Location:
Wakefield - J41 Logistics
Department:
Logistics
Salary Details:
Competitive rates and benefits
Shift Details:
Working 4/7 days - 40 hours per week
Job Type:
Permanent / Full Time.
31 Mar 2023

About The Role

Our People Assistants are a multi-talented and busy bunch. Customer service is in their blood and it's up to them to use their initiative to support the site teams on all things people related, from payroll, HR advice and administration. It's a perfect role for someone looking to springboard their career within HR.


Reporting to the People Advisor, you will:

 

  • Be the first point of contact for foundation level site HR queries
  • Offer HR expertise and advice to Site Colleagues and managers as necessary
  • Provide administrative support to the HR team
  • Ensure payroll administration is accurate and all colleagues get paid correctly and on time
  • Maintain records, files and spreadsheets in line with data protection legislation
  • Keep ad-hoc analysis and reporting on HR issues up to date
  • Coordinate weekly HR audit checks
  • Support the recruitment process for the site as required
  • Become a subject matter expert on company HR policies, ensuring the site remains fully compliant at all times.
  • Support, coach and challenge line management with absence, disciplinary and grievance issues
  • Develop engaging, proactive communications across the site
  • Build positive and effective relationships with unions, agency suppliers, colleagues and stakeholders
  • Support and drive colleague engagement on site
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In return for your hard work we will offer you:

  • Six weeks holiday (including bank holidays)
  • 15% discount in our stores available from the day you join us 
  • Additional 10% discount card for a Friend or Family member
  • Career progression and development opportunities
  • Subsidised staff canteen 
  • Free parking
  • Market leading pension and life assurance
  • Healthcare/Well-being benefits including Aviva Digital GP
  • Morrisons MyPerks with discounts at high street shops, cinemas and gyms, and lots more
  • Long Service Awards 
  • Optional Payroll charity donations 
  • Enhanced Family/maternity/parental leave
 

About You

The good news is you don't need to be fully HR qualified to apply for this role (although we'd love for you to be working towards one). But we do look for...

  • The ability to work in a fast paced People environment (logistics or manufacturing experience would be good, but isn’t essential)
  • A proactive, positive approach to work with a true customer focus
  • The ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines
  • Exposure to HR Systems
  • Excellent all-round IT skills (especially Microsoft Excel)
  • Experience of advising and supporting colleagues and managers with foundation level people queries
  • An understanding of HR policies and practices
  • Proactive approach to own continuous development
  • Experience of implementing processes
  • Ability to act on own initiative

Click apply today to join our team - it only takes a couple of minutes, we’ll contact you soon, so please check your emails and phone regularly!

About the site

About Us Description:
At this huge distribution site in Wakefield that covers 1.2 million square feet, our team of 1,300 colleagues sends out our products to 194 stores.

Here we store and dispatch ambient goods, bread and fresh and frozen food. Everything from frozen chips to cans of mushy peas. 2.7 million cases go out of here every week, which can rise to 5 million when we're super busy. At this site, we also recycle waste and have VMU and InMotion Backhaul teams.

About The Company

We're Foodmakers and Shopkeepers and together, we make Morrisons. We’re the only UK retailer with our own manufacturing business spread across 18 sites, not to mention nearly 500 stores. Our warehouse, transport, engineering and logistics teams make storing, picking and delivering thousands of products every day a logistical dream.

 

We’ve lots of opportunities for you to play your part. So, whether you want to make the freshest food or distribute it, we’d love to meet you…

We're a diverse and inclusive employer. And we don't just say it, we show it. Everyone is welcome at Morrisons!

What we make, makes us who we are

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