Why Superdrug?

Passionate about Beauty and Health? Want to be part of an innovative, trend setting retailer? Our vibrant Head Office, based by East Croydon station is a fantastic environment filled with hundreds of brilliant personalities.
We’re a team that puts our customers and our teams at the heart of everything we do. At Superdrug, we aim to be the best in accessible health & beauty, loved by our customers for value, choice, friendly advice, service and fun.

Our success comes from our people – they make the difference. We’re all about personality, we have fun, and we work hard to deliver That Superdrug feeling.

Here's the exciting bit…a day includes

You’ll be responsible for delivering the people strategy across our retail regions that cover London, the South East & East Anglia. You’ll also work closely with the regional leadership teams by supporting the delivery of the operational strategies through our people. The People Business Partner will also play a key role in delivering key people projects across the regions.

You’ll blend commercial and strategic thinking, excellent influencing ability and your solutions-based mindset to create and execute strategies that anticipate the future needs of the business linked to talent & leadership development, employee engagement, inclusion & diversity and reward.

This is a field-based role with a large geographical remit and therefore extensive travel will be a key aspect of the role.

Key Responsibilities:

To work in partnership with key stakeholders and the relevant internal departments to create and deliver people plans which align to the wider operational and Group People strategies, ensuring there is clear ownership and accountabilities.
Raise capability across the operational and store teams by ensuring there is a clear and consistent talent development, succession and engagement plans in place.
Proactively input to and support colleague & management induction, development, and training activity
To support the business in partnership with the central People Advice Team and operational leadership teams to ensure that all absence and ER related activity are dealt with in a professional and timely manner. Work with People Advice Team Manager to identify trends and take appropriate action where necessary.
To work with the internal talent team to ensure that Management vacancies are filled in line with the correct recruitment processes.
To work in partnership with the wider people team (Talent, People Development, Reward) to ensure that relevant projects and activities are successfully delivered within the business units e.g. pay review, performance reviews and talent reviews.
Proactively utilise all available data to identify trends and work with stakeholders to agree any appropriate interventions.
Keep up to date with external market and employment law trends and effectively communicate updates across the business units.

Person Specification

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced HR generalist to join a forward thinking and fast paced commercial business. The successful candidate will be commercially minded, and able to demonstrate strong strategic thinking, complimented with excellent organisational skills and the ability to be adapt and work effectively with a variety of situations where they prioritise workload, influence decisions and have strong relationships with a number of Stakeholders.

They will have a passion for getting the best outcome possible by being proactive, being curious and taking the initiative to identify where value can be added. This individual will need to be resilient, understanding with the ability to simplify problems and provide solutions.

Here's what's in it for you

33 days holiday rising to 38 days with length of service (inclusive of bank holidays)
Being part of more! We are part of a group who work closely with Savers, The Perfume Shop and Three UK.

We are part of A.S. Watson Group, the world's largest international health and beauty retailer with over 15,700 stores in 25 markets!
2 staff discount codes for yourself and a family member or friend
30% discount on Superdrug Own Brand Products both in store and online
Hybrid working patterns available depending on role responsibilities with 2 days working from home and 3 days in our stylish, modern and collaborative office close to East Croydon Station
Company pension matching and bonus
Unrivalled Learning and Development programmes
Come and be part of something special.
Hours: 37.5 | 9.00am - 5.30pm

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