HR MANAGER in Rothwell

Under direct supervision of the BA Director and in close collaboration with BA’s HR department, the Country HR manager leads a variety of human resource-related programs to reach Country/BA business & budget objectives, in line with Group & BU HR strategy and policies.

The Country HR manager is responsible to:

• Define and implement the Country human resource Roadmap within established budgets and in compliance with all local relevant regulations, laws and employment standards.
• Implement the Limagrain Field Seeds HR tools, guidelines, policies and process in the UK.
• Act as a member of the UK Management Team responsible for the UK Roadmap.

Main Goal:

The HR manager is responsible to:

• Define and implement the country human resource policy within established budgets and in compliance with all local relevant regulations, laws and employment standards.
• Implement and deploy the BU HR guidelines, policy and tools.
• Ensure the implementation of BU Limagrain Field Seeds guidelines and policies on full compliance of the local operations with all applicable laws & regulations and internal corporate Code of Conduct.
• Ensure legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable human resource local requirements.
• Execute various aspects of the country's HR programs that include administration & payroll, compensation and benefit, recruitment, training, career stream, organisation development, and employee relations.
• Provide consultancy service to employees and managers for HR policies and programmes.

ADMIN, LEGAL AND PAYROLL:

• Ensure that employees are paid in a timely and accurate manner overseeing managed payroll service (ADP).
• Oversee and prepare all payroll related documents, maintain the employee records and oversee the update of the HRIS tools.
• Provide timely and accurate reporting on headcounts and staff costs.
• Ensure legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable human resource local requirements; conducting investigations; maintaining records.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:

• Conduct salary surveys, advise on payroll and other remuneration issues, prepare and conduct salary review.
• Advise on comp and ben practices and develop a structured knowledge approach of the local market salaries.
• Manage and oversee administration of employee insurance and benefits plans including pension and private medical.
• Be a Limagrain pension scheme trustee.

PEOPLE AND ORGANISATION DEVELOPMENT:

• Develop an employee-oriented company culture that emphasises quality, continuous improvement, key employee retention and development, and high performance.
• Monitor the accurate processing of staff appointments, transfers, promotions and terminations.
• Support managers in recruiting new employees per the staffing plan, through a timely and efficient process, in compliance with Limagrain standards.
• Ensure proper induction and integration of new employees.
• Analyse the skills development needs and develop training initiatives accordingly, in cooperation with Limagrain Europe HR department.
• Act as a Business partner towards managers in the areas of people management, leadership development, organisational design, labour regulation and Corporate Social Responsibility.
• Ensure the key Limagrain development processes (annual appraisal, job description, career management, leadership development) are effectively rolled out in the subsidiary.

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS:

• Provide consultancy service to employees and managers for HR policies and processes.
• Manage local transversal activities inside the BA in Human Resource.
• Tackle employee complaints and grievances; resolve conflicts.

HR REPORTING & HRIS:

• Provide timely and accurate reporting on headcounts (entry, move, departure, promotions).
• Provide timely and accurate BU & Group data reporting.
• Oversee the update of the HRIS tool (iHris).

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT:

• Manage the UK HR team (one HR Advisor).
• Mentor, coach and develop your team in accordance with the Limagrain Leadership model.

OTHER TASKS:

• GDPR data controller and company archive.
• Responsible for LG UK HMRC Government Gateway account.
• Provide general HR Support for other UK businesses – payroll, recruitment administration, cars, queries, etc.
• Oversee and manage the administration of the company fleet of 80+ company cars and vehicles.

Safety:

You are in charge of communicating and compliance with the safety rules and company code of conduct by your teams, as well as the conformity of equipment used for carrying out the operations for which you are responsible. You must ensure that safety conditions are observed in every situation regardless of the challenges and priorities that affect the activities being conducted. As team manager, you are in charge of the safety of employees you oversee and ensure that the company's rules and policies are followed. You are a role model in complying and promoting safety standards.

What we expect of you:

TYPICAL EDUCATION:

• CIPD Level 5 minimum or have at least 3 to 7 years' experience in a Senior HR management role.

EXPERTISE:

• Ability to influence and persuade.
• Demonstrated ability to serve as a knowledgeable resource to the executive management team that provides overall company leadership and direction.
• Pragmatic problem-solving skills.
• High standard of attention to detail.
• Solid commitment to customer or employee service.
• General knowledge of various employment laws and practices and experience working with a corporate employment law representative.
• Evidence of the ability to practice and coach organisation managers in the practice of a high level of confidentiality.
• Excellent organisational management skills.
• Expert HRIS and Payroll system and Microsoft Office skills like Word, Outlook, and Excel.

Limagrain Field Seeds, with its international multi-crop LG brand is the global Feld Seeds division of Group Limagrain. Limagrain Field Seeds covers all continents with subsidiaries in over 40 countries and sales in 77 countries. Limagrain Field Seeds supplies LG branded seeds of Maize, Wheat, Sunflower, Winter Rape and other regional crops to all farmers large or small. A strong commitment to progress through technology ensures that plant variety improvements arrive continually from 84 research sites and are adapted for maximum local performance. Limagrain is a global company with deep local roots. Our parent company is an agricultural cooperative based in the Limagne-Val d’Allier plain, in the heart of Central France’s Auvergne region, while we are an international seed and agri-food group with some 9,600 employees working in 53 countries. As the 4th largest seed company in the world, we achieved sales of 2.522 billion euros in 2023-2024, with additional sales of 729 million euros from activities carried out in collaboration with our strategic partners.