Topps Group is home to premier UK tile brands including Topps Tiles, Pro Tiler Tools, Parkside and Tile Warehouse. Our foremost retail brand Topps Tiles stands as the nation's largest specialist distributor of tiles and associated products with over 300 stores nationwide. Our plans for growth across both domestic and commercial markets, across physical stores and online, mean we continuously seek new and fresh talent to complement our current team, as well as developing our people to reach their full potential.
We are recruiting for an experienced, dynamic, and talented HR Business Partner. Reporting into the HR Director, you will partner with Senior Retail leaders and provide high quality HR leadership of all strategic people related activity to enable the wider team to deliver their business area objectives. This is a crucial role across the business and as a key member of the HR Leadership team, you will role model the Topps behaviours and provide wider Leadership across HR.
This is a field-based role so a driving license is essential. The region covers the North West , Midlands and some of London and the South so candidates from these locations are ideal.
Key Accountabilities
- Through strong relationships and coaching with Senior Leaders and their direct reports, influence both their effectiveness as individual and collective leaders.
- Identify people MI trends and insights and drive improvements across all key people metrics in their business areas by leading/facilitating the development & implementation of local people plans and solutions with Senior Leaders
- Working with the senior HR team, input into the design of the Topps-wide people strategy and plan and lead the consistent implementation of Topps-wide people initiatives / interventions in their business area (s)
- Lead / facilitate the development and implementation of organisation design/change in their business areas.
- Ensure that improving people capability and engagement is a key focus of Senior Leaders in their business areas by leading the focus on talent management & succession; engagement; and overall performance.
- Be the guardian of the ASM, Store &Assistant Manager succession plan and the overall management development plan for their business area (including behavioural and technical development) liaising with the L&D team as required.
- Facilitate the identification of the management resourcing requirements for their business areas and support the selection and on-boarding of senior leaders ensuing the right level of capability is recruited.
- Partner Senior Leaders on sensitive / high risk ER cases, e.g. disciplinaries, settlement agreements, tribunals
The successful candidates will have significant experience in a similar role and/or environment. Broad generalist HR knowledge is key including Employment Law and Health & Safety. Whilst this role doesn't have any direct reports, management experience, as well as a proven track record in managing and sustaining effective relationships at a senior level is crucial. Through strong communication, influencing and leadership skills you will lead and implement change and be a key member of senior projects. A CIPD or equivalent qualification is essential.
In a culture where hard work is recognised and great results are rewarded, you can look forward to a company bonus that will give you a share of our success - up to 30% of your base salary. Then there's a car/car allowance, private medical, generous staff discount, a Share Save scheme, pension and life assurance, a holiday allowance that increases with length of service and a wide range of other benefits. Plus, flexible working, generous discounts on products and services and more. A lot more. We're committed to promoting talent from within too, which means you'll be well-supported to build a rewarding career with an individual development plan and lots of training on offer