Human Resources Manager in Surrey

People & Culture Manager

Hybrid, based Surrey 3 office : 2 remote

£50-55,000 plus benefits depending on experience

Alexander Lloyd is partnering with an FMCG organisation based in Surrey to source an HR Generalist to support a multi-site population of c150 FTE.

The People & Culture Manager role will have both a strategic and a strong hands on / operational focus, providing a comprehensive People service across multiple sites, which ensures that managers and employees are equipped with good practices, demonstratable understanding of our values, and guidance to foster a high-performance and inclusive culture.

Main duties

• Support the implementation of people strategies, policies, and initiatives.
• Support the review of the company culture and champion embedding initiatives.
• Drive solutions related to strategic talent management, leadership development, diversity, equity, and inclusion; facilitating a culture where everyone feels welcomed, supported, and valued.
• Work closely with the business and function Heads to create training and development initiatives to support continuous improvement, employee growth and performance outcomes.
• Advise and coach managers on performance management and employee relations issues.
• Manage employee relations issues, including attendance, disciplinaries and grievances.
• Manage family related leave and absences.
• Keep up to date with employment law and operational trends to ensure advice and guidance on policies and practices are compliant, people focussed, and relevant policies reviewed or developed, communicated and training delivered where required.
• Support organisational changes including, restructures, acquisitions, and TUPE.
• Assist with the review, design and implementation of compensation and benefits programs.
• Deliver on ESG initiatives by developing policies aligned to the requirements, identify opportunities, implement, and report on progress towards KPIs.
• Process timely monthly payroll using the people system via an outsourced bureau.
• Administer pension schemes membership and contributions.
• Carry out recruitment and onboarding when required.
• Work with business units and function to ensure health and safety compliance and good practices are met.

The successful candidate will be an experienced HR generalist, ideally from a consumer-led organisation of small to medium size. You will have a sound knowledge of employment law and progressive people practices. Further skills required include:

• Experienced in influencing and driving change, whilst bringing people on board.
• Strong commercial acumen – in decision making and understanding how People and Culture can drive business performance.
• A natural coach, with a firm belief in empowering others.
• Experienced in managing pension administration and outsourced payroll.
• Excellent Microsoft skills, with a strong flair for presenting engaging, concise, and relevant content.

This is an organisation with a growth agenda for 2024/5, and an appetite for strategic People and Culture initiatives in an environment of continuous improvement. A competitive salary of c£50k is on offer. There will be some monthly travel with this role.

Please quote 50473 when calling Simon Geere at Alexander Lloyd or email them at This is only one of many vacancies we are handling, Alexander Lloyd Human Resources Recruitment Solutions is the leading recruiter for HR Director, Manager, Business Partner, Learning & Development, Internal Communications, Talent Acquisition and Reward opportunities across Surrey, Sussex, Kent and London.

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