HR Director – Central Services

We’re seeking an experienced and commercially minded HR Director to play a pivotal role in driving organisational performance, leadership capability, talent development and people strategy across the business. 

This is a highly influential leadership position, partnering closely with executive and senior leadership teams to ensure our people, culture and organisational capability support the achievement of both business unit and company-wide objectives. 

As a trusted strategic advisor, you will lead the HR partnership agenda for the central functions, providing both support and challenge to leaders while championing a progressive, high-performing and employee-focused culture. 

You will: 

• Partner with executive and senior leaders to deliver business and people objectives 

• Drive organisational effectiveness, productivity and workforce performance 

• Support leaders in building high-performing, collaborative and inclusive teams 

• Lead strategic workforce and succession planning activities for critical roles 

• Champion talent development and leadership capability across the organisation 

• Ensure robust recruitment and onboarding processes attract and retain exceptional talent 

• Provide expert guidance on organisational design, change, employee relations and performance management 

• Support the delivery of practical and impactful learning and development initiatives 

• Partner with reward specialists to ensure remuneration practices remain competitive and aligned with business objectives 

• Oversee employee relations activity, helping leaders manage complex people matters confidently and effectively 

• Promote strong employee engagement and a positive workplace culture 

• As part of the HR Leadership Team, you will ensure HR policies, processes and practices are consistently implemented and legally compliant 

You will be an experienced HR leader with a track record of partnering senior stakeholders to deliver business outcomes through people, ideally from a dynamic consumer business: 

You’ll bring: 

• Significant experience in a senior HR Business Partnering or HR leadership role 

• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to connect people strategy with organisational performance ensuring accountability at all times. 

• Expertise across talent management, succession planning, organisational development, employee relations and change management 

• Excellent stakeholder management skills and the confidence to support, influence and challenge at executive level 

• A collaborative and pragmatic approach, with the ability to operate strategically while remaining hands-on when required 

• Be a resilient HR professional with sophisticated business partnering skills at all levels. 

• Strong knowledge of UK employment legislation and HR best practice 

• CIPD qualification (or equivalent experience) is desirable 

• We offer a competitive salary and benefits which are designed to promote our employees financial wellbeing. Employees are also eligible to participate in a bonus plan 

• Holiday entitlement 

• Private Healthcare 

• Pension provision for employees 

• Our Employee Assistance Programme offers practical, impartial support on everyday matters ranging from medical, financial and legal to home and family issues 

• Our Life Assurance cover is a multiple of three times your annual basic salary 

• Product allowance so that you can enjoy our fantastic portfolio of brands with your family and friends 

• Every employee has the opportunity to claim funding each year for a charity or charities for which they have raised money, volunteered their time or personally donated 

• Learning resources to help you be your best self 

A HOME FOR RARE CHARACTERS 

William Grant & Sons: a home where Rare Characters thrive. 

We value every employee for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Every one of our colleagues has a role to play in helping us to achieve our growth ambitions. 

At William Grant & Sons, our vision is to be “A home where rare characters thrive”. We value all colleagues for their rare character, distinctive skills, experience and perspectives. Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We strive to create an environment where we can all be our best and bring our whole selves to work. 

OUR AGILE WORKING PHILOSOPHY 

Our agile working philosophy is to “Have your best work day everyday”.  Built on trust, we empower our rare characters to have their best work day every day. Where flexibility and positive working experiences help employees to feel connected and release potential across our teams. We are open to discussing possible agile/flexible working options as part of the recruitment process. 

INCLUSIVE RECRUITMENT PROCESS 

Diversity & Inclusion is at the heart of how we do things at William Grant & Sons, fully aligned to our purpose and our company values. We want to ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive. If you have any questions or need some support with your application we’d love to hear from you