HR Advisor

Why Greencore? We’re one of the UK’s largest food manufacturers, employing over 14,000 colleagues across 16 manufacturing units and 17 distribution depots across the UK. We supply all the UK’s food retailers with everything from sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals, and in FY24, we generated revenues of £1.8bn. Our mission is to make every day taste better. Our Warrington site is also known as the Italian centre of excellence. Recent expansion and investment make this site a state-of-the-art manufacturing unit! We produce high-quality Italian ready meals for both Tesco and Co-op. This is a 12 month fixed-term contract covering maternity.

What you’ll be doing

• Provide expert HR advice to line managers and colleagues across a diverse range of employee relations cases
• Manage and support complex disciplinary, grievance, performance and absence matters from start to finish
• Coach and partner with line managers to improve consistency and confidence in applying HR policies
• Support and deliver line manager development sessions and operational HR training
• Play an active role in engagement, wellbeing, and colleague relations across the site
• Support the delivery of site HR processes, including onboarding, policy governance, and absence management
• Act as a trusted HR point of contact in a fast-paced, hands-on food manufacturing environment

What we’re looking for

Essential:

• Strong generalist HR experience, ideally in a fast-paced manufacturing or FMCG environment
• Proven track record managing varied and sometimes challenging ER casework
• Confident in advising, coaching and influencing line managers at all levels
• Hands-on and proactive approach with a practical understanding of HR policy application
• Comfortable delivering training to operational managers and supporting L&D initiatives
• Able to build strong, respectful relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders
• Able to work onsite in Warrington (WA1 4SF) five days per week.

Desirable:

• CIPD Level 3 qualified (or working towards)
• Previous exposure to unionised environments

At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves at work. Together we make every day taste better.

What you’ll get in return

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive employee discount platform
• Access to our full Wellbeing Centre resources

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career. If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.