UK-based, with travel up to 20% across UK & Ireland
Reports To:HR Service Delivery Director, Western Europe
Role PurposeThe HR Manager for the UK & Ireland leads the local HR function, ensuring effective operational service delivery while aligning with global and regional HR frameworks. The role focuses primarily on implementing global HR programs locally, providing hands-on HR operational leadership, and driving employee experience, engagement, and compliance across both countries. While strategic ownership is limited, the HR Manager contributes to local HR strategies that support business needs and acts as a trusted advisor to local leadership. The incumbent is responsible for leading the HR team managing all aspects of local HR delivery, and fully owning employee relations and union processes.
1. HR Leadership & Business Partnership- Lead the HR operations for the UK & Ireland, ensuring consistent, high-quality service delivery.
- Implement global and regional HR strategies, adapting initiatives to local needs where appropriate.
- Act as a trusted advisor to local leadership teams on people-related matters such as workforce planning, organizational design, and local succession pipeline insights.
- Drive initiatives that foster an inclusive, engaging, and high-performance culture.
- Lead and develop the UK & Ireland HR team, providing coaching, guidance, and performance support.
- Support talent acquisition activities and ensure effective onboarding across both countries.
- Lead local performance management cycles, ensuring fairness and consistency.
- Implement learning and development initiatives to build capability and support employee growth.
- Partner with regional and global HR to ensure talent processes are executed effectively at site level.
- Lead all employee and labour relations matters across the UK & Ireland, including disciplinary, grievance, and complex case management.
- Serve as the primary lead for union and employee representative consultation processes, including negotiations and statutory consultations.
- Ensure full compliance with UK and Irish employment legislation, advising leadership on legal requirements and risks.
- Collaborate with Legal and other stakeholders on sensitive and high-risk employee matters.
- Support the implementation of global and regional compensation and benefits programs locally.
- Provide insights on local market practices to global COE teams where relevant.
- Monitor pay practices and ensure compliance with legal requirements (e.g., national minimum wage, statutory payments).
- Lead day-to-day HR operations and ensure efficient execution of HR processes and transactions.
- Monitor HR metrics, identifying trends and driving continuous improvement.
- Support implementation of HR systems, tools, and processes.
- Monitor HR-related spend for the UK & Ireland to ensure alignment with budget expectations.
- Ensure consistent HR documentation, reporting, and audit readiness.
- Proven experience in an HR leadership role within a multinational environment.
- Strong operational HR background with experience managing HR service delivery.
- Demonstrated experience in UK and Irish employment law, including union and employee representation engagement.
- Experience leading HR teams.
- Background in compensation and benefits implementation within larger organizations.
- Experience delivering change initiatives and supporting cultural transformation.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability, including interaction with global COEs.
- CIPD qualification or equivalent preferred.
- Strong operational execution skills with the ability to translate strategy into action.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and interpersonal skills.
- Proven leadership capability with experience engaging and developing teams.
- Problem-solving capability with a data-driven, analytical mindset.
- High degree of integrity, resilience, and professional judgement.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Skills Required
- Proven experience in an HR leadership role within a multinational environment
- Strong operational HR background with experience managing HR service delivery
- Demonstrated experience in UK and Irish employment law, including union and employee representation engagement
- Experience leading HR teams
- Background in compensation and benefits implementation within larger organizations
- Experience delivering change initiatives and supporting cultural transformation
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing capability
- CIPD qualification or equivalent preferred
Solenis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage includes medical, dental and vision options, and a 90/10 plan is available in at least one location. Wellness tools and plan variety indicate competitive medical support.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with employer match and tenure-linked contributions, alongside company-funded pension elements in some regions. These components suggest meaningful long-term savings support.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing initiatives span physical, emotional, social and financial health via a global EAP and a wellness platform with activity-based rewards. Site-specific amenities such as gyms, recreation and creche services further reinforce lifestyle support.
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What We Do
Solenis is a leading global producer of specialty chemicals focused on delivering sustainable solutions for water-intensive industries, including consumer, industrial, institutional, food and beverage, and pool and spa water markets. Owned by Platinum Equity, the company’s product portfolio includes a broad array of water treatment chemistries, process aids, functional additives, and cleaners and disinfectants, as well as state-of-the-art monitoring and control systems. These technologies are used by customers to improve operational efficiencies, enhance product quality, protect plant assets, minimize environmental impact, and create cleaner and safer environments. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, the company has 69 manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe and employs a team of over 16,100 professionals in 130 countries across six continents. Solenis is a 2024 Best Managed Company Gold Standard honoree, recognized four years in a row. For additional information about Solenis, please visit www.solenis.com or follow us on social media
