change projects as needed. Ensure key roles are resourced with great talent, future leaders developed, career paths/aspirations supported, and succession/capability risks understood and managed. Performance management - Develop and champion high performance culture across your business. Coach, influence, up-skill and encourage senior leaders to provide clear direction, and line managers to provide continuous goal clarity, feedback and development. Core HR service - Ensure quality, customer focused, pragmatic and efficient HR support is in place across all your business. HR leadership - contribute to progress of the overall people agenda and relish the opportunity to pick up new activities that fall broadly in the purpose of the role. About you You will have previous experience as a true HR generalist where you have provided both operational and strategic HR support to a business in a global, matrix organisation HR partnering experience at a senior level Strong change leadership experience - has provided frameworks, influence and challenge to senior teams to identify and drive through organisation change in a variety of scenarios Experienced at working with speed, pragmatism and professionalism, ideally in an entrepreneurial culture Degree calibre; high HR professional credentials About the Company A well-known premium global retail brand with a business in London.