HR Manager

Work Schedule

Environmental Conditions

Job Description

Thermo Fisher Scientific recently announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell its microbiology business to Astorg, a leading pan-European private equity firm with deep expertise in healthcare, focused on a select set of subsectors, including pharmaceutical services and technology, medtech and related services, life science tools and diagnostics.

This decision follows a thoughtful evaluation as part of Thermo Fisher’s ongoing business strategy to actively manage and strengthen our portfolio.

We expect the transaction will be completed in the second half of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions and applicable regulatory approvals. Until the transaction is complete, Thermo Fisher will continue to operate the business.

If you join the microbiology business prior to the close of the transaction, your employment is expected to transition to Astorg.

For more information, please review:

Thermo Fisher’s press release

Astorg press release

THE ROLE:
To support the Corporate HR Function effectively and professionally in line with key strategic objectives, helping to make the UK HR team a highly efficient, valued and well-regarded resource for managers and employees. The role is required to support across a number of sites including operational, manufacturing, customer service and commercial functions. This role will be based at Basingstoke with flexibility for some home working and regular travel between sites (approx one day at East Grinstead and Dartford bi-weekly).

POSITION SUMMARY:

• Leverage all areas of the HR Model (BPs, Field HR, Platforms, Colleague Services) and Technologies) to improve value of collaboration to enhance the colleague experience!
• Providing exceptional advisory capabilities and partnership to the business to enable strategies to improve the overall work experience through enhancing Role Model Leadership capabilities
• Leverage Country & Regional Talent Plans to accelerate the Company’s path to best-in-class representation
• Act as a change agent and support key initiatives (site, regional and country level) operating in a sophisticated and collaborative structure.
• Leverage HR & Management Information to identify trends and risks in order to support business leadership in the management of diversity, attraction, retention, career development, performance, engagement and compliance.
• Adopt the deployment strategy by working across sites and regions aligning to the overall UK Strategy.

Leadership Responsibilities

Develop a successful team by:

• Attracting, hiring, and developing exceptional, diverse talent who will autonomously excel in the company culture
• Setting clear performance expectations and holding your team & others accountable for achieving desired results
• Defining and employing performance management and retention strategies by providing open and timely feedback to ensure performance improvement, team stability and focus
• Encouraging suggestions for improvement and recognizing exceptional performance
• Engaging in career discussions and ensuring each colleague has a meaningful career development plan

Create a Successful Work Environment by:

• Creating an environment where individuals feel valued and different views are encouraged and respected.
• Cultivating a culture where your team feel physically and emotionally safe and can raise difficult issues.
• Promoting a culture of learning and information sharing.
• Empowering and encouraging team members to take intelligent risks.
• Assessing local environments to understand negative drivers (ex. turnover, morale, productivity) and implements remediation plans as appropriate.
• Understands root cause of targeted organizational challenges and removes barriers to success.

Move Strategy to Action by:

• Aligning work priorities to business, functional and company goals.
• Communicating a clear plan and motivating the team to achieve goals and defined success metrics.
• Regularly reviewing team’s priorities. Have the courage to prioritise the critical few and stop on/low-value-added work.
• Prioritising and deploying resources optimally.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Ideally CIPD Qualified or equivalent with HR Generalist experience operational and commercial environments;
• Successful in working within a sophisticated matrixed organisation
• Strong knowledge of employment laws, HR policies, and best practices
• Validated interpersonal, communication and presentation skills;
• Ability to work on own initiative to deliver projects and implement new initiatives;
• Ability to research, analyse and reason logically within tight and conflicting time frames;
• Ability to adopt and handle change in a fast-paced environment handling high levels of ambiguity at times;
• Ability to navigate matrix structures and organisational relationships;
• Confident in engaging and collaborating with managers and business leaders;
• Consistently demonstrates our 4i Values of Integrity, Intensity, Innovation & Involvement;
• Puts the Customer First;
• Owns their Results
• Finds a Better Way Every Day
• Experience in manufacturing/scientific industry preferred;
• Ability to travel to East Grinstead and Dartford