Join the Magic

Our Mission

At Puratos, we create innovative food solutions for the health and well-being of people everywhere. As the global leader in bakery, patisserie and chocolate ingredients, we help our customers to be successful with their business, by turning technologies and experiences from food cultures around the world into new opportunities.

We are more than 10.000 employees in over 85 countries and a consolidated turnover of 3.1 billion euros (in 2023). Our passion for innovation, a pioneering spirit and the unique Puratos culture drive our solid growth and vision for the future This, along with our commitment to our local communities, is what makes working at Puratos so magical.

To strengthen our team in the UK we are looking for:

HR Business Partner

(Simonswood, UK)

Your Mission

Reporting to the HR Director, you will work in partnership with the business to deliver pro-active business partnering to the site and delivery of the People Plan.

As a key member of the site leadership team, you’ll have strong coaching skills and be able to challenge business leaders, driving forward the site strategy.

A key focus for this role will be the implementation of Project Waze until the end of 2025.

What you will do

• Be a trusted business partner and coach to the site management team, ensuring regular business partner meetings take place to drive the people plan and ensure it aligned with the site mega objectives.
• Provide coaching, training, and support to managers to continuously build their leadership capabilities, ensuring they have understanding and ownership of the people KPIs and drive improvements.
• Drive engagement by ensuring completion of the Group Employee Engagement Survey, including development of the engagement plan and both engagement and wellbeing (Calling for Caring) initiatives, ensure effective follow up and continued measurement is in place.
• Manage the Magic Moments at Puratos in line with the Group cycle, providing coaching and support. Ensuring there is an effective succession plan and talent pipeline in place, including current and future talent, and PDPs in place for all employees with regular reviews.
• Ensure labour resourcing plans are in place and adhered to, supporting the annual FTE budget setting process, which meet the needs of the business, managing both weekly and salaried recruitment. Working with the COEs when required.
• Manage the full employee lifecycle, being a key contact for employees on site, providing support and guidance.
• Lead Personnel & Organizational (P&O) initiatives to ensure the organisation is fit to meet current and future needs as and when required.
• Identify and deliver L&D solutions to build knowledge across the business and deliver our commitment of 5 learning days per employee per year.
• Support and implement the communication strategy to ensure that all employees are well informed and that all communication channels are effective in line with our employer branding and key principles.
• Ensure fair pay, reward and recognition principles are adhered to.
• Ensure all HR policies and processes are in place and ER issues are dealt with effectively and in line with UK standards and employment legislation. Provide insight and recommendations to the site management team to resolve root cause of ER issues and drive cultural improvements.
• Ensure data integrity via our monthly CAT score, ensuring Success Factors (HRIS system) is up to date and accurate.
• Ensure legal compliance at the site, including support in any audits as required (e.g., BRC, SMETA).
• Assist in the administration of benefits, payroll, and regular reporting.
• Support with projects as required.

What we expect from you

• At least 5 years’ experience in HR
• Motivational and coaching skills
• Able to develop creative and pragmatic solutions
• Ability to build relationships and work collaboratively across all levels of the business
• Experience of managing business level projects
• Tenacious and resilient
• Experience of effective challenging and influencing at senior manager level
• Experience of leading change management 

What you can expect from Puratos

We are a warm family company with a historical growth track record and a clear long-term vision for the future. We promote a caring, trustful and respecting work environment by putting people first.