KimberlyClark Hiring for Head of HR – UK Corporate Services at South East Full Time

Are you a commercially-focused HR professional with a desire to shape and deliver solutions for the business? Do you enjoy partnering with senior leaders in a fast-paced, exciting business? Then this Head of HR role could be for you.

In this role, you will work closely with leaders to accelerate performance through our people, our culture and our organization. As the organizational people engager and activator you must be able to learn fast, be curious and demonstrate agility in order to shape and develop the HR agenda, as well as drive the execution of key initiatives, coordinating with business leaders and Centres of Excellence (COEs), on the program needs for their region.

With a focus on the 1-2 year people plan you will lead HR practices and objectives in your area that will provide the right employee experience, cultural environment, capabilities and organizational design that promotes a high-performance culture.

Within the leadership teams that you’re part of, you play an important role in ensuring the business is set up for successfrom a people perspective -both now and in the future.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:
Strategic Partner

Have a deep understanding of the business and context in order to define a clear plan to help the business win in the marketplace; facing current and future challenges.

Promote a sense of purpose, belonging, opportunities to learn, teamwork and a fairness environment.

Advance the impact of I&Dby engaging the workforce to partner in driving solutions.

HR Consulting

Partner with senior leaders, coach where necessary to enable them to manage their team members employee life cycle.

Establish and maintain collaborative relationships (leaders & peers) while driving solutions to meet business needs. Develop and maintain a strong partnership.

Partnering with the talent management COE where relevant, execute the organization talent strategy which includes Talent Acquisition, I&D strategy, Workforce Planning, Organizational Effectiveness, Talent Management, KPIs, Retention and Recognition Planning & Culture.

Talent Management & Learning

Identify learning and development needs for Leaders and participate in planning process and implementation (should include partnering with L&D on corporate initiatives).

Mentor leaders on employee development best practices. Ensure new ways of development are emerging in the solutions provided.

Facilitate talent review process and meeting including succession plan discussion and developing action plan and support/follow up on action plans (Focused Development Planning).

Responsible for analyzing what skills (future of work) will be most essential as the workforce continues to evolve. Propose reskilling and upskilling efforts for current employees.

Organizational & Team Effectiveness

Design and lead organizational systems (people and processes) and key organizational capabilities.

Provide guidance and input on business unit restructures, workforce planning and succession planning to leaders, working in partnership with HR COE’s as relevant.

Lead or contract for leader & team effectiveness interventions, ensure execution and measure results (includes team assimilation).

Provide change management advice and support initiatives (program implementation & change initiatives).

Operations Manager

Ensure legal policies and procedures (including region-specific compliance requirements) are followed and maintained.

Establish and maintain collaborative relationships (leaders & peers) while driving solutions to meet business needs. Develop and maintain a strong partnership.

Considering Workforce of the Future, ensure that the organization’s processes, policies, and technologies are optimal for remote workers. Build remote workers’ strong sense of belonging within the organization, ensuring that they know their purpose and are valued within the organization.

Demonstrate a HR Operator mindset with respect to headcount and budget planning not only within HR but throughout organization.

Reporting & Analytics

Analyze trends and metrics in partnership with the HR group to develop solutions, programs and policies.

Talent Acquisition

Develop workforce plans (long term and short term) in partnership with the global workforce planning team, Team Leader and regional/function leadership.

Compensation Consulting

Identify business compensation needs and partner with COE to find solutions and/or provide compensation consulting to leaders, in order to attract and retain team members.

Employee Mediator

Manage and resolve complex employee relations issues. Maintain in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance. Partner with the legal department as needed/required.

Represent the voice of the employee to leaders and the voice of the organization to the employees

KEY CAPABILITIES:
Strategic Thinking – Demonstrate an understanding of the business, the external environment, customers and financial levers to create the right solutions from a people perspective as an integral part of the local people plans.

Communications – Inspire and motivate employees to be the best they can be through compelling communication aligned to KC’s culture and business strategy.

Agility – Promote, develop and role model agile behaviours to support smart decision making.

Data Analyst – High level of understanding of internal and external data metrics to support decision making on local people plans i.e., simplify and connect the dots to make the right decisions to increase performance. Ability to think sequentially and predict impact using data analytics.

Organization Effectiveness – Lead and partner the business in terms of:

Organization Design

Leadership & Team Effectiveness

Change Management

People Project Management

Talent Management – Apply workforce planning knowledge, engagement strategies, and succession management.

HR Operator Mindset – Own, lead and drive workforce planning via sound headcount, SG&A and budgets management taking into consideration the overall P&L.

Strong Leadership and Influencing Skills – The role is consultative and operational providing support to Senior leaders through:

Influencing peers and senior leaders across area responsibility, as well as immediate manager to drive to the right outcome from a people perspective

Excellent interpersonal relations skills and a successful track record of partnering with leaders, delivering superior business results

Demonstrating personal passion on delivering on commitments, being action-oriented, having an intense performance orientation

Showing ability to think & act strategically while delivering operational excellence

Taking a change agent role within the leadership team and organization and can build and execute large scale change plans

OTHER PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS:
Key Values:
We Care: We care for our people, our communities and everyone we serve, and we value our differences.

We Own: We are responsible for our decisions and accountable for our results.

We Act: We have a bias for action and do what’s right for our people, our business, and our world.

Ways of Working:
Focus on Consumers: We keep the needs of customers and consumers at the center of our work.

Play to Win: We aim high, take smart risks, and live our values because winning with integrity matters.

Move Fast: We turn decisions into action, remove barriers and seek progress over perfection.

Grow our People: We champion inclusion and encourage our people to ideate, innovate and contribute to our growth.

Global VISA and Relocation Specifications:
Primary Location

United Kingdom- Flexible Location – South East England

Additional Locations

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time