Drayton
People Director, Operations
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Drayton are thrilled to be partnering with a highly successful, international consumer business to appoint a People Director, Operations. Reporting to the Chief People Officer, this is a significant leadership appointment with responsibility for leading the people agenda across operational sites while also contributing to wider strategic projects and organisational development initiatives.
In This Role You Will:
- Partner closely with operational leadership across two major manufacturing sites in the UK and Europe.
- Lead all people activity for large frontline workforces, ensuring strong engagement and organisational effectiveness.
- Oversee workforce planning, employee relations, organisational design and people development.
- Support the evolution of systems, processes and ways of working as the business continues to scale.
- Contribute to key strategic priorities across culture, reward, talent and performance.
- Influence senior stakeholders and help drive business performance through effective people leadership.
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Requirements:
- Essential to offer HR leadership experience within manufacturing, FMCG, food production, logistics, distribution or another operationally intensive environment.
- A proven track record supporting large site based and frontline employee populations.
- Experience gained within a larger, more mature organisation, with exposure to scalable people practices. Candidates who can complement big company experience with success in a smaller, fast growing organisation would be very attractive.
- Experience leading change, transformation or organisational development initiatives.
- The ability to balance strategic thinking with a practical, hands-on approach.
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The Ideal Profile:
- An experienced People leader with strong manufacturing credentials.
- Credible and influential, with the gravitas to work effectively at senior leadership level.
- Strong commercial acumen and exposure to areas such as talent management, performance, culture, reward or succession planning.
- Resilient, pragmatic and collaborative, with the ability to build strong stakeholder relationships and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment.
This is an exceptional opportunity to join a market-leading growth business and play a pivotal role in strengthening organisational capability across a complex and evolving international operation.
This role will be based in the UK, with an element of regular travel to their European-based manufacturing site.
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