When you join Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, a part of the Spirax Group, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit our website to learn more.

Role Summary

The Human Resources Manager will lead and direct the operational functions of the HR department, acting as a strategic partner to the Sales or Supply site. With a focus on fostering a high-performance culture and optimizing HR processes, this role will have significant agency in shaping HR initiatives that support business objectives. The HR Manager will take ownership of day-to-day HR operations, driving impactful changes and solutions, and will be empowered to make decisions that enhance employee experience and business outcomes.

As a proactive leader, the HR Manager will oversee employee relations, talent acquisition, and compliance while also supporting the implementation of HR programs that align with the company’s goals. This role requires a dynamic individual who can navigate complex HR issues and act as a trusted advisor to managers and employees. The individual will combine strategic thinking with hands-on operational excellence, ensuring that HR activities contribute to the overall success of the Division or Local Site.

Key Accountabilities Include

Take Ownership of Employee Lifecycle Management: Oversee employee onboarding and offboarding processes, ensuring a seamless experience that adheres to company procedures and standards.
Lead HR Operations with Autonomy: Manage day-to-day HR operations independently, ensuring efficient delivery of services in recruitment, employee relations, performance management, and compliance.
Strategic HR Partner to Supply Leadership: Act as the primary HR advisor to Supply Leadership Team, leveraging your expertise to drive business objectives and cultivate a high-performance culture.
Own Talent Acquisition Strategy: Lead and refine the talent acquisition process, working closely with hiring managers to proactively identify and attract top talent for key roles at all levels.
Champion Employee Engagement and Retention: Develop and implement strategies to retain top talent, foster employee engagement, and promote a committed, high-performing workforce.
Drive Succession Planning and Talent Development: Partner with the Head of HR, Talent Acquisition Partner and site leadership team to design and execute succession planning and development programs, ensuring a strong pipeline of future leaders.
Data-Driven HR Leadership: Develop and analyses HR metrics and trends to provide actionable insights and recommendations that enhance decision-making and support continuous improvement.
Empower Employee Relations and Performance Management: Take full ownership of employee relations, leading investigations and advising on resolutions while implementing performance management strategies that elevate leadership capability.
Ensure Compliance Across Regions: Maintain compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws, updating policies and practices to ensure regulatory adherence across all jurisdictions.
Architect of Learning and Development: Design and deliver impactful training and development programs that support employee growth and align with organizational needs.
Process Improvement Advocate: Collaborate with HR Operations to drive efficiency and innovation within HR processes, enhancing the overall employee experience and operational effectiveness.
HR Technology Leader: Manage HRIS and other HR technologies, ensuring data accuracy and leveraging technology to optimize HR operations.
Change Management Leader: Support and lead change management initiatives related to organizational restructuring, mergers, and other business transformations, ensuring smooth transitions.

Skills/Experience

Extensive experience of working in a similar role ideally within a manufacturing environment.
A diverse range of educational backgrounds and professional experiences is welcomed. While traditional degrees or certifications in HR, Business, or related fields are valued, we equally appreciate unique career paths and life experiences that bring fresh perspectives to the role
Experience of working within a matrix organization is highly advantageous
Commercial experience working as part of a Senior Leadership Team
Transformation experience - working with an organization that is experiencing growth
Lead with an inclusive mindset, valuing diverse perspectives and business goals. Confidently communicate complex ideas, acting as a key influencer in driving organizational change and cultivating an inclusive culture.
Exhibit agility in adjusting to evolving business needs and dynamic environments. Be proactive in adapting strategies to address shifting priorities, ensuring that HR remains a key enabler of business success and employee well-being.
Take ownership of change initiatives, leading efforts to build inclusive and equitable organizational cultures. Employ creative problem-solving to address challenges and advocate for improvements that enhance the employee experience.

Physical Demands

Mobility: Must be able to sit at a desk for extended periods (at least 50% of the time), with occasional need to stand or move around to maintain health and well-being; and occasionally lift or carry office supplies and equipment up to 10 pounds. Ability to regularly operate a computer keyboard and mouse.
Vision and Hearing: Ability to use a computer and read documents at close range (within a few feet of the observer or screen).
Communication: Effective communication skills to interact with colleagues and clients either in-person, phone, or video conferencing tools (ie: Teams or Zoom).
Work Environment (office): Typical office setting with moderate noise levels and standard office equipment.

Reasonable accommodations will be provided to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

At Watson-Marlow, we believe in taking care of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package, including:

Robust Retirement Plan: Benefit from a guaranteed 5% employer contribution to your 401K, plus an additional 3% employer match, empowering your financial security.
Comprehensive and Supportive Parental Leave: Experience our inclusive, gender-neutral parental leave policy, offering 16 weeks at 100% pay. Upon your return, enjoy a gradual transition with a unique 80% work schedule while still receiving 100% of your pay for the first 6 months, ensuring a balanced reintegration into the workplace.
Generous Time Off: Enjoy ample time off to recharge and attend to life's circumstances with generous vacation and well-being days, 9 observed holidays, 15 caregiver days, and 80 hours of annual sick leave.
Community Engagement Opportunities: Make a difference with 3 paid volunteer days each year, encouraging you to give back to the community and causes you care about.
And Many More Benefits: Discover a wide range of additional perks and benefits designed to support your well-being and professional growth. We invite you to explore all the ways we strive to create a fulfilling and rewarding work environment.

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group

We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique. Learn more at Our Inclusion Commitments.

Company Overview

At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, we are driven by innovation and are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is empowered to make a difference. As a world leader in manufacturing peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies for the life sciences and process industries, we offer a wide range of products, including tubing, specialised filling systems and products for single-use applications.

Watson-Marlow is part of Spirax Group, a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

Our purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!

Our inclusive culture and values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.

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