Job Description

HR Site Lead
Leominster (Home of Tyrrells Potato Crisps)
On-site

Join our snack-loving team
We’re looking for a HR Site Lead to join us at KP Snacks. If you’re ready to bring your ideas to the table, grow your skills and be part of a team that values what makes you, you – this could be your next big move.

About the role

At Tyrrells, we're proud of doing things differently. From hand-cooked crisps made using locally sourced potatoes to building a culture where colleagues can thrive, people are at the heart of everything we do.

We're looking for an experienced and influential HR leader to join our Tyrrells manufacturing business, supporting our site in Leominster. Reporting into the Head of Manufacturing – Tyrrells, you'll shape and deliver the people agenda, build leadership capability, and help create an engaging, high-performing culture where colleagues feel empowered to do their best work.

As HR Lead, you'll be a trusted advisor to senior leaders, leading organisational change, driving engagement, and championing continuous improvement through the Intersnack Work System (IWS). You'll also lead a small Learning & Development and Facilities team, ensuring we continue to create an exceptional colleague experience while delivering outstanding business results.

About Tyrrells

Tyrrells is one of the UK's most loved crisp brands and part of KP Snacks. In Leominster, approximately 140 colleagues work together across manufacturing, engineering and warehouse operations to create premium products enjoyed by consumers across the UK and beyond.

This is an opportunity to join a business where people genuinely matter, where your ideas will be heard, and where you'll have the freedom and support to shape the future of our culture, capability and performance.

What’s in it for you?
We believe in rewarding our colleagues and helping them thrive. Here’s a flavour of what we offer:

• Competitive annual salary, annual salary review and annual bonus opportunity (target 7.5%), plus KP Pension Plan with up to 7% matched contributions and £6,000 car allowance

• 25 days holiday, with the option to buy up to five additional days, plus additional holiday after five years’ service

• Comprehensive healthcare including Single Cover Private Healthcare, Health Cash Plan, Digital GP and Employee Assistance Programme

• Electric Vehicle Car Scheme, supporting more sustainable and cost-effective travel

• KP4ME benefits platform with discounts, cashback and wellbeing support

• Enhanced family-friendly policies to support colleagues at every stage of life

What will you be doing?

• Leading the people strategy
  Partner with the Head of Manufacturing and site leadership teams to develop and deliver strategic people plans that support business performance, growth and colleague engagement at Leominster.

• Driving culture and organisational excellence through IWS
  Lead the Organisation Pillar as part of the Intersnack Work System, embedding ownership, leadership capability and continuous improvement while creating a culture built on trust, accountability and empowerment.

• Leading transformational change and organisational development
  Shape and deliver complex change programmes, ensuring colleagues and leaders are supported through evolving ways of working, organisational change and key business initiatives including Project One and KP4All.

• Developing leaders and building capability
  Coach, support and challenge leaders at all levels to strengthen performance, engagement and values-led leadership, while developing the capability of the wider HR and Learning & Development teams.

• Creating an outstanding colleague experience
  Use insight, data and feedback to influence decisions, improve people processes and drive positive outcomes across workforce planning, talent, succession, engagement, employee relations, communications and performance.

Who are we?
We’re KP Snacks, part of the Intersnack family. Across more than 30 countries, over 15,000 of us work together to make the snacks people love – from Hula Hoops to McCoy’s. In the UK, we’re a team of around 2,400 colleagues, based across seven sites and our Slough HQ. We’re proud of our close-knit culture, where we speak up, celebrate differences and push boundaries together.

We’re committed to inclusion
We’re building a workplace where everyone belongs. If you don’t tick every box, we’d still love to hear from you – your unique perspective could be just what we need. And if there’s anything we can do to make the process easier for you, just let us know.

Requirements

We’d love to hear from you if you can bring:

• Senior HR partnering expertise
  Significant experience partnering with senior leaders in a fast-paced, complex organisation, ideally within manufacturing, with a proven ability to influence business decisions and deliver strategic people outcomes.

• Leadership and team development experience
  A strong track record of building leadership capability, developing high-performing teams and coaching leaders to drive engagement, performance and accountability.

• Change and transformation capability
  Experience leading organisations through complex change programmes, balancing business priorities with a colleague-focused approach and delivering sustainable cultural improvements.

• Commercial insight and analytical skills
  A business-oriented mindset with strong HR analytics capability, using people data, HR systems and technology to identify trends, influence decision-making and improve organisational performance.

• Exceptional stakeholder management and resilience
  The ability to build trusted relationships at all levels, confidently challenge where needed, navigate ambiguity, manage multiple priorities and deliver pragmatic people solutions that support both colleagues and the business.

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