HR Director - Maternity Leave Cover

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So, what will I be doing?

Yeo Valley are committed to the purpose to to nurture & nourish people and plan and make great food the right way forever. Over the past 12 months, the Passionate People vision and strategy have been defined, with exciting plans in place to deliver on this over the next 12- 18 months. The focus on this role will be the delivery of the plan (enabled by some internal artefacts/models and project governance).

This means that a critical requirement of the maternity cover role is to chair the Passionate People strategy group, and to lead and motivate the team responsible for delivery, ensuring building pace and momentum behind the plan already developed (with room to change direction, aligned to any changing needs of the business/new insights).

As chair of the Passionate People strategy group and member of the ET, there is also a requirement to embed a change management culture by challenging and replacing established processes and procedures where necessary to ensure continuous improvement.

Somewhat unique to Yeo Valley is our ownership structure, having become part employee owned in 2020, a key pillar of the Passionate People strategy is to ensure that as co-owners of our business, we all have influence and feel inspired by the future and direction of our business. As HR Director, working closely with the CEO, ET, and Chair of the Council, this role will help in leading how we embed our co-ownership philosophy, ensuring meaningful, influential co-ownership forums which integrate with local and companywide operating model.

As well as driving and overseeing delivery of the Passionate People strategy and associated workstreams, the HR Director will lead the HR Leadership Team (HRLT) - enabling them to deliver on the parts of the strategy for which they are accountable, as well as their functional responsibilities and accountabilities.

Sounds interesting, what do I need?

Essential:

• Proven experience and success in a senior HR leadership role (ideally at Director/Exec Team level)
• Proven track record of successful change management and delivery of strategy/plans
• Ability to business partner and influence senior stakeholders
• Strong employee relations knowledge and sound understanding of employment law
• A progressive approach to HR and People Management

Desirable:

• Experience within FMCG manufacturing organisation/s
• Experience of embedding a culture of co-ownership in similar organisations
• CIPD Level 7

Why should I join the family?

We're independent, British and proud to be making the highest quality yogurts, desserts and ice cream under the Yeo Valley brand and for many of the UK's major retailers. Operating from four dairies and two logistics centres in Somerset and Devon, we employ over 1700 staff and produce more than 25% of the UK's packaged yogurt.

We're sure you don't need convincing, but there's a whole host of benefits that we offer including:

• Competitive Holiday Allowance
• Car Allowance
• non-contributory pension scheme
• life cover
• healthcare cash back plan
• cycle to work scheme
• subsidised Yeo Valley products and services
• preferential rates with our partners
• learning and development opportunities; we're committed to ensuring all of our employees have the chance to grow

Our closing dates are a guide for when the application window should close, although we may close the advert sooner if we can. So, we recommend you get your application in straight away - and don't miss the opportunity to join us!

Unfortunately, we're not able to provide employment sponsorship to candidates at this moment in time.

Please note that Yeo Valley do not accept speculative agency applications; we will only accept applications from preferred suppliers that have been submitted to us via our recruitment portal at the point of instruction.