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HR Business Partner

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Micheldever have an exciting opportunity for a proactive HR Business Partner with sound experience of operating at both a strategic and operational level, to drive improved people metrics and deliver people plans to improve business performance. You will partner with key stakeholders to support with delivery of the business and people agenda, as well as supporting with day to day HR activities such as ER casework and recruitment.

HR Business Partnering experience at a strategic level is essential to this role

  • Location: working remotely, will require multi-site travel across Central UK, with occasional visits to our head office near Winchester. Candidates will need live in Central UK

  • Must have: Full UK driving licence

  • Salary: up to £50K DOE, 5% bonus, car or car allowance £485 pm

  • Benefits: Staff Discount, Retails Vouchers, Life Insurance, Pension (see full list below)

    About the role

  • Build effective relationships with key stakeholders, partnering with the regional leadership team

  • Produce and analyse Management Information (MI) to identify trends and areas of focus, supporting with the development and delivery of strategies to improve metrics

  • Provide day to day leadership and guidance on business and people related matters

  • Work with the HR Service Team, provide coaching and support with ER cases

  • Develop and deliver plans to improve Employee Engagement

  • Support the performance review, annual pay review and bonus processes

  • Lead on Succession Planning and organisational change activity

  • Ensure all policies, procedures and employment contracts are legally compliant and aligned to business requirements

  • Ensure consistent application of policy and procedures across the organisation

  • Work with L&D to develop and deliver training to managers

  • Work closely with recruitment to support on business-critical positions

  • Ensure a consistent and excellent onboarding experience for new employees

    About You

  • HR Business Partnering experience at a strategic level is essential to this role

  • Must live in in Central UK

  • Ideally CIPD qualified

  • A sound up to date knowledge of UK employment legislation

  • Experience with and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with a strong focus on accuracy and attention to detail.

  • A persuasive communicator with strong interpersonal skills are essential with the ability to build effective working relationships, influencing, guiding, supporting and coaching

  • Experience in the management of complex ER cases

  • Experience of working in the Retail sector would be advantageous

  • Operationally focused with the ability to think strategically

  • A persuasive person who is able to constructively challenge, support, guide and influence

    Why join Micheldever?

    Micheldever Tyre Services (MTS) was founded in 1972 as a part-time venture providing car servicing and tyres. Today, Micheldever Group is the fastest growing wholesaler, distributor and retailer of tyres in the UK, selling six million tyres nationwide, (20 percent of the total UK market) and employing approximately 2100 employees, companywide.

    To support this business, we have built a wholesale distribution network of 14 sites around the UK supplying over 6,000 retailers and our own retail chain Protyre which is consistently growing. This is achieved by skilled, focused and determined teams across 1 central distribution and 13 warehouse operations nationwide.

    Protyre is the UKs fastest growing supplier and fitter of tyres and automotive services, fitting over 1 million tyres every year through our fast-fit centres. We offer a wide variety of careers from Administrative to Mechanical, Digital to Financial and many other exciting roles within the motor industry. Protyre is the retail branch of The Micheldever Group. Micheldever Tyre Services (MTS).

    What we offer:

    We are committed to developing individuals who demonstrate the ambition and drive to develop within our business.

    Benefits include employee discounts on servicing, MOT and tyres. Finder’s fee, Life Insurance, Pension, a great variety of Retail vouchers, Staff Rates, Eye Care Vouchers, Buy/Sell Holiday option, Flu Jab, Employee Assistant Program, Long Service Recognition, Enhance Maternity and Paternity payments, Cycle to Work, Charity Match
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