Human Resources Manager

2K Polymer Systems (UK)

As a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdings—which is backed by Berkshire Hathaway—you’ll be doing things that matter, leading at every level, and winning a better way. We’re committed to making a positive impact on the world, providing you with diverse learning and working opportunities, and fostering a culture where everyone’s empowered to be their best.

2K is a leading manufacturer of high performance, two component polymer products for anchoring, bonding, and repair applications. We have been manufacturing anchoring products for safety critical applications for more than 56 years and they are now used in more than 82 countries around the world for over 100 million fixing and anchoring applications each year.

DUTIES

• To ensure all HR policies remain up to date, are compliant with employment law and reflect best practice and are consistently applied across the business.  To provide effective coaching and advice to managers to assist them to understand and implement HR policies and processes.
• To advise, coach and guide managers with departmental restructures, investigations, disciplinary and grievance processes.
• To work in partnership with Directors and Senior Managers to challenge, debate and move forward the HR agenda.
• To manage HR project work of varied content and complexity from start through to completion.
• To manage recruitment activities across the Company in conjunction with line managers, placing adverts either directly or recruiting via agencies. All vacancies must be approved by the MD in advance.
• To administer job offers and contracts of employment, and induct all new starters to the Company.
• To manage employee personnel records, both paper and electronic, ensuring that they are up to date.
• To enter and keep employee information up to date on Equator and Workday.
• Local lead for the Workday system.
• To be the local GDPR lead, maintaining Company policies and handling any data breaches. To report all data breaches to the MD immediately.
• To run the salaried payroll on a monthly basis and provide advise and support to the Assistant Accountant with the hourly payroll. To submit monthly RTI and annual returns for the Company including P60’s and P11D’s.
• To provide and calculate payroll information for decision-making such as
• To calculate and submit pension contributions for all staff to the pension company on a monthly basis. To liaise with the pensions advisors and ensure pension regulatory requirements are met.
• To administer all employee benefits such as Life Assurance and Private Medical schemes.
• To provide advice, guidance and support to managers regarding short and long-term absence.
• To organise occupational health surveillance, in conjunction with OH supplier, including the administration and safekeeping of isocyanate testing.
• To develop and produce timely and accurate reports on key HR trends and statistics, recommending areas for further action as appropriate. To provide a monthly report to the MD.

• To project manage corporate compliance, training and policy signatures across the workforce.
• To be a member of the Senior Leadership team, working closely with management colleagues.
• To provide a monthly report on HR activity and projects to the Managing Director.

KEY KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Graduate or graduate calibre
• CIPD qualified or have the equivalent experience
• Have a solid understanding of, and an interest in keeping up to date with employment legislation and its practical application
• Have a hands-on approach with an in-depth knowledge of HR policies and procedures across all HR disciplines
• Be able to advise and influence management on all employee performance issues and quickly build relationships through excellent interpersonal skills
• IT skills to include Microsoft Office (Word, Excel), payroll and HR systems
• Experience of payroll and administering pensions and benefit schemes
• Experience of managing and developing staff
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic
• Be sensitive yet confident to tackle difficult and complex situations
• Have excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Thrives on challenge and able to work under pressure to achieve results
• Organised self-starter with good problem solving skills
• Good verbal communication skills, with the ability to persuade and influence
• Good documentation and report writing skills
• Adaptable and flexible, a team player with a ‘can do’ attitude

This job description / specification sets out the main duties and responsibilities of the post. It does not constitute an exhaustive or comprehensive description of duties and the job holder will be required to carry out any additional tasks as and when requested to do so.  Responsibilities and duties may change in the light of future business needs and personal development.

Following receipt of a conditional offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete additional job-related screening processes as permitted or required by applicable law.