Overview

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Job Introduction

Main Responsibilities

  • Partner with Exec and their leadership teams to design and implement a strategic people plan to support business goals and drive organisational performance
  • Deliver a truly strategic Business Partner approach to Retail and Supply by leading a team of three HRBPs, who foster collaboration and consistency, through a high support, high challenge approach to the leadership teams.
  • Engage, challenge and support leaders to improve colleague engagement enterprise wide
  • Embed talent management initiatives, including succession planning and  performance management, driving a performance management culture that encourages robust conversations around objectives and under performance
  • Provide expertise in relation to organisational design to ensure scalable, sustainable structures that are fit for future aligned to the enterprise target operating model
  • Support and lead change management initiatives, fostering a culture of learning, adaptability and continuous improvement.
  • Analyse People metrics to identify trends and areas for improvement, providing insights and recommendations to leadership.
  • Ensure compliance with all relevant employment laws and regulations, maintaining up-to-date knowledge of HR best practices.
  • Feedback insights through partnering and collaborating with the wider People function including Shared Service, People Development, Talent Acquisition and Reward to build solutions that are fit for purpose and scalable

The Ideal Candidate

  • Significant experience of business partnering senior leadership in a retail/ manufacturing/ distribution environment
  • Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leadership
  • Ability to collaborate with others and engage broader expertise from the People function to create the best solutions
  • Ability to work at pace through a high volume of work, balancing immediate requests and strategic projects
  • Ability to manage ambiguity and to prioritise and manage your own workload effectively
  • Experience as a People leader and coach, with a coaching qualification desirable

About the Company

Card Factory is the UK’s leading specialist retailer of greetings cards, dressings, and gifts with over one thousand stores across the UK and Ireland.  In 2020 we launched our exciting 5-year business strategy including our vision of becoming a true Omni-channel retailer.  This strategy sees significant investment into our colleagues across the business creating multiple opportunities to join a fast-paced environment and be part of our exciting journey.  

In return, we offer a wide range of benefits to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing.

Benefits

  • Pension
  • 15% Card Factory colleague discount in-store and online
  • Save As You Earn scheme
  • Financial Wellbeing Support
    • Financial Education Tools
    • Salary Advance
  • Seasonal incentive schemes
  • Retail Management Apprenticeship Programmes with local providers with access to a virtual internal network for learning together
  • Discounted gym membership, mobile phone contracts, and car leasing
  • Discounts across 100’s of UK retailers
  • Employee Assistance Programme – access to tools to support mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
  • Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, and Adoption leave

This is an exciting role with genuine prospects for the right candidate. If this role describes you and your career aspirations, click apply now.

For any questions email: vacancies@cardfactory.co.uk (we do not accept CVs/Applications via email) 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once sufficient suitable applications have been received. We advise applying early to avoid disappointment as applications will be reviewed regularly. 

No agencies, please.

Sportswift Ltd T/A Card Factory

Salary Details: Competitive salary and benefits package

Location: Century House Brunel Road Wakefield 41 Industrial Estate

Job Reference: cardfac/TP/1417897/26815

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