HR Manager

Adecco are delighted to be supporting their client in recruiting for an HR Manager based in Newbury!

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with site leadership and regional HR teams to ensure HR strategies are aligned with business objectives, particularly in areas such as workforce planning, organisational growth, and change management.
• Serve as a trusted point of contact for all staff and management, offering expert advice and guidance across every stage of the employee journey.
• Promote a positive, compliant, and engaging workplace culture by managing employee relations matters, supporting performance and development conversations, and driving engagement activities.
• Oversee the full recruitment process for the site - from defining role requirements to successfully onboarding new team members - while maintaining strong relationships with external recruitment partners.
• Identify and assess training needs, coordinate development programmes, and assist managers in enhancing team capability and performance.
• Lead and coordinate the annual performance appraisal and compensation review processes, ensuring equity and consistency across the workforce.
• Keep HR policies, procedures, and employee documentation up to date and in compliance with UK employment legislation and company guidelines.
• Ensure accuracy in HR data management and communication related to payroll, attendance, benefits, and absence tracking.
• Prepare, manage, and monitor the HR budget, covering areas such as headcount, recruitment, learning & development, benefits, and overtime.
• Provide regular HR data analysis and reporting to both plant and group leadership.
• Manage interactions with local employee representatives and contribute to communication with European Works Councils when required.
• Work with managers and occupational health teams to maintain a safe, supportive, and healthy working environment.

Professional Background

• Demonstrated experience in a HR Manager, HR Business Partner, or Senior HR Generalist role, ideally within a production or manufacturing setting.
• Broad, hands-on knowledge of all aspects of HR, including recruitment, employee relations, performance management, compensation & benefits, learning & development, and HR administration.

Technical Skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Experience using HR Information Systems and time & attendance platforms, ensuring data accuracy and integrity.
• Comfortable adopting and learning new digital tools and systems.

Core Competencies and Personal Attributes

• Professional Expertise: Strong business partnering approach, able to advise leadership teams effectively; data-driven and financially aware; well-organised with sound understanding of HR legislation and best practice; confident decision-maker and problem-solver.
• Interpersonal Strengths: Skilled at relationship building with employees, management, and unions; adept at conflict resolution and employee relations management; capable of coaching and guiding managers to build capability; collaborative and team-oriented.

Apply now!

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Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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