The appointment
What the business needed.
The brief
A private-equity-owned manufacturing site in Wales was going through structural and cultural change after an ownership change. A newly appointed international General Manager and the group leadership team needed a hands-on HR leader to stabilise the workforce and reset ways of working.
What made it hard
The site was unionised and already in the middle of change, so the role meant leading consultation, negotiation and restructuring, not planning for them. The person also had to answer to three audiences at once: the site, an international group leadership team and the private-equity owners. They needed credibility on the shop floor and with senior leaders.
Who we found
A senior HR practitioner from UK manufacturing with strong employment-law knowledge and a record of leading union negotiations, restructures and workforce change.
What changed
The site gained a single HR lead for industrial relations, restructuring, employee relations and compliance. They became the main people contact between the site, group leadership and the private-equity owners, and coached the site leadership team.
Role focus
What the role covered.
Industrial Relations
Manufacturing
Organisational Change
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