HR Generalist - Manufacturing

Overview

At Suntory Global Spirits, we craft spirits of the highest quality and deliver brilliant experiences to people around the world. Suntory Global Spirits has evolved into the world\’s third largest leading premium spirits company, where each employee is treated like family and trusted with legacy. With our greatest assets – our premium spirits and our people – we\’re driving growth through impactful marketing, innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Suntory Global Spirits is a place where you can come Unleash your Spirit by making an impact each and every day.

What makes this a great opportunity? Reporting to the HR Director for the UK and Ireland, this is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic HR Generalist to become a vital part of our team at Suntory Global Spirits, where we are passionately in pursuit of the extraordinary and aspire to be the World’s Most Admired Spirits Company.

Why This Opportunity Stands Out: you’ll be part of a history and a future that includes world-renowned premium brands such as Laphroaig, Bowmore, Auchentoshan, Connemara, and Sipsmith, operating across 13 sites in the UK and Ireland. The HR function will nurture our people, enrich our culture and craft a legacy of excellence. Your impact will be in enabling recruitment and selection, nurturing talent development, and fostering positive employee relations across our business units, with a focus on Packaging and Maturation operations and Supply Chain enabling functions.

You will join a multi-disciplinary One HR team and contribute to our continuous improvement journey, crafting world-class HR tools, processes, and practices to build organizational and people capability for our medium-term goals and long-term ambitions.

Role Responsibilities

• Empower People Leaders: Provide expert guidance and coaching on engagement, employee relations, rewards, attendance management, performance, and grievance and disciplinary matters.
• Attract Top Talent: Collaborate with Talent Acquisition and hiring managers to attract the best talent through effective job design, sourcing, and onboarding strategies.
• Champion Inclusion: Drive our commitment to inclusion across the UK and Ireland, ensuring every voice is heard and valued.
• Continuous Improvement: Work with the UK and Ireland HR team to enhance processes and policies, striving for best-in-class compliance and practices.
• Lead Change Initiatives: Manage and execute key HR projects and change initiatives that propel the organization forward.
• Data-Driven Decisions: Leverage HR analytics to fuel data-driven decision-making across all facets of HR.

Qualifications

• A degree-level education.
• Generalist operational HR experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Expertise in employee relations and employment legislation.
• Proven HR project management and execution skills.
• Proficiency in HRIS and a passion for data.
• Exceptional communication skills and relationship-building capabilities.
• A proactive, solution-oriented mindset with a positive, can-do attitude.
• Flexibility, adaptability, and resilience in a dynamic work environment.
• A collaborative spirit that thrives in teamwork.

Other Desirable Skills/Experience

• CIPD qualification.
• Experience working within an international HR organization.
• Familiarity with multi-site operations.

At Suntory Global Spirits, people are our number one priority, and we believe our people grow together in diverse and inclusive environments where their unique insights, experiences and backgrounds are valued and respected. Suntory Global Spirits is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, military veteran status and all other characteristics, attributes or choices protected by law. All recruitment and hiring decisions are based on an applicant’s skills and experience.

Job Details

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Human Resources
• Industries: Beverage Manufacturing