HR Manager in Manchester

At DSV we're building the world’s leading logistics and transport network. With this exciting growth comes opportunity — and we’re looking for new talent to join us. P&O (HR) Manager – Wythenshawe (will involve travel to other sites as required). Mon-Fri – 37.5 hours per week. We are looking for an experienced HR Professional to join our Air & Sea Division in the UK. This is a key role managing a small team and partnering with the business to provide HR advice and expertise across multiple sites in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with senior leaders and managers, providing expert HR guidance to support business objectives and people priorities.
• Develop your team, ensuring the function delivers a high-quality, consistent and commercially focused service across the business.
• Support and oversee organisational initiatives including restructures, TUPE transfers, organisational change and integration activities to support business growth and transformation.
• Act as an escalation point for complex employee relations matters, ensuring risks are managed effectively and advice is aligned to employment law and company policy.
• Partner with leaders to identify workforce requirements, succession planning needs and development opportunities, supporting talent management, apprenticeships, early careers and leadership development initiatives.
• Represent the business in union consultations and employee forums where required.
• Own the development, implementation and continuous improvement of HR policies, procedures and practices.
• Champion a high-performance culture by supporting and developing managers to lead their teams effectively, including coordinating and delivering targeted training initiatives.
• Work closely with the Talent Acquisition Manager to oversee recruitment activity, ensuring alignment with workforce planning and business needs.
• Lead and support HR projects and people initiatives, including succession planning, engagement, employee experience and continuous improvement activities.
• Support the HR Senior Manager on strategic priorities and provide leadership support across the wider HR function where required.

About You

• Proven experience in an HR Manager or senior HR generalist role, ideally within a complex, multi-site or unionised environment.
• Strong track record of leading HR activity and delivering practical, business-focused people solutions.
• Sound knowledge of employment law, employee relations and HR best practice, with the ability to apply this confidently in a commercial environment.
• Experience supporting organisational change programmes including TUPE, restructures and business integration activities.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build effective relationships at all levels, including trade unions and employee representatives.
• Commercially minded, with the ability to balance operational business priorities with people needs.
• Previous experience in a similar role – ideally CIPD Level 5 or Level 7 qualified (or equivalent).
• Customer-focused attitude with a high level of professionalism, discretion and attention to detail.

What can we offer you?

• Competitive Salary Package and an opportunity to be a part of and grow within a driven and successful company, with a team of 160,000, operating in over 90 countries.
• Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement from your start, which increases with length of service.
• Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme for Ultra-Low Emissions Cars.
• Salary Sacrifice Cycle Scheme.
• WeCare App, for support with physical and mental wellbeing, including access to GPs for you and your dependents.
• LifeWorks app for access to cashback and discounts on high street and online brands.
• Life Insurance with access to expert probate support.

Next Steps

If this sounds like the next step for you, please follow the links and apply with your CV without delay. All successful candidates will undergo necessary right-to-work checks and certain sites require 5 years’ worth of referencing and criminal record checks. We do not accept CV details from Recruitment Agencies unless DSV have engaged directly regarding the role requirements beforehand.