HR & Payroll Manager - GME Services
(2022-11)
To provide strategic and operational support to Managers and all staff on all aspects of HR and Payroll issues at all stages of the employee lifecycle and to deliver a professional HR and Payroll service.
- Management of UK and non-EU payrolls.
- Liaising with and maintaining good lines of communications with agents providing payroll services to a number of GME sites in locations across the world.
- Responsible for compiling data from time sheets and clock in systems and submitting to agencies for payment.
- Responsible for managing and maintaining compliance processes for skilled workers from non-EU countries coming to work in the UK and ensuring they satisfy the criteria required to be employed and paid in the UK, inclusive of Visa and Sponsorship licence application.
- Working closely with senior and line managers, providing advice and guidance on individual employee relations cases, ensuring that these are well managed and meet the requirements of the Company's policies, best practice and employment legislation.
- Developing, implementing and maintaining HR policies and procedures to ensure effective, fair and consistent management of staff throughout the organisation, and ensure that the staff handbook is comprehensive and up-to-date.
- Ensuring that managers and staff are aware of the policies and procedures and able to operate them effectively.
HR Manager - Dyfed Steel
(2022-08 - 2022-11)
To provide strategic and operational support to Managers and all staff on all aspects of HR issues at all stages of the employee lifecycle and to deliver a professional HR service.
- To manage all Site recruitment and onboarding activities, ensuring the provision of a responsive high-quality recruitment service and the completion of all recruitment related documentation.
- To act as a specialist resource, to the Site, providing advice on highly complex employee relation issues such as Disciplinary, Grievance, Sickness absence, Performance management, Appeals, Harassment/bullying issues.
- Provide expert HR advice to the Site management team, ensuring that company employment policies and procedures are interpreted in line with employment legislation and are implemented fairly and consistently.
- Work with senior Site managers to develop an action plan to improve staff engagement across the Site.
- To oversee the production of a Site workforce metrics and HR KPIs, interpret and analyse Site performance, identifying and communicating areas of concern, liaising with senior Site management to implement action plans to improve performance and achieve Site targets.
- Facilitate coaching and development support for Site managers to improve their skills in managing staff.
- To work with Site managers to identify retention difficulties and develop and implement targeted strategies / actions to resolve.
- To work with the Site Senior Team on upskilling and succession planning to provide opportunities for promotion and advancement for staff across the Site.
- To provide direction and support to Site Management and employees on all matters relating to employment, benefits, and welfare matters, including advice on compensation and benefits.
HR Manager - Smile Plastics
(2022-05 - 2022-07)
To provide strategic and day to day support to Managers and Staff on all aspects of Human Resources and to deliver winning solutions across recruitment and resourcing, organisational change and development, policy and culture.
- Responsible for direct management of the HR function.
- Setting a clear Strategy for the function, providing the board with close support in delivering organisational change activities.
- Ensuring effective and timely delivery of agreed HR Projects and regular communication with all stakeholders as required.
- Overall responsibility for the onboarding of all new staff including the maintenance of all appropriate records, induction procedures, and training requirements.
- Management of all Disciplinary matters in line with the Company Policies and liaison with third party experts as required.
- Implementation and management of the company wide Appraisal System ensuring Initial and regular reviews are carried out by Line Managers.
- To manage the Company's recruitment process, consulting with third parties as required and keeping Line Managers appraised as to progress.
- Assist with the implementation of new HR processes including any new HR software package with a view to maintenance of all appropriate performance and sickness records.
- Clear communication with the Board and across the Business on key HR initiatives and ongoing performance and to contribute to any discussions regarding HR matters as required, including Staff Benefits package.
- The production of appropriate reports.
- Liaison with key HR Suppliers to maintain relationships and to provide feedback to appropriate.
- Planning of Career Progression for all staff as well as talent management activities and succession planning.
- To mentor and coach staff as required to create the desired culture across the Business by leading by example.
- To put forward suggestions for ongoing improvements in working practices and procedures as appropriate.
- To assist in the drafting of HR Policies for the Boards Approval.
- To assist the Board in driving the Staff Welfare and Social side of the Business to increase and maintain morale.
- To manage all monthly payroll activities.
- Manage Exit Interviews as required for all leavers.
- Ensuring reward and recognition packages provides optimum incentives for our staff.
HR & EMPLOYMENT MANAGER - LSN Diffusion Limited
(2013-03 - 2022-05)
To provide advice and support to managers and staff on all aspects of payroll, people management, current employment legislation and best practice, as well as providing guidance and support to all staff on the full range of HR and payroll activities including policies and procedures, terms and conditions of employment, absence management, recruitment, retention, performance management, employee relations, employee reward, learning and development and internal communications.
- Provide support to managers in the recruitment of all staff.
- Assisting in the short listing of suitable candidates from applications.
- Organising and arranging interviews.
- Conducting interviews.
- Ensuring the timely recruitment of new employees into the business from the initial job offer being made through to their induction into the company including offer letters and terms and conditions of employment etc.
- Conducting pre-employment checks on job applicants i.e. references, medical approval, academic etc.
- Ensuring all HR administrative records are updated and maintained.
- Making sure that any promotions, transfers and pay rises take effect as planned.
- Work closely with senior and line managers, providing them with guidance, coaching and support on the full range of HR activities including policies and procedures, terms and conditions of employment, absence management, redundancy planning etc., in order to ensure a consistent and fair approach to people management throughout the organisation.
- Keep up to date with legal developments and advise management on compliance and risk factors.
- Manage investigations, disciplinary and grievance matters in conjunction with the Management team.
- Provide advice and guidance on individual employee relations cases, ensuring that these are well managed and meet the requirements of the Company's policies, best practice and employment legislation.
- Develop, implement and maintain HR policies and procedures to ensure effective, fair and consistent management of staff throughout the organisation, and ensure that the staff handbook is comprehensive and up-to-date.
- Ensure that managers and staff are aware of the policies and procedures and able to operate them effectively.
- Provide support to staff on HR and payroll issues, as and when required.
- Monitor and review the system of performance appraisal and continually develop as necessary, ensuring that annual appraisals are carried out in a timely manner and followed up.
- In consultation with line managers, follow up individual development needs and source external training provision as and when required.
- Maintain training records for all staff and assist with any training initiatives, as required.
- Fully responsible for the administration of the Company's Weekly & Monthly payrolls.
- Administer all statutory payments of SSP, SMP, SSP, SAP and maintaining accurate records of all sick/maternity/parental leave.
- Impend all Attachment orders ensuring correct payments are taken from employees and payments are made to the relevant companies by the deadline date.
- Submit all FPS submissions on or before pay dates.
- Manage the production of payslips, P45's and pension letters and despatch promptly.
- Investigate and correct any payroll or tax discrepancies and errors.
- Sending BACS payments for wages, Inland Revenue and ad hoc payments.
