People Development

Partner (Regional)

Location:          Cardiff, Pontypool, Salisbury & Hybrid working

Shift:                  Weekday - Monday to Friday             

Salary:               Competitive and Car Allowance

Due to growth and functional evolution, we now have a new opportunity within our HR and L&D team for a People Development (Learning and Development) Partner to support our southern cluster bakeries. 

Finsbury Food Group is a leading speciality bakery manufacturer. We constantly raise quality and efficiency standards and build long-term relationships with major multiple retailers and the foodservice channel. The bread for your morning toast, ready for butter-spreading or egg-dipping. The candle-filled centrepiece for a memorable celebration. The buns, muffins and other treats that turn teatime into quality time. We make a high percentage of the UK’s sharing cakes from retailer own brands cakes, tray bakes through to party cakes like Caterpillar cakes This is what we do, and why we’re in business. Baking brilliance makes every day special. Our southern cluster bakeries consist of our Memory Lane bakery in Cardiff, Ultrapharm in Pontypool and Nicholas & Harris in Salisbury.

The People Development Partner will ensure that the business has the required skills to meet changing business needs, drive improved business performance and deliver the business strategy. They will partner with senior key stakeholders to identify individual, team and the functional development needs required to be able to execute strategy and maximise performance. They’ll be responsible for assessing, creating, and delivering the full L&D cycle across the bakery cluster.

The successful candidate will have worked in a similar Learning and Development leadership role, where they’ve business partnered with business leaders to identify, assess, create and deliver various learning development programmes. They’ll be experienced in influencing and challenging effectively across various functions to deliver strategic development requirements. They will also have experience in managing learning and development systems, project management leadership experience and the ability to build effective cross functional relationships, while being commercially focused on business needs. The successful candidate will have experience of managing their own time and work priorities effectively in a hybrid working environment. The position requires travel to all 3 sites in our southern cluster, with most of the time spent at our Memory Lane site in Cardiff as this is the largest site employing c. 850 employees.

They’ll have a Learning and Development qualification, ideally along with or working towards a Coaching qualification. However, this is not essential, as a Coaching qualification will form part of the successful candidate’s personal development plan in developing their career at Finsbury Food Group.

This is a great position for someone who is truly passionate about people development, offering the opportunity to deliver the strategy and create development programmes across multiply sites partnering directly with the leadership teams.

As an added extra, did we mention that we make cake and specialty bread!

This is what you’ll actually do!

As the People Development Partner, you’ll business partner with the senior leadership teams to identify and develop individuals and teams. You’ll create and execute learning strategies and programs across the bakery cluster, carrying out capability assessments and analyzing and planning development needs.

You’ll conduct varied developing people methods (e.g. coaching, mentoring, facilitation & Leadership delivery) and design a range of learning interventions, including technical, behavioural and leadership programmes. Experience of managing and reviewing learning development system is required, as you’ll utilise Finsbury Food Groups LMS reporting tools to produce management information and offer insight to the business.

Design and delivery experience is an essential requirement for success in this role as you’ll create and deliver e-learning courses, workshops, blended learning solutions and other development options. Along with delivering and planning strategic key Continuous Improvement development plans. Using various tools including digital to create flexible and innovative learning programmes

As the People Development Partner you’ll implement and embed Finsbury Food Groups coaching culture and encourage continuous professional development (CPD). Evaluate development value and monitor how effectively learning has been transferred to colleagues and its impact on performance.

You’ll take an active role in the broader People team, keeping up to date on external L&D trends and best practice. You’ll build your own external network, regularly reviewing external markets, organisations, and trends to identify, source, and deliver strong Learning and Development.

Ideally this is you!

·       Experience in a similar Learning and Development leadership position within a fast-paced organisation

·       Degree or equivalent (member of CIPD)

·       Personality profiling accreditation or/+ Practitioner (e.g. MBTI/Insights/ SHL)

·       Ideally a Coaching Qualification or working towards

·       Current knowledge of effective learning and development methods

·       Familiarity with e-learning platforms and practices

·       Experience in project management and budgeting

·       Excellent communication and negotiation skills

·       Ability to build rapport and influence key stakeholders, colleagues, and leadership teams

·       Experience of Continuous Improvement programmes

·       Experience of leading a team (directly or indirectly)

·       Can demonstrate a clear understanding of the impact learning interventions on business performance

What’s in it for you! 

·       Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave to allow quality time with your new arrival! 

·       Enhanced Pension Scheme for our employees 

·       Death in Service Benefit 

·       Free Employee Assistance Programme (open to colleagues and their families) 

·       Retail discounts accessible via our Benefits Hub platform! 

·       Company shop available at sites (heavily discounted, delicious products!) 

·       Refer a Friend Scheme (up to £300 per referral – T&C’s dependent) 

·       Employee Recognition Awards· Extensive Learning & Development opportunities (including opportunities for sponsored professional memberships and our own in-house development course!) 

·       An opportunity to be part of a fantastic, growing organisation. Head over to our LinkedIn page to find out more! 

Our vision is to be the leading specialty bakery group in the UK and we want the best people in place to achieve this. Our continued success is built entirely on the talented people who work here, so employee development is important to us because everyone is a valued member of the team, and we want every individual to have the skills and capabilities to achieve both your own personal goals and our business goals. We want good people to join our company, to help our company continue to go from strength to strength. If this sounds like you, please get in contact to learn more!