Location
Sittingbourne
Department
People / HR
Advertising Salary:
Competitive Salary & Excellent Benefits Package
Shift Details
5 over 7, Monday - Friday, Flexible rota
Permanent / Full Time.
03 May 2024

About The Role

Join our dynamic team at Morrisons Logistics site as a People Specialist, where expertise meets impact. As a People Specialist, you'll be at the forefront of our HR operations, leading a dedicated team to foster a culture where every individual counts.

This pivotal role involves partnering with site management, implementing innovative recruitment strategies, and championing colleague engagement initiatives to drive success.

Your responsibilities will include: 

  • Collaborating with site management to prioritize colleague well-being and equip leaders with the necessary tools for success.
  • Crafting and executing efficient recruitment solutions to attract top-tier talent. - Spearheading proactive communication efforts throughout the site.
  • Driving colleague engagement initiatives to minimize absenteeism and optimize cost savings.
  • Providing invaluable advice and guidance to colleagues at all levels.
  • Supporting, coaching, and challenging line management on various HR matters, including absence, disciplinary, and succession planning.
  • Identifying and nurturing talent through skill development initiatives and succession planning.
  • Proactively managing employee relations to ensure compliance with legal standards. Ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing for all colleagues.
  • Cultivating positive relationships with unions and agency suppliers.
  • Leading strategic HR projects to align with organizational goals.
  • Overseeing absence and sick pay processes to effectively manage costs.

If you're ready to elevate your career in HR management and make a meaningful impact within a dynamic team environment, we invite you to join us at Morrisons Logistics site Gadbrook.

About You

In addition to a 'hands-on' attitude and adaptability to change in a fast-paced environment, candidates for this role must possess:

  • Proven experience in a fast-paced, agile, and demanding environment, preferably within Manufacturing or Logistics sectors.
  • A professional HR qualification, degree-level education, or equivalent relevant experience.
  • Proficiency in IT, particularly MS Office and HR systems.
  • Thorough and up-to-date knowledge of employment law.
  • Ability to foster an inclusive environment where every voice is valued and heard, with the confidence to offer constructive challenges when necessary.
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills and a customer-centric approach.
  • Capability and confidence to provide guidance and coaching to site management.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
  • Proactive attitude towards personal development.
  • Familiarity with core HR policies and processes.
  • Willingness to take initiative and demonstrate courage in decision-making.
  • Flexibility in working hours and readiness to travel as needed for site support and project involvement.

Moreover, the ideal candidate will be a self-starter with a knack for innovation and creativity, driven by a passion for cultural transformation and possessing a pragmatic approach to strategic thinking. They should also demonstrate a strong desire for career advancement alongside the development of the existing People team.

In return for your hard work we offer you:

  • 6 weeks holiday (including bank holidays)
  • Employee 15% discount card - saving you money in store
  • Additional savings for Friends and Family with 10% discount cards
  • Career progression via our various development programmes
  • Subsidised staff canteen 
  • Free Parking
  • Pension, Free Life Assurance, My Perks and much more!
  • Enhanced paternity/maternity leave
 
 

About the site

About Us Description:
This ambient warehouse in South East England covers 900,000 square feet. That’s seven kilometres of aisles to walk down.

As well as delivering to 86 stores, our team picks products for our online fulfilment centre in Erith and wholesale customers as far away as Hong Kong. On top of that, our 24/7 operation provides our Latimer and Willow Green warehouses with stock for a further 145 stores.

About The Company

From a Bradford market stall to the UK’s 4th largest supermarket chain and the UK's 2nd largest fresh food manufacturer. 

We are proud to be the Yorkshire food retailer serving customers across the UK in over 500 stores and an online home delivery service. Our 18 manufacturing sites provide our customers with the freshest produce from flowers, fish and veg to burgers and bread, all delivered to our stores via our 6 distribution sites by our 2,000 strong fleet. 

Every week, 11 million customers pass through our doors and around 97,000 colleagues across the business work hard each day to deliver great service to them. We cover more than 11 million households with our Morrisons.com service. With competitive, permanently low prices we are committed to helping our customers save money every day.

We are foodmakers and shopkeepers and #wemakemorrisons.

Why not hear what our teams have got to say about life here at Morrisons: Click here

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