People Director

🏢 DP World
📍 United KingdomFull-timeOn-site
📅 Posted: Yesterday🔄 Updated: Yesterday
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DP World is seeking a People Director to lead the operational HR function for the Northern UK region within its contract logistics pillar. This senior role involves managing multiple senior HR Managers across various contract logistics sites. The People Director will be responsible for ensuring consistent HR services, effective industrial relations, and driving workforce, talent, and organizational initiatives. Key responsibilities include developing and implementing regional HR strategies, supporting and developing site HR teams, and managing change initiatives. The role also entails driving cluster-level workforce planning, interpreting data for headcount trends, attrition, absenteeism, and labor costs.
Required Skills
Other
HR strategy developmentattrition analysis
Business, Sales & Management
Workforce PlanningTalent AcquisitionChange ManagementHR Management
Soft Skills & Professional Competencies
InitiativeLearning AgilityTeam LeadershipData Analysis
Engineering, Construction & Trades
Site Management
🎁 Benefits & Perks
market competitive compensation package
Requirements
Candidates must have extensive senior-level HR Business Partner experience, preferably in Logistics or manufacturing. Experience running multi-site or multi-country HR operations, strong management skills for remote teams, and proven exposure to industrial relations and labor law are essential. The ability to manage multiple stakeholders and projects concurrently, along with openness to travel within the UK, is also required.
Description

The role

We are actively looking for a People Director to head up the operational HR function for the Northern UK region within our contract logistics pillar. This role will manage a number of senior HR Managers who are based at multiple contract logistics sites around the cluster.

You will ead and coordinate the site HR leads making sure that there is a consistent level of HR services, effective industrial relationship management and strong execution of workforce, talent and organisational initiatives. You will be reporting to the Senior Director of UK and Ireland and will be part of the HR leadership team within the UK.

You will be developing and helping to implement the regional HR strategy prioritising key regional HR goals and driving implementation across the multiple sites. You will provide support and development for the site HR teams and making sure that any ongoing issues are resolved as quickly as possible.

Change management and agility are key factors at DP World as we go through organisational change and you will be the lead for your cluster, driving through project management and creating plans to initiate successful change intiatives. You will drive cluster level workforce planning, understanding and interpreting data to manage headcount trends, historical attrition, persistent absenteeism and labour cost and productivity.

So, who are we looking for?

Key skill and experience include:

  • Extensive HR Business Partner experience at a senior level ideally in Logistics or manufacturing
  • Experience of running multi site or multi country HR operations
  • Strong management experience and the ability to manage multiple remote teams
  • Proven exposure to industrial relations and labour law
  • The ability to manage multiple stakeholders and projects at the same time.
  • Open to travelling to locations in the UK

 

If you are interested in the role do click on the link to apply.

Compensation

DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market competitive compensation package.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 120,000 employees spanning 75 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimizing disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

 

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW

 

To Change What's Possible For Everyone

#LI-TV1

 

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