HR Advisor - Blackburn

Position Overview:

Reporting to the Group HR Manager and working with a HR Administrator, the HR Advisor will be responsible for supporting and managing the day to day HR transactions across our Blackburn sites.

Location:

Blackburn, Hybrid

Company Overview:

Pets Choice is a leading pet food manufacturer whose industry knowledge spans over 135 years. Based in Blackburn, Lancashire, the Pets Choice portfolio of brands offers a variety of products for pets and wild animals under its brands; Webbox, TastyBone, Meatiful, Spike’s World, Goodwyns, Davies, Oceanic and Vitakraft. Each brand offers a unique insight into animals from dogs to ducks and produces high-quality products that cater to a wide variety of consumer needs. As a trusted partner, Pets Choice provide private label goods including extruded food, wet food and retorted trays, and baked fresh meat treats. The business also offers additional services such as packaging design, fulfilment and logistics. With a broad range of capabilities and distribution channels worldwide, Pets Choice are proud to be a major supplier to the UK grocery, independents and pet speciality sectors.

Role:

• First point of contact for general HR queries
• Completing investigation procedures and providing advice on disciplinary matters
• Supporting with recruitment across all sites (from advertising roles to offers and onboarding)
• Manage onboarding process and carry out inductions across the business with new starters
• Conduct exit interviews will all leavers
• Support with payroll checks and queries
• Support with the development and implementation of HR working processes.
• Maintain confidentiality and provide a confidential platform for employees to talk about their issues in the workplace.
• Monitor and report on key HR Data / KPI’s such as attrition rates, sickness absence etc.
• Working with the Group HR Manager to identify and address any underlying issues
• Update and issue key company policies and procedures, ensuring they are read, understood and signed to accept.
• Keep up to date with changes in employment law to support in ensuring we remain compliant
• Employee relations and support colleague engagement activities
• Support with ad hoc duties and project work

Key attributes and skills:

• Broad HR generalist experience
• CIPD qualified / qualified through experience with minimum 3 years working in HR in a similar level
• Experience working in manufacturing industry preferred
• Able to work at pace and multitask well
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Active listener
• Confidential
• Comfortable with IT and picking up new systems.