HR Manager

HR Manager

West Wales Salary: Up to £75,000 DOE

Permanent Full-Time

Are you an experienced HR professional looking for your next senior-level opportunity within a fast-paced and growing organisation?

Regional Recruitment are recruiting for an experienced HR Manager to join a well-established manufacturing organisation based in West Wales. This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially focused HR professional to take responsibility for both operational and strategic HR across a large workforce, while leading and developing an established HR team.

What's on Offer:

• Salary of up to £75,000 depending on experience
• Permanent, full-time opportunity
• 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday
• Site-based role
• HR responsibility for approximately 750 employees
• Leadership of an HR team of around 7 people
• Opportunity to shape and implement HR strategy
• Ongoing training and progression opportunities
• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• Free onsite parking
• Subsidised canteen
• Pension scheme
• Discounted staff shop
• Employee engagement activities
• Retail discounts
• Health and wellbeing support
• Death in Service scheme

Desirable:

• Extensive recent experience in a similar HR Manager role
• Experience working within a manufacturing or production environment
• Experience leading and developing HR team members
• Experience working within a unionised environment
• Experience supporting a large workforce or multi-site operation
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of how HR can add value to a business
• Experience managing complex employee relations matters
• Strong knowledge of current UK employment legislation
• Experience developing recruitment and retention strategies
• Experience using HR systems and reporting on people data
• Experience supporting learning and development initiatives

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Lead the delivery of both operational and strategic HR across the site.
• Drive and implement the agreed HR strategy in line with wider business objectives.
• Develop initiatives focused on recruitment, retention and employee engagement.
• Work with site management and recruitment teams to identify recruitment and retention challenges and develop targeted solutions.
• Coach, support and advise the Senior Management Team on all HR and people-related matters.
• Provide guidance and support to employees regarding employment, benefits and welfare matters.
• Ensure learning and development needs are identified, supported and effectively delivered.
• Lead and support the HR team with day-to-day activity and project work.
• Monitor HR metrics and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Provide specialist advice on complex employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, sickness absence, performance, appeals and harassment/bullying cases.
• Ensure HR systems and employee data are accurately maintained and appropriately reported.
• Support the continued development of people management practices, policies and processes.
• Maintain high standards across the HR function and ensure best practice is consistently applied.
• Work closely with senior leadership to support wider organisational and people initiatives.
• Support and deliver HR projects as required by senior HR and operational leadership.

As an HR Manager, you will also be expected to:

• Provide strong leadership and direction to the HR team.
• Build effective relationships with senior leaders, managers and employees.
• Demonstrate strong commercial awareness and understand how HR can support business performance.
• Be confident handling complex and sensitive employee relations matters.
• Coach and influence managers while challenging where appropriate.
• Remain organised and focused within a fast-paced operational environment.
• Take ownership of priorities and manage competing demands effectively.
• Promote a positive and consistent approach to people management.
• Lead by example and promote the organisation's values across the business.

About the Organisation

You will be joining a well-established organisation operating within the Manufacturing sector, with a strong reputation for quality and a large operational workforce. The business continues to invest in its people, processes and long-term growth, making this an excellent opportunity for an experienced HR Manager to make a genuine impact.