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Regional HR Business Partner

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Job Introduction

If you’re an experienced HR Business Partner looking for a challenging and diverse role then this could be the next opportunity for you.

We are recruiting a HR Business Partner to join our Corporate Services segment here at Sodexo where you will be required to partner with the business leaders & Regional Segment HR Directors to drive and deliver HR solutions. If successful you will maximise people performance, strategy and workforce planning, develop, support and promote an HR community of practice which will significantly contribute towards strengthening our business performance.

This is an exciting role that will see the successful HR Business Partner utilising your skills.

You will be based in the South and should be able to commute easily to Brentford (near Heathrow). We have offices in Ware or Stevenage that can be utilised and are in close proximity, the role may require travel nationally on occasions.

 

Role Responsibility

  • As HR Business Partner you will Support business development of the account supported to help grow the services through relationship and trust
  • Enhance HR engagement and quality of subsequent HR output in order to connect with the client(s) and strategically understand their business
  • Partner business stakeholders in all HR activities in line with both Sodexo, Sub-Segment/Segment, Division and the client’s strategic objectives,
  • Drive the business and create a “one team approach”
  • Engage, influence and challenge business leaders in the development and implementation of business strategy and ensure business perspective informs the shaping of HR strategy and policy development
  • Manage the development and delivery of the agreed People Plan: Involve Regional HR & Transversal HR in creating a plan to ensure the achievement of business aims.
  • Ensuring the environment is in place to deliver our promise of improving the Quality of Life for employees, their engagement, retention, development and productivity
  • Lead, manage and co-ordinate talent management and succession planning processes on and across the segment in full alignment with the policies, frameworks, guidelines and processes developed by Group Talent.  Collaborate with Regional HR and dedicated other HRBP’s to ensure identified talent is developed and succession risks are anticipated, diagnosing causes of staff turnover and implement interventions.
  • Ensuring in partnership with Regional HR & operational teams – that all training needs are systematically identified and via HR Services delivered.
  • Act as a key and active member of the team to lead effective delivery of HR value to the client and influencing the development of results and saving targets.
  • Support bid renewals and provide bid management support - contribute to the development of our Quality of Life proposition by providing people thought leadership for new clients and retention. 

The Ideal Candidate

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent HR practitioner qualification or qualified by experience
  • An appropriate level of strong HR generalist experience and detailed understanding of all aspects of HR Management including reward, resourcing, talent management/succession planning, change management and employee relations
  • Proven experience in working in a matrix organisation and building diverse teams
  • Developed client relationship management skills
  • Strong analytical skills and proven understanding of human capital measurement and delivery of performance improvement interventions
  • Professional and commercial acumen, with strong influencing and stakeholder management skills
  • Experience of organisation development and design, and facilitation of change including consultation and engagement
  • Excellent interpersonal and presentation skills
  • Excellent communication, influencing, coaching and facilitation skills
  • Well organised, responsive and able to work under pressure

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process

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