HR Specialist

Location

Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire | United Kingdom

Job description

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Position Title: HR Specialist  

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time ​

Position Location: Whittlesey 

Requisition ID:  27748 

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There’s nothing beige about McCain…
Except our potatoes — and we’re extremely passionate about them. 

When you join McCain, you’ll be joining the biggest player in the frozen potato game, bringing people together around the nation for over 60 years by sharing simple, delicious planet friendly food.
We’ve partnered with thousands of the country’s supermarkets, pubs, restaurants, hospitals, and schools to change the way people see the humble spud. It’s all about elevation and creating something better. 

So, come and make your career at McCain Foods.

ABOUT THE ROLE.

Come and shape the future of HR at McCain!

We have ambitious growth business plans at McCain, but we can’t achieve those without our people. Our HR team play a huge part in driving our winning culture and it’s the role of our HR Specialist to get under the skin of the people behind the potatoes.

As HR Specialist it's your job to work alongside your fellow HR Specialists and our people leaders across our Whittlesey and Wombourne Manufacturing Plants to make McCain a great place to work. This covers many elements of HR including Employee Relations, Recruitment, and day-today HR Employee Lifecycle processes and compliance.

Our ideal candidate will already be living and breathing a HR generalist role so you’ll already have a good idea of what this role will entail. Reporting into the Director, HR Manufacturing for the UK, you will also…

• Support our leaders and employees with employee and labour relations issues (which may include conducting investigations, managing appeals, addressing misconduct, issuing discipline, suspension and/or termination)
• Execute local recruitment initiatives. Manage job requisitions on our recruitment portal (Success Factors), run job events and fairs, proactively source candidates, and manage the local talent pools – with an ongoing focus on early talent
• Manage employee movement and contract management. Including the updating of personal information
• Share insights and trends with key stakeholders to drive more effective and efficient HR service delivery
• Managing HR compliance e.g. right to work applications, GDPR storage, auditing requirements
• Ensure the employee experience is at the centre of everything you do… identify, and implement Continuous Improvement activities, to enhance our HR Processes. 

 
We are a team of connectedness – which means you will create impactful relationships between HR Specialists and our Global Employee Experience Centre to provide a world class service to our employees. And because we have a one team approach you will also have the opportunity to ‘chip in’ and partner with other departments outside of your normal business areas.

This is a great opportunity for someone looking to grow their career in HR. We have a clear career path to HR Business Partner with opportunities locally… and globally. The ‘fries’ the limit at McCain! 

ABOUT YOU.

You’ll be a HR generalist ideally with experience in a manufacturing environment (FMCG would be advantageous!) You will also have…

• A professional HR qualification
• Experience of working within a FMCG Manufacturing plant
• Solid ER experience, with previous knowledge of managing conduct, absence etc.. 
• Strong stakeholder management
• Experience of working at pace in a high pressured, and demanding environment
• Strong recruitment experience. Has experience of talent attraction as well as experience of recruiting at pace and volume
• Good administrational skills with a knowledge of Microsoft Office particularly Excel
• The ability to work well on your own, and self-motivated. A self-start and able to work independently

 
WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?

You’ll be pleased to know we don’t pay you in ‘chips’. As well as a competitive salary we also have some ‘a-peeling’ benefits including:

• A great pension plan — and we’ll pay double what you do, up to a maximum of 12% of your pay
• Flexible holidays — with the option to buy & sell up to 5 extra days per year
• ‘Chips In’ Volunteering Day Off — to make a positive impact in McCain communities across the globe
• Optional health cash plan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Opportunities to relocate in the future — we’re a worldwide business, so the opportunities are there for those who seek them

Where will i work?  

We have a culture based on achieving outcomes and with that we fully support flexible working. You will be based out of our Whittlesey plant (Hybrid Home Working), and due to the nature of this role, we would require to see you occasionally in our Wombourne plant too. 

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McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. 

 
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

The health and safety of McCain employees and their families has been our number one priority since the start of COVID-19 pandemic. With vaccination restrictions easing across the globe we do not currently require employees to be vaccinated, but we reserve the right to change this mandate in line with health guidance and regulations in each country.

 
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with the Global Privacy Policy  

Job Family:  Human Resources
Division:  GB HR 
Department: ​ Scarborough and Hull HR Team ​
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Company:  McCain Foods (G.B.) Ltd 

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