People Solutions Specialist

Date: 29 Apr 2024

Location: Springburn, GLG, GB

Company: Suntory Global Spirits

About Suntory Global Spirits

 

Suntory Global Spirits is a world leader in premium spirits. With a clear vision and strategy, a world-class portfolio of brands, and an inclusive, engaging culture, the business is growing its global footprint with an ambition to achieve $10B in sales by 2030.

 

We are a company rooted in two centuries of family heritage with a rich interplay of diverse cultures. Combining the new with the familiar, we encourage our people to inspire brilliance. To push boundaries. To pursue excellence and quality at every step.

 

Unleash Your Spirit and join a global team dedicated to crafting new experiences, from seed to sip.

 

About the role

 

As Suntory Global Spirits accelerates its global footprint, we are establishing our own commercial business in the UK. As one of the largest, most sophisticated spirits markets in the world, the UK offer significant  potential for our portfolio of premium brands. We’re building a world-class team to create a new and exciting business that is rooted in strong foundations, led by our values and long-term commercial ambition.

What makes this a great opportunity?

 

We are looking for people who bring something unique to Beam Suntory - themselves. We value differences and appreciate what each of us can contribute. We inspire each other and challenge ourselves to innovate, improve, come up with new ideas and try new things. We create endless opportunities to Unleash your spirit - in a culture full of excitement, creativity, challenge and fun.

This position is based in Springburn, Glasgow, UK and will appeal to you if you are looking to manage the end-to-end employee life cycle. You will play a critical role in managing all aspects of employee relations from Onboarding to Offboarding, bringing your unique experience and perspective, fostering a productive workplace environment, and ensuring a positive employee experience.

Role Responsibilities

 

  • First point of contact for HR inquiries from our employees.
  • Provide direct support to address employee and manager issues/enquiries that cannot be addressed through self-service
  • Independently handle and clarify general inquiries to the HR department based on established methods and standard operating procedures
  • Advise on, interpret and manage contracts, HR/ PS policies and procedures
  • Preparation of monthly payroll changes for internal payroll team
  • Supporting regional HR projects, managing programs and policies, including contracts, benefits, pensions, time & attendance, onboarding and offboarding, document management, relocation, etc., working in close cooperation with the respective departments, PS leadership and external partners
  • Ensure Employee Relations legal requirements are met at a local level to minimize exposure and liability
  • General support of the HR Business Partner
  • Contributing ideas on ways to improve our services, processes and policies

Qualifications

 

  • Minimum of 2 years of experience in Human Resources
  • Confident written and verbal English communication
  • Completed Degree-level education or Professional qualification in the field of human resources or a related discipline
  • Relevant HR certification / CIPD accreditation preferred
  • Experience working with HR systems – SuccessFactors preferred
  • Experience with a shared service environment preference
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • Ability to organise and prioritise tasks and meet deadlines consistently
  • Attention to detail and strong sense of responsibility

At Suntory Global Spirits, people are our number one priority, and we believe our people grow together in diverse and inclusive environments where their unique insights, experiences and backgrounds are valued and respected. Suntory Global Spirits is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, military veteran status and all other characteristics, attributes or choices protected by law. All recruitment and hiring decisions are based on an applicant’s skills and experience.