Human Resources Business Partner

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Would you like to play a role in advancing life around the world?

Would you like be part of creating materials used in everyday products that help make our lives easier and better?

Would you like to work in a stable, profitable, and growing business?

If so, we should talk! – Alphagary, an Orbia business and part of the Polymer Solutions group, is looking for an HR Business Partner based in Melton Mowbray.

About the role

This is a great opportunity for an experienced HR Business Partner to showcase their skills and experience within a business that can offer excellent support and high levels of autonomy. You will be responsible for providing a comprehensive generalist HR service for the entire employee life cycle across all levels at our two UK sites Chinley and Melton Mowbray.

Key responsibilities include:

• Managing employee relations cases from start to finish and support and advising managers throughout
• Managing the UK business operational HR priorities on a day-to-day basis for either Melton Mowbray or Chinley.
• Coaching and supporting managers with their leadership and management in order to effectively develop capability and high performance within their teams.
• To develop, co-ordinate and implement Company Policies and Procedures ensuring legal compliance, good practice and ‘best fit’ to achieve business strategy.
• To drive and deliver HR and improvement projects, ensuring outcomes are aligned to the business strategy and legislation.
• Managing the recruitment process for all shop floor and administrative positions, including advertising, sifting, interviewing, and supporting managers in effective selection.
• Ensuring employees receive full formal induction plans, conducting business overview and induction presentations where required to ensure effective communication of the business and management systems utilising tools and resources available.

About you

This is an operational HR role requiring a minimum of 5 years’ experience working as a Business Partner in generalist human resources roles. You will be accomplished in designing and implementing new and effective ways of working to embed an effective and efficient HR service to the business.

Key skills and experience include:

· GCSE or equivalent in Maths and English; Level 5 CIPD in Human Resources Management, or post graduate diploma or degree in business (or related subject).

· HR experience gained in an international manufacturing sector or similar industry.

· Up to date knowledge of UK Human Resources legislation and best practice gained within a manufacturing or similar industry

· Proficient with Microsoft Office and HRIS software

· Demonstrable influencing, persuasion, and coaching skills.

· Ability to constructively challenge accepted norms.

· Commercially focused, able to manage and process information with absolute confidentiality.

· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to deal with employees (union and non-union) and managers at all levels.

· Deals with situations and people positively and with enthusiasm, demonstrating a helpful, calm and professional approach.

· Prior experience of dealing with unions and/or works councils

If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the posting, we encourage you to apply and join our talent network. You may be the right candidate for this or some of our other roles!

We do not simply hire candidates who tick every box. We hire talent. We upskill our talent. As we tackle global problems, we are laser focused on developing leaders of the future. Check out our ImpactMark as we deliver on those promises: https://www.orbia.com/this-is-orbia/our-impactmark/

About Alphagary, an Orbia business and part of the Polymer Solutions group

Orbia’s Polymer Solutions business Alphagary is a global leader in the design and manufacture of specialty polymer compounds and additives for polyvinyl chloride compounds including stabilizers, plasticizers and colorants.

Products made from these materials find functional value in our everyday lives from communications and power cables to various building and industrial products, automotive interior parts, a wide variety of consumer goods including food-contact applications, and healthcare products. You don’t see our name, but you use products made from our materials every day!

With over 60 years of experience, we have earned a reputation for providing innovative, functional, and durable solutions to a broad marketplace, often custom formulating a material to meet end-user requirements. We are committed to sustainable development, offering products formulated with bio-based content and recycled content, and active participation in initiatives that promote a circular economy. Our passion for quality, health and safety practices is evidenced by ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHS ISO 45001 certifications.

Alphagary employs 1,000 people across 9 facilities located in the US, UK, Mexico, Colombia, and India, serving 80 countries through a global sales and distribution network. We are an Orbia business and part of the Polymer Solutions group,

About Orbia

Orbia is a company driven by a shared purpose: to advance life around the world. Orbia operates in the Polymer Solutions (Vestolit and Alphagary), Building and Infrastructure (Wavin), Precision Agriculture (Netafim), Connectivity Solutions (Dura-Line) and Fluorinated Solutions (Koura) sectors.

The five Orbia business groups have a collective focus on expanding access to health and wellness, reinventing the future of cities and homes, ensuring food and water security, connecting communities to information and accelerating a circular economy with basic and advanced materials, specialty products and innovative solutions. Orbia has commercial activities in more than 110 countries and operations in over 50, with global headquarters in Boston, Mexico City, Amsterdam and Tel Aviv.

We are passionate about the topics that define how people will live and thrive tomorrow, always taking consideration of our values: Be Brave, Take Responsibility and Embrace Diversity.

Forbes named Orbia and its businesses as One of World’s Best Employers in 2021. Entrepreneurial with an owner’s mindset and a long-term perspective, Orbia is a $9B+ global force with the agility of a start-up. Today, all Orbia has commercial activities in more than 110 countries and operations in over 50, employing more than 23,000 people worldwide.

We invite you to learn more about Orbia and its businesses!