Eurofins UK Food Testing Hiring for HR Manager at Wolverhampton Full Time

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 58,000 staff across a network of more than 1000 independent companies in over 54 countries and operating more than 900 laboratories. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing.

In 2021, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 6.7 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Job Description

As HR Manager you will work closely with HR Director and the Leadership team to build and implement the HR people strategy (for each entity supported) capable of supporting the Company’s growth plan.

You will be responsible for leading and developing the HR business partnering team to support delivery of functional and business HR partnering.

Work closely with HRD to implement the HR strategy (for each entity supported) capable of supporting the Company’s growth plan

To lead the HRBP/HR Advisor team providing clear direction to support delivery of functional and business HR partnering

Liase with managers to understand their HR requirements and business plans

Provide clear advice and support on handling and resolving ER matters such as disciplinary, performance management and grievance in line with company policy, procedure and current legislation. Keep up to date with changes to legislation

Ensure managers are coached and developed to improve capabilities and confidence in managing people related matters

Champion all aspects of employee wellbeing, diversity and inclusion to drive understanding and focus on these areas to help embed a stronger approach to each of these areas

Monitor and manage absence and occupational health issues. Promote wellbeing at work and ensure employees are aware of support that is available

Be a role model for change, building key relationships to support and drive change through HR and support managers with change requirements

Support restructuring projects and consultation requirements relating to TUPE, redundancy, transfers etc

Guide management in reviewing and assessing areas such as team structure, job design, performance, retention, and productivity across their teams

Promote talent transfers and proactively support inter-team/site/entity transfers within the Eurofins Group

Work with managers to build succession plans for agreed roles (in relevant entities)

Contribute to the development and review of career paths (in relevant entities)

In conjunction with manager, support the annual review process ensuring reviews are conducted and documented in line with the company system

Work with managers and the learning and development manager to carry out training needs analysis for employees and make recommendations for appropriate training

Develop and deliver HR related training for supervisors and managers; support new starter induction programmes as needed

Working with HR shared services team implement / promote employee engagement surveys, and in conjunction with managers follow through on key actions to help drive engagement levels and support employee retention

Contribute to the development of pay, reward and recognition schemes

Develop the skills and capabilities of the HR team to deliver a strategic and focused partnering service

Ensure GDPR requirements are being maintained at all times; advise managers as necessary to ensure good practices is in place

Provide insights and recommendations on HR initiative that can be leveraged to strengthen business results / improve work environment for our teams

Create a clear set of metrics for your scope to monitor results and provide business insight on key people metrics

Deputise for the HR Director as needed

Support HR Director with acquisition and integration activities (pre/post acquisition)

For 2022 /2023 support implementation of Oracle HCM system phase 2 items (learning and development, talent management etc)

Project work as needed

Qualifications

Hybrid working is available for this position, 2 – 3 days working from home dependent on business needs at the time. Ideally successful candidate able to work from Wolverhampton site on office days with ability to travel to other sites when needed. This permanent position is ideally a Monday to Friday role of 37.5 hours per week, part time working of 30 hours or above will be considered.

Proven track record in a similar role leading the delivery of HR Functions to a high standard

People management experience at HR Advisor / HRBP level (or equivalent) within a complex business environment

Project management experience

Advanced employment law knowledge, including areas such as TUPE,

Experience dealing with complex employee relation matters

Able to lead change and inspire those who are important to delivery of the required business change

Good IT skills, including excel and Powerpoint skills

Experience of designing and delivering a variety of HR related full and half day training courses

Analytical and reporting skills, with experience of using data to drive people related HR activities

An experienced and skilled communicator who also inspires confidence, influences and motivates others

Problem solving and decision making skills, with the ability to analyse complex-information to identify key factor and drive change / resolution

Enthusiastic and engaging professional who works well using their own initiative to achieve goals through a proactive working style

Excellent interpersonal skills and attention to detail

A desire to drive ‘best company to work for’ ethos

Able to work at pace

Positive attitude and able to work in a manner aligned to key company values such as integrity, customer focus, quality and team competence & spirit

Additional Information

Benefits

At Eurofins we are growing, innovating and always learning. We celebrate the achievements of our employees through annual long service awards, recognise our colleagues special life events, and we are committed to charitable causes through global fundraising activities.

As a Eurofins employee you will benefit from:
Holiday Purchase Scheme

Life Assurance

Company Pension Plan

Employee Assistance Programme – 24/7 confidential support.

Free car parking

Worldwide career opportunities

Everyone who joins our team also gets access to Perkbox, allowing you to save money all year round. Whether its supermarket savings or days out, the daily coffee or a summer holiday – there’s something to suit everyone’s lifestyle.

What Happens Next

Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it’s incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you’ll be invited to meet the team to give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths.

Application Tips

It’s really helpful for our Recruitment Team if you include a full up to date CV, your current location and a contact number so we can talk to you about our exciting opportunities. Please also detail your current Right to Work status in the UK.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.