HR Manager

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Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team youll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the worlds toughest challenges like protecting the environment making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

Position Summary:

The HR Manager partners with business leaders to deliver both strategic and operational HR support

across a complex multi-site environment. The role focuses on enabling organisational performance

through effective people strategies strong leadership capability and a high-quality colleague experience.

Acting as a trusted advisor the HR Manager uses data insight and influence to support decision-making drive change and ensure alignment between business priorities and people outcomes.

Responsibilities:

Strategic HR Partnership

• Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders providing expert guidance across talent management organisational development performance employee relations and change management
• Support the delivery of UK and regional people strategies aligning HR priorities with business objectives
• Work across multiple sites and functions to ensure consistent and effective deployment of HR initiatives

Leadership & Capability Building

• Attract develop and retain diverse high-performing talent aligned to organisational needs
• Set clear performance expectations and hold individuals accountable for delivering results
• Coach and support leaders to build capability in performance management engagement and career development
• Lead meaningful talent and succession planning discussions to support long-term organisational growth

Culture & Employee Experience

• Foster an inclusive high-performing culture where individuals feel valued respected and able to contribute
• Create an environment of psychological safety where employees can raise challenges and share ideas
• Promote a culture of continuous learning feedback and recognition
• Enhance the overall colleague experience through strong leadership and effective HR practices

Organisational Effectiveness & Change

• Act as a change agent supporting organisational design transformation and key business initiatives
• Diagnose organisational challenges using data insights and stakeholder input identifying root causes and implementing effective solutions
• Lead and support change management activities in a complex matrixed environment
• Performance Data & Continuous Improvement
• Use HR data and metrics to identify trends risks and opportunities related to engagement retention performance and diversity
• Drive continuous improvement through the application of structured methodologies (e.g. PPI) improving processes and outcomes
• Regularly review priorities and resource allocation focusing on high-impact activities and eliminating low-value work

Operational Excellence

• Ensure effective delivery of core HR processes across the employee lifecycle
• Collaborate with HR Business Partners Centres of Excellence and shared services to deliver seamless HR support
• Maintain compliance with employment legislation company policies and best practices

Minimum Requirements/Qualifications:

• Ideally CIPD qualified (or equivalent) with significant HR generalist experience in operational and commercial environments
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law HR policies and best practices
• Proven experience working within a complex matrixed organisation
• Demonstrated ability to build effective relationships and influence stakeholders at all levels acting as a trusted advisor to business leaders
• Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability with the ability to use data and insights to inform decision-making and identify trends risks and opportunities
• Ability to work independently manage multiple priorities and deliver results within tight and conflicting deadlines
• Resilient and adaptable with the ability to navigate ambiguity and lead through change in a fast-paced environment
• Experience driving organisational initiatives including performance management talent development and employee engagement
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous improvement including experience applying structured improvement methodologies (e.g. PPI or equivalent) to enhance processes and outcomes
• Values-driven mindset consistently demonstrating:
  • Integrity accountability and sound judgement
  • A customer-first approach
  • Ownership of results and outcomes
  • A continuous improvement mindset (find a better way every day)
• Ability to foster an inclusive high-performing culture where individuals feel valued safe and empowered to contribute
• Experience within manufacturing scientific or similarly complex environments preferred
• Willingness and ability to travel across multiple UK sites as required