At Jacobs Douwe Egberts we’re inspired by our belief that it’s amazing what can happen over a cup of coffee. Here in the UK & Ireland we are known for leading coffee brands including Kenco, L’Or and Tassimo. With associates spread across 3 locations in Maidenhead, Banbury and Dublin.

You'll be based at our Manufacturing site in Banbury and you'll play a key part of the manufacturing senior team working to create a high performing team, embedding change programmes and focusing on providing a strong partnering and support offering to the manufacturing leadership team and their reports.

The role is a standalone HR generalist focused on partnering allocated members of the leadership team to support the development of management and leadership capability, drive a performance culture and enhancing associate engagement.

The role is generalist in nature embracing all areas of HR including upskilling manager capability, employee relations, union relations and talent management.

• Provide both strategic and operational business partnering coaching and guidance to leaders at manufacturing senior leadership team level.
• Build a world class Packing site with senior leaders
• Lead and provide on-going HR support for key change projects and projects in the business area.
• Coordinate & implement the specific HR processes in the business unit within the scope of a high performing team, the organizational culture and structure.
• Provide expert knowledge to the local management regarding associate engagement initiatives, organizational structures and change projects.
• Provide knowledge / best practice to the local management in managing local labour relations (unions, safety reps, etc.). Work with local managers in coaching them around often complex cases around performance management, disciplinaries, grievances, absence etc.
• Build lean knowledge (known in JDE as Manufacturing Operating System). Actively lead in pillar activity eg Organisation Pillar. Feed into central projects at JDE global level as required.
• Provide guidance and coaching in talent management and succession planning for key roles at the plant to ensure talent development and career progression.

Education:

• Fully CIPD qualified or HR related degree

Must have experience:

• Significant knowledge of HR generalist processes and approach.
• Experience of working in a manufacturing/warehouse environment/ FMCG.
• Experience of managing employee relations cases and absence management.
• Proven experience in stakeholder management.
• Experience of a unionised environment.
• Excellent communication skills.

Must have behaviours:

• An ability to work both strategically and operationally.
• Down to earth with an ability to build relationships at all levels.
• Ability to work autonomously with little involvement from the HR Director who is based elsewhere.
• Resilient nature, motivated by a challenge and not afraid of difficult situations, someone who can robustly partner senior leaders and different characters.
• Strives to do the right thing (not the easy thing) in all they do.
• An interest in health and well-being at work.