Lifestyle Design – HR Business Partner UK

POLTRONA FRAU S.P.A.

Lifestyle Design – HR Business Partner UK

Business Functions: HUMAN RESOURCES

Locations: GB – United Kingdom

About Lifestyle Design
Our continuous journey to transform some excellences into an integrated group, leading at a global level the high-end furniture market, starts in 2014 when Haworth acquires Poltrona Frau Group. Lifestyle Design is now a federation of 10 Brands, Poltrona Frau, Cassina, Cappellini, Ceccotti Collezioni, Karakter, Luminaire, Janus et Cie, Luxury Living Group, Interni and Zanotta with more than 1,900 employees worldwide. We operate in over 75 countries, with 80 Showrooms.

The Role
The HR Business Partner will support, maintain, optimize and improve the HR Processes within all Brands/Companies under the umbrella of Lifestyle Design – Haworth Group in the UK. He/She will be based in London but with the availability to move 2 days per week to Coventry where the production plant is based.

Responsibilities include:

• Achieve and maintain compliance with legal and regulatory obligations.
• Develop and maintain company policies and procedures, including the Employee Handbook.
• Develop and support management/employee consultation processes.
• Manage pay and benefits.
• Provide an end-to-end administration service for all employment matters.
• Advise and support managers with employee relations issues including performance management, disciplinary, grievance, and redundancy.
• Provide a reporting, monitoring, and reporting process for key employment issues.
• Support Brands HR with UK-specific employment contracts.
• Prepare monthly reports for HQ, including HR dashboard, FTE, quarterly forecasts, and budget.
• Support the processing of payroll, including new starters, leavers, timesheets, calculating pay, providing HMRC submissions.
• Manage attendance, leave, and sick days.
• Keep records of leave and sick days in Excel.
• Handle Statutory Sick Payment requests.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with all stakeholders to achieve high levels of trust, respect, and professionalism.
• Support all managers (and colleagues) on HR policies and practices that ensure fairness and expediency, ensuring that those policies and practices are up to date and best practice.

Qualifications for the Role:

• Ideally CIPD qualified to level 5 or above or holding an equivalent qualification with a business management focus.
• Strong working knowledge of UK employment law.
• Confident with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.).
• Proven experience in manufacturing and retail fields.

Soft Skills:

• Proactivity and problem-solving attitude.
• Results orientation and excellent levels of customer service.
• Strong interpersonal skills and high levels of oral and written communication.
• High level of analytical ability with strong attention to detail.
• High levels of flexibility.
• Empathy and teamwork.
• Passionate about new projects and initiatives in a fast-changing & dynamic environment.

Workplace: London, available to move 2 days per week to Coventry.