Assignments

This established transport services business requires a seasoned People Director to play an instrumental part in the next phase of the company's transformation and will focus on energizing the workforce to drive operational efficiencies and profitability. 

• Build an employee engagement programme to reflect the culture of the business
• Build a dynamic and creative training and development strategy in line with the business goals of the organisation
• Stimulate change and make it happen in a positive way, challenging embedded norms and developing a proactive responsive people strategy
• Direct a communications strategy that will achieve and sustain a high-performance/high-commitment workforce
• Review appraisal processes, ensure follow-up is delivered in terms of actions and training and development
• Build a robust pipeline of next generation leaders
• Provide advice and support to executive management team on HR issues within the business

• Extensive HR experience within fast-paced, demanding and commercial environments where operational HR issues have to be handled on a large scale
• Experience of HR with a commercial edge – need to have worked as part of business teams and need experience of aligning HR strategies to commercial requirements
• Experience of championing change across functional boundaries, winning buy-in at the top and driving it against resistance
• Leading major change programmes that address structural and cultural issues and building organisational capability
• Experience of operating in a heavily unionised workforce environment