HR Executive – BWG Foods

BWG Foods owns and operates the SPAR, EUROSPAR, MACE, Londis and XL brands in the Republic of Ireland, working in partnership with independent retailers with more than 1,000 stores serving local communities right across the country. The stores serve in excess of one million shoppers every single day.

The wholesale division of BWG Foods also includes BWG Foodservice, Corrib Food Products and Heaney Meats as well as Value Centre, 4 Aces and Better Deal, our nationwide network of Cash and Carry branches.

BWG Foods is looking to recruit a HR Executive who will work on the roll out of our HR Shared Service Centre to our independent retail estate. This is an exciting role and will play a critical part in the success of the projects. In this role you will plan and manage the transition of independent retailers to a new HRIS as well as supporting the change to successfully bring the Shared Service model in their store.

This is a hybrid role with the primary workplace being the Head Office in Tallaght. Regular attendance at the office (3 days per week minimum) is a requirement for this role.

Responsibilities

Implementing a change management strategy to support adoption of the HRIS and Shared Service model at store level.
Assessing change readiness of the retailer and their people.
Regular meetings with retailers throughout the in store/business implementation to understand the retailers needs and current processes and completing a fit gap analysis with the retailer.
Creating change management plans with the retailer for their bespoke project and change initiative acknowledging all aspects of change - analysis, plan, implementation, communication and other associated change considerations.
Close collaboration with the Projects Manager and Head of HR Shared Service to integrate change management activities into the existing project and operational plans.
Managing the input and output of activities at store level to ensure achievement of plans.
Capturing data and working with retailer and project team to assess validity of data.
Advising retailers on best practice HR processes.

This is a hybrid position with a combination of remote working, travelling to customer/prospective customer locations as well as a in office attendance three days per week.

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following:

Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Experience implementing changes at an operational level, preferably system changes.
An understanding of HR best practice.
Hands-on experience identifying problems at an early stage and effectively solving problems.
Strong organisational skills with the ability to influence managers to work with change initiatives.
Excellent IT skills, preferably with experience in SuccessFactors.
Confident in working with numbers and data.
Full drivers licence & access to vehicle.

The ideal candidate will also possess some or all of the following:

A knowledge of Irish employment law.
Prior sales experience, particularly in HRIS.

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