The appointment
What the business needed.
The brief
The UK arm of an Italian family-owned logistics multinational needed a Head of HR. The role called for deep knowledge of UK employment law and the ability to advise group leadership on employee relations, reward structures and talent attraction in the region.
What made it hard
Regional leadership was changing at the same time. The business needed specialist UK employment-law knowledge and steady change leadership in one person, someone the group’s leadership would trust for advice on the UK while the team around them was changing.
Who we found
An HR leader with deep knowledge of UK employment law and experience of leading teams through change, able to advise group leadership on employee relations and reward.
What changed
The Head of HR took on the UK people agenda during the leadership change. The remit was to lead the UK team through the disruption, help stabilise operations and advise group leadership on employee relations, reward and talent attraction in the UK.
Role focus
What the role covered.
Change Management
HR Business Partner
Leadership
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