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HR Manager EMEA (Maternity Cover)

Peli BioThermal


Job Location:

Leighton Buzzard - UK

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 1 October 2026 (Yesterday)
Application Deadline: 29 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Human Resources Manager EMEA acts as a strategic HR business partner to leaders and employees across the UK Singapore and designated European locations providing commercially focused HR guidance support and partnership aligned with Peli BioThermal s business role is responsible for delivering and continuously improving the people agenda across the region including employee relations talent acquisition performance management compensation and benefits learning and development employee engagement organisational change workforce planning and HR HR Manager ensures HR practices are legally compliant consistent with Peli BioThermal and Corporate HR policies and appropriate to local employment legislation and business requirements across the countries & ResponsibilitiesPartners with senior leaders and line managers to support the business strategy workforce planning and organisational capability translating business requirements into effective people expert HR advice and guidance to managers on employee relations matters including disciplinary grievance absence capability performance probation and other complex employee matters ensuring fair consistent and legally compliant with senior leaders on organisational design restructuring redundancy and change management activities ensuring appropriate consultation and compliance with applicable local employment UK recruitment activity partnering closely with hiring managers and recruitment agencies to manage vacancies from approval and sourcing through to offer and onboarding including management of temporary and contract the end-of-end employee lifecycle for the UK including offers employment contracts new hire documentation onboarding contractual changes and leaver UK payroll administration in close partnership with Payroll ensuring employee changes and payroll inputs are accurate complete and processed within required and coordinates the annual performance and development cycle including goal setting development plans mid-year and year-end reviews merit and bonus processes providing guidance and support to talent and succession planning identifying development needs critical roles and opportunities to strengthen organisational learning and development initiatives across the region including apprenticeships professional development and management capability the UK employee benefits offering including the implementation and launch of new benefits annual renewals vendor relationships employee communications and ongoing administration and compensation and reward activities including salary benchmarking job descriptions job evaluation and recommendations to ensure reward practices remain competitive fair and aligned with business the HRIS for the region ensuring employee data integrity system functionality and effective HR processes and provides HRIS guidance and training to managers and HR reporting and analysis including monthly headcount turnover absence recruitment employee relations and other key people metrics providing meaningful insights and recommendations to employee listening and engagement activities including employee surveys roundtables communications and action planning working with leaders to respond to feedback and continuously improve the employee and coordinates employee engagement initiatives and Company events for the UK the review development implementation and ongoing maintenance of UK HR policies procedures and the Employee Handbook ensuring they remain legally compliant and aligned with Peli BioThermal and Corporate HR processes and practices across the assigned region comply with applicable local employment legislation and regulatory and supports HR projects and cross-functional initiatives in line with the annual HR operational plan and wider business opportunities to continuously improve HR processes systems and services using employee feedback benchmarking data and best practice to recommend and implement supports and complies with Peli BioThermal s policies procedures and commitments to Quality Health and Safety and continuous improvement and performs other duties as reasonably RequirementsCIPD Level 5 qualification or above or equivalent HR/professional qualification or a relevant generalist HR experience ideally within a multinational organisation and/or manufacturing working knowledge of UK employment law with experience supporting employees across multiple countries is highly experience managing complex employee relations matters including disciplinary grievance capability absence and performance supporting organisational change restructuring and redundancy experience across recruitment compensation and benefits performance management talent development and employee to build credible relationships and influence managers and senior leaders at all levels of the minded with the ability to translate business requirements into practical HR analytical skills with experience interpreting HR data trends and metrics to support business written and verbal communication presentation organisation and project management knowledge of HRIS platforms and Microsoft Office; experience using Dayforce is to manage multiple priorities work independently and exercise sound judgement when handling confidential and sensitive InformationDemonstrates strong personal drive and an intellectual curiosityThinks and acts as part of the businessActively supports and complies with Peli BioThermals objectives guidelines and commitment to Quality and Safety with an emphasis on continual be able to interact effectively and cooperatively with employees at all have the ability to complete assignments within the time specified by the Biothermal is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex including sexual orientation and gender identity national origin disability protected Veteran Status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law.

Required Experience:

Manager