People Transformation Director

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Overview

We're Kingfisher, A team made up of over 74,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas to life. Guided by our purpose Better Homes. Better Lives. For Everyone. We believe a better world starts with better homes, and we work every day to make that a reality. Join us and help shape the future of home improvement.

The People Transformation Director acts a core partner to the HR Leadership team (HRLT) and broader Fuel for Growth (FFG) programme, defining and driving People transformation initiatives across Kingfisher as part of the FFG programme. This role will set out the blueprint for a sustained cost-conscious culture within the People Function and a future colleague and leader service model. You'll be accountable for definition, design and execution phases working with partner/s and ensuring interdependencies are managed with other workstreams. Phase 1 will focus on outlining the end state of the People Function to inform direction and driving near time efficiencies in 2026 working with teams across Group Functions and Banners. This is an initial 12 month contract.

What's the job?

• Strategic leadership & vision: Define and lead end state vision for the People Function partnering the HRLT and managing delivery by an external partner starting with a 12-week sprint being clear on the employee and line manager proposition
• Programme management: Lead several workstreams across HR functional areas from design to implementation, ensuring they deliver on time and budget taking the leaders on the journey
• Matrix leader: build cross functional matrixed teams to drive internal change initiatives with mixture of internal and partners where required
• Change management & culture shift: Develop and implement change management strategies through design and into implementation with the end user thinking at the heart and equip leaders with tools and training to sustain transformation efforts
• Innovation & continuous improvement: Identify opportunities for innovation and process improvement. Foster a culture of continuous improvement and agile thinking.
• Stakeholder influence: Act as a trusted advisor to the HRLT and GE (when required). Manage cross-functional collaboration to ensure alignment and integration particularly with workstreams like GBS.
• Capability build: Coach and mentor teams to build change and delivery skills, lead the development of transformation tools, methodologies, and frameworks.
• Benefit realisation: Define KPIs and success metrics for transformation initiatives. Track and report on benefits realization and ROI. Report regularly to the HRLT and as part of the broader FFG programme.

What you'll bring

• Strong experience of shaping, motivating and driving HR change within a large, complex, matrix and fast-moving environment with clear business case for efficiencies
• Experience in defining and implementing new delivery models and strategic partnerships e.g. shared services, outsourcing
• Large scale programme management experience and delivery of multiple workstreams
• Excellence in change management methodologies that create understanding and build support for change and enable adoption
• Broad understanding of tech solutions across HR landscape
• Proven track record of stakeholder management & influencing skills at all levels of the organization with ability to push the thinking into possibility out of "how it's done today"
• A proven track record of operating successfully at a multi-national level, demonstrating strong cultural awareness and sensitivity

How We Work
We believe in flexibility and balance. Our hybrid model blends home working for focus with time spent connecting and collaborating - whether in our offices or at offsite locations. On average, around 60% of your time will involve in-person collaboration.

We value the perspectives new team members bring and encourage you to apply - even if you don't meet 100% of the requirements.

What We Offer
An inclusive environment where your potential is limited only by your imagination. We encourage new ideas, support experimentation, and strive to create a workplace where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here.

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career. Scroll down below to find out more about our benefits.

Diversity & Inclusion
Our customers come from all walks of life - and so do we. We're committed to ensuring all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants are treated equally, regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, ethnicity, culture, religion, belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation.

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

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