Kingfisher Plc Hiring for HR Business Partner at London Full Time

We’re Kingfisher. You might know us as B&Q, Screwfix, Castorama, Brico Depot or Koçtaş. We’re made up of over 78,000 passionate people, call over 1,300 stores home and operate in 8 countries. That’s right, we’re big, but we have ambitions to become even bigger and even better. We want to become the leading home improvement company and grow the largest community of home improvers in the world. And that’s where you come in.

At Kingfisher our customers come from all walks of life, and so do we. We want to ensure that all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants to Kingfisher are treated equally regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, colour, ethnic or national origin, culture, religious belief, philosophical belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation.

If you require any additional support or adjustments to help you make an application, please contact us at [email protected]

We advocate the benefits of a flexible and hybrid working environment, recognising that this means different things, to different people, in different roles.

Responsibilities:
About the role

Sitting our People Function and reporting to the People Director, we are now recruiting for a HR Business Partner to join us and support our global Sourcing function.

As HRBP, you will partner with the Global Sourcing Director to build the people plan and priorities supporting the strategy and lead its implementation in conjunction with the Group Functions agenda. Working closely with the Sourcing Board and their teams to drive the people agenda by building valued relationships and strong business awareness to champion the Group People Strategy whilst utilising the tools and processes provided by the Centres Of Excellence to ensure our colleagues can perform at their best.

Drive and influence the people and culture agenda to ensure organisational effectiveness

Coach leaders in using the tools and processes available to recruit, retain and develop their teams and create a successful and inclusive culture based on trust

Support leaders to deliver change effectively, including initiatives to improve business performance and ensure effective delivery

Understand and communicate function/market needs to feed into the Centre of Excellence teams agenda & provide feedback to these group COEs to ensure continuous improvement

Work in partnership with the business, working with key partners to analyse trends and qualitative insights to determine and prioritise people activity

Understand the local legislative landscape when managing changes, including organisational changes, taking into account the ‘art of the possible’

Work with leaders and colleagues to identify future talent and coach leaders on strategies for nurturing talent, clarify career paths, manage colleague aspirations and clear succession planning

Champion a culture of listening, sharing learning, inclusion and working in an agile manner so that colleagues are heard

Lead local HR teams across various country locations (3 direct reports, 4 indirect reports)

Qualifications:
About you

This is a fantastic career opportunity for an experienced HR Business Partner to join an international FTSE100 organisation to partner with senior functional Directors to strategically build and deliver the group function & people agenda across a business critical function of 400+ colleagues situated across all 8 countries we operate within.

Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with a degree of ambiguity and a strong commercial awareness

Ability to work in multi-cultural environment (direction located in several countries)

Excellent stakeholder management/influence and the ability to easily engage with colleagues at all levels, including appropriate challenge and coaching where appropriate

Able to build effective and strong working and credible relationships.

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to share a message to varying audiences and communicate clearly and concisely

Ability to manage and coordinate changing priorities, understand ‘what good looks like’

Be able to demonstrate the improvement of business performance through results

What we offer

In return, we offer an inclusive environment, where what you can achieve is limited only by your imagination! We encourage new ideas, actively support experimentation, and strive to build an environment where everyone can be their best self.

We’re adopting a hybrid approach with some office and some home working, on average 40-60% in the office. Your office location? This person will be UK based with our Head Office in Paddington, or we could explore the option of being based in one of our other retail banners head offices in Southampton or Yeovil.

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career.

Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible.

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