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People Business Partner job
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Job Description
Location: This is a Hybrid role covering our Southeast and South-Central Regions. Regular travel between our branches in these regions is a requirement of the role.
With this role you have the flexibility to be based at either Scania Purfleet (RM19 1TB) or Scania Heathrow (TW19 7LY), responsible for the below branches:
Southeast - Maidstone, Gatwick, South Mimms, Stansted and Purfleet.
South Central - Heathrow, Banbury, Abingdon, Swindon, Southampton and Fareham
Salary: Starting from £55,000 + Company ECO car, plus an excellent benefits package including.
• Hybrid working
• Enhanced parental leave
• Eligibility to annual bonus scheme
• Access to a fantastic loan car scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Competitive pension
• 4x basic salary life assurance
As People Business Partner you will play a pivotal role in continuing to ensure the Scania culture allows our people and customers to thrive. The People Business Partner role is both varied and dynamic, requiring the ability to balance a complex employee relations (ER) caseload with strategic, hands-on support to the region(s) you partner with. In addition to regional responsibilities, you’ll collaborate on cross-functional projects with People & Culture colleagues and key stakeholders across Scania. A critical aspect of this role is the ability to analyse data and management information (MI), identify trends, and translate insights into meaningful action.
• Support in the delivery of a seamless colleague experience.
• Provide commercially focused advice and support to managers on complex employee relations issues.
• Support & coach People Managers in the skills to develop and engage colleagues, including effective performance & development discussions.
• Regular and routine branch visits across your region, building meaningful relationships.
• Monitor and report on relevant KPIs, including turnover levels, annual colleague survey participation and overall index.
• Take on a lead role in the team for People-related projects.
• Up-to-date knowledge of employment legislation and best practice.
• Ability to build effective working relationships with stakeholders at all levels within the organisation.
• Experience of partnering and/or supporting managers in an HR role.
• Experience in supporting the delivery of strategic change in an HR role.
• Focussed on improving and simplifying processes, making the People team easy to work with.
• Courage and confidence to challenge and develop people managers in a constructive way.
• CIPD level 5 or qualified by experience.
If you’re interested in this role we’d love to hear from you.
2. A member of the Scania Recruitment team will contact you to discuss your application.
3. If you are successful at that stage, you will be invited to have a conversation with the hiring manager.
Additional Benefits
- Company Pension
- Bonus Scheme
- Private Healthcare
About the Company
Working for Scania is not just about the job. It’s about you too, and this is where the company goes the extra mile and provides an industry leading employment package. We offer an excellent benefits package which includes a pension scheme, complementary life insurance, financial incentive schemes and discounts on major retail outlets including groceries.
At Scania we invest considerably in colleague development, and you can expect to receive comprehensive training and career progression not only in the UK but throughout our Global organisation.
We have a strong and supportive culture, where each individual is seen, respected and has the potential to contribute. We trust each other to act and make decisions, and we believe in a more flexible future workplace based on individual needs. For us, diversity and inclusion is a strategic necessity. By having colleagues with the widest possible range of skills, knowledge, backgrounds, and experiences, we ensure we have the right people and together with an inclusive corporate culture, this drives our business forward. We want our colleagues to feel proud and happy to work for us, no matter where they are from or who they are, and we strive to achieve an inclusive and family-friendly environment for everyone.
Scania is dedicated to delivering exceptional products and services to our customers and the successful candidate will reflect our core values; CUSTOMER FIRST, RESPECT, ELIMINATION OF WASTE, RESPONSIBILITY and TEAM SPIRIT in all we do.
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