Interim Senior HR Manager –Early Careers, Talent and Engagement

Senior HR Manager – Early Careers, Talent and Engagement
FTC or Secondment for up to 12 months
Nottingham

As the Senior HR Manager – Early Careers, Talent and Engagement you will play an integral role in helping to shape the future and culture of our Global Brands business. You will be an active and passionate partner to our senior leadership team working with them to set the strategy our early careers programme, which will take on a new approach in this coming year, and partnering them and our wider HR team on talent management. In this role you will interact regularly with the wider Walgreens Boots Alliance business ensuring alignment with our global strategy and that best practice is shared across the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, lead and deliver the GB Early Careers strategy, including programme, recruitment, campaign design and delivery activities.
• Lead and execute the engagement strategy for Global Brands aligned to the WBA strategy, as part of the WBA Engagement community of practice, including the biannual survey, pulse surveys and listening tools.
• Jointly lead the Talent strategy for Global Brands aligned to the WBA strategy, working closely with the GB HR Partnering team
• Lead and execute the Wellbeing strategy for GB
• Lead the Recognition strategy for GB, managing the GB recognition scheme
• Lead and deliver through a small team

A bit about you…

• You can demonstrate previous experience of operating in a senior and relevant HR role such a senior role within a Centre of Expertise, or as a senior HR Business Partner, within a corporate and matrix based organization, preferably global.
• Experience of setting an early careers strategy and delivering the programme as required
• Experience of coaching and influencing at a senior level, with great partnering skills with senior leaders and functional SMEs across global matrix organisations and the ability to build trusted relationships
• Experience of planning complex HR programs of activity across geographies
• The ability to think strategically, balanced with tactical business as usual activity
• Strong commercial awareness and high delivery focus
• High moral courage
• Team management experience

A bit about us…

At Walgreens Boots Alliance – Global Brands, we believe in being PIONEERING, INSPIRATIONAL and CONNECTING with people. Our market leading brands such as No7, Liz Earle, Soap&Glory and YourGoodSkin touch the lives of millions all over the world. We put the consumer at the heart of everything we do using real time insights to activate brands and products on a global scale. With a passionate and innovative approach to Beauty and Healthcare, we are shaping the future of health and wellbeing for everyone. We are part of Walgreens Boots Alliance, a global leader in pharmacy-led retail with more than 18,500 stores globally, helping people live happier and healthier lives.
What we can offer you:

We offer the chance to work in a consumer led environment with the chance to make an impact on a global scale. With a truly entrepreneurial mind-set, we recognise the importance of a diverse workforce who work collaboratively with shared values and ambition. We invest in our people by challenging you and developing you, and provide a great local reward scheme including:• Competitive Salary
• 25 days annual leave, plus statutory bank holidays and option to buy an additional 5 days annual leave
• Annual discretionary bonus plan
• Market leading staff discount scheme including Boots Opticians - frames and contact lenses
• Competitive company pension scheme
• Flexible benefits scheme available ranging from private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme and many more
• Onsite Staff Shop, Opticians, Gym, Costa, Canteen and Dry Cleaning
• Boots Benevolent Fund - a registered charity that can offer support to eligible current and former colleagues in the UK, as well as their immediate relatives and dependants, at times of financial hardship
If you have any queries regarding this vacancy – please contact bobby.green@boots.co.uk.

Diversity and inclusion is at the centre of everything we do. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce.