Human Resources Manager, EMEA

The Human Resources Manager, EMEA acts as a strategic HR business partner to leaders and employees across the UK, Singapore, and designated European locations, providing commercially focused HR guidance, support, and partnership aligned with Peli BioThermal’s business objectives.

The role is responsible for delivering and continuously improving the people agenda across the region, including employee relations, talent acquisition, performance management, compensation and benefits, learning and development, employee engagement, organizational change, workforce planning, and HR operations. The HR Manager ensures HR practices are legally compliant, consistent with Peli BioThermal and Corporate HR policies, and appropriate to local employment legislation and business requirements across the countries supported.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Partners with senior leaders and line managers to support the business strategy, workforce planning, and organizational capability, translating business requirements into effective people solutions.
• Provides expert HR advice and guidance to managers on employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, absence, capability, performance, probation, and other complex employee matters, ensuring fair, consistent, and legally compliant outcomes.
• Partners with senior leaders on organizational design, restructuring, redundancy, and change management activities, ensuring appropriate consultation and compliance with applicable local employment legislation.
• Leads UK recruitment activity, partnering closely with hiring managers and recruitment agencies to manage vacancies from approval and sourcing through to offer and onboarding, including management of temporary and contract providers.
• Manages the end-to-end employee lifecycle for the UK, including offers, employment contracts, new hire documentation, onboarding, contractual changes, and leaver processes.
• Manages UK payroll administration in close partnership with Payroll, ensuring employee changes and payroll inputs are accurate, complete, and processed within required deadlines.
• Leads and coordinates the annual performance and development cycle, including goal setting, development plans, mid-year and year-end reviews, merit, and bonus processes, providing guidance and support to managers.
• Supports talent and succession planning, identifying development needs, critical roles, and opportunities to strengthen organizational capability.
• Leads learning and development initiatives across the region, including apprenticeships, professional development, and management capability programs.
• Manages the UK employee benefits offering, including the implementation and launch of new benefits, annual renewals, vendor relationships, employee communications, and ongoing administration and maintenance.
• Supports compensation and reward activities, including salary benchmarking, job descriptions, job evaluation, and recommendations to ensure reward practices remain competitive, fair, and aligned with business requirements.
• Manages the HRIS for the region, ensuring employee data integrity, system functionality, and effective HR processes, and provides HRIS guidance and training to managers and employees.
• Owns HR reporting and analysis, including monthly headcount, turnover, absence, recruitment, employee relations, and other key people metrics, providing meaningful insights and recommendations to leadership.
• Manages employee listening and engagement activities, including employee surveys, roundtables, communications, and action planning, working with leaders to respond to feedback and continuously improve the employee experience.
• Leads and coordinates employee engagement initiatives and company events for the UK site.
• Owns the review, development, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of UK HR policies, procedures, and the Employee Handbook, ensuring they remain legally compliant and aligned with Peli BioThermal and Corporate requirements.
• Ensures HR processes and practices across the assigned region comply with applicable local employment legislation and regulatory requirements.
• Leads and supports HR projects and cross-functional initiatives in line with the annual HR operational plan and wider business priorities.
• Identifies opportunities to continuously improve HR processes, systems, and services, using employee feedback, benchmarking, data, and best practice to recommend and implement improvements.
• Actively supports and complies with Peli BioThermal’s policies, procedures, and commitments to Quality, Health, and Safety and continuous improvement, and performs other duties as reasonably assigned.