Advanced Plastics Ltd is an award-winning manufacturing business based in Hull and part of the Advanced Plastics Group.
Producing a diverse range of technical injection moulded products for blue chip household name clients across a range of market sectors including automotive, HVAC, filtration, and technical plastics.
Over the past four years, both the Hull site and the Group have grown significantly, and Group turnover has now surpassed £35 million by gaining more market share through acquisitions, investing in the factory infrastructure, and diversifying their product range.
​Last year the business celebrated its 30th anniversary and also won the prestigious ‘Processor of the Year’ award at the annual Plastic Industry Awards. Advanced Plastics Ltd remain the preferred partner for their existing long-term clients and the obvious choice for potential new customers. Over the past 30 years, they have adapted a unique service offering which offers their customers a full end to end process, starting with the design and development, right through to manufacturing at the highest quality.
In June 2022, Advanced Plastics Group Ltd acquired Protool Group. The Advanced Plastics Group is now strategically placed to service customers locally in three key regions of the UK offering a combined capacity across 68 injection moulding machines. With their combined heritage, industry reputation, technical capability, and broad market sector coverage the group represent a major player within the UK plastics industry.
The three companies located in Hull, Fareham and Manchester will maintain their current identities and strong market positioning, with the newly formed HR team partnering and supporting all three sites.
Group Structure
A NEW ERA FOR HR WITHIN THE ADVANCED PLASTICS GROUP
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With this new growth, comes new opportunities and the need for a Head of HR and the newly created position of a HR Business Partner. Both appointments are crucial to the business’s growth and development over the coming months and years ahead, as it enters into this exciting part of the journey.
Head of HR
The Head of HR will sit as a key member of the senior management team who works independently to support the Directors and operational managers at all levels, with the ability to focus on both.
Duties & objectives will include:
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Meeting key business objectives through a strategic approach to people management, challenges, and opportunities.
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Leading on change management in order to meet aspirations of having a world class culture that engages and empowers all employees to higher levels of performance and satisfaction.
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Developing a robust, dynamic, and commercially focussed HR function that drives people and performance and is outcome driven.
The key areas which you will be responsible for are:
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People Performance
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Workforce Planning, Recruitment and Reward
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Management Capability
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Learning and Development
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Compliance and Risk Management
The role will also encompass a hands-on approach to employee relations, overseeing and ensuring the recruitment, development and retention needs are met, as well as working and leading on day-to-day people practices. The successful candidate will lead on the effective change management and development of policies, procedures, and systems from a people perspective, all which support the core values of Advanced Plastics Limited.
Person Specification:
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You will have a proven track record as HR Manager, Senior Business Partner or Head of HR.
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Have a understanding of the principles and practices of generalist HR
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Have the ability to balance commercial, business acumen in your leadership approach.
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Have excellent communication and presentation skills, and very well-developed interpersonal skills, assertiveness, ability to make decisions and deliver results.
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Have previous experience of analysing and interpreting people data.
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You must be resilient and have the desire to manage change effectively, with a can-do approach.
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Have a proven risk/outcome-based approach to make commercially sensible decisions and ensure value-add at all times.
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Be MCIPD / CIPD Level 7 qualified.
Please note that this a brief summary of the role and a full job description with a package breakdown, can be given on request.
HR Business Partner
You will provide operational support to the Senior Management Team and employees, within own designated business areas in the implementation of polices and practice in order to deliver business objectives.
Duties & objectives will include:
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Provide first line guidance and advice to employees and managers in line with Company policies and procedures.
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Support managers in delivering end to end resolutions with employee relations issues, guiding line managers through investigation and formal processes where required ensuring legal compliance throughout (conduct, capability, absence, grievance etc).
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Be responsible for supporting the business with people related data, such as absences, reasons for leaving, demographics.
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Be the Talent champion within business areas – leading on all Succession planning and talent activity.
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Be Capability champions in own areas – ensuring that all Occupational Health intervention is timely and consistent.
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Contributing to the continuous improvement of HR systems and practices.
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To partner the Business using People plans and functional business plans in designated areas.
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To Lead on all Recruitment, Manning, and Headcount activity within business areas
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Lead on all HR KPI collection within business area
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Ensure all our legal obligations around onboarding are in place.
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Take the lead for defined policy development.
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Identify HR risks within own business areas and own all HR activity and action plans.
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Support all Organisational Design activity within own areas.
Person Specification:
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Can engage with key stakeholders and be comfortable influencing and coaching leaders of people.
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Have a structured and highly organised work ethic.
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Highly personable with an ability to build close relationships at all levels.
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Be confident in managing own projects.
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Methodical approach to problem solving and attention to detail.
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CIPD Level 5 qualified.
Please note that this a brief summary of the role and a full job description with a package breakdown, can be given on request.
Package Details (company wide) ​​
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Full time position working 8am – 5pm Monday – Thursday and 8am – 2:30pm on a Friday.
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30 days holiday, inclusive of bank holidays.
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Enhanced pension contribution.
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BUPA Private Medical Cover.
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Medicash Dental & Optical for yourself and up to 4 dependent children.
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Death in service cover
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Critical illness cover.
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Perks at Work benefits scheme.
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Office based, but you must hold a valid UK driving license.
Over the years, Advanced Plastics has built a solid business on good foundations, which now needs a strong HR team to ensure the people journey matches their ambitions way into the future.
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These are both great opportunities, to join a business which is firmly in the fast lane, help create a HR Vision and one which truly believes in getting the right people onboard, will be one of the key factors to its success.
The Advanced Plastics core values are, Partnership, Integrity, Respect and Commitment and it is essential that anyone joining the business shares these values and promotes them throughout the business.