HR Head - Supply Chain - FMCG

Head of HR - Supply Chain will have the following responsibilities:

- Partner Supply Chain and Logistics Directors and their leadership team to help define their functional strategy

- Understand and assess key customer requirements and align the people plan to them

- Embed the end to end Supply Chain ways of working, through supporting process and behavioural change

- Support effective delivery of end to end Supply Chain change programmes as appropriate

- Drive the integration of Logistics into the business unit and with Supply Chain

- Set the strategy and deliver the transition of the current network into the new single tier network

- Ensure effective delivery of a sustainable people plan for Supply Chain and Logistics, through working in partnership with HR Centres of Excellence and the HR Shared Services

- Leadership of HR function within Supply Chain and Logistics

- Development of leadership teams and general line management capability, including identification of key talent and succession. This includes taking a lead for talent for Supply Chain and Logistics across the brand

- Drive engagement in partnership with the leadership team, specifically ensuring that the business grows its direct relationship with its employees

- Drive high performance

- Ensure that the Supply Chain and Logistics teams live the brand values

The Successful Applicant

The successful Head of HR - Supply Chain will have the following attributes:

- Understanding of end to end processes of Supply Chain and Logistics and the key connecting functions

- Broad HR knowledge, with focuses on organisational development, talent and succession, driving engagement and leadership development

- Strong IR and ER background (preferably TUPE and redundancy experience)

- Strong coaching ability

- Ability to build strong and lasting relationships at all levels of an organisation

- Good influencing and communication skills

- Ability to think strategically and then turn it into practical outputs and actions, including exposure to business planning, profit and loss delivery and delivery of commercial KPI s

- Strong commerciality and the ability to use data to guide critical decision-making

- Experience in mechanised Logistics and/or Manufacturing

- Multichannel experience would be beneficial

- Knowledge of lean manufacturing or Six Sigma type methodologies would be beneficial

- Experience working in a corporate or Head Office environment in retail, FMCG, manufacturing or engineering

- Has previously business partnered at Director level

- Experience of working with Third Party Logistics Providers