Job Description

OVERVIEW:

Are you our next Head of People - 12 month FTC Mat cover? We’re looking for someone to join our People team, to help shape the Gymshark people strategy as part of the People leadership team and build the people agenda for defined functions, acting as an internal consultant, change agent and people leader.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

• Acting as a trusted partner to executives as part of their function’s senior leadership team, providing expert guidance and challenge on people initiatives from development to deployment and evaluation. Ensuring the functional agenda aligns to the People strategy.
• Supporting the CPO in developing the People strategy and providing functional insights to support its definition and successful deployment as part of the People leadership team.
• Directing allocated people workstreams and cross-team projects – inspiring project teams to deliver progressive plans that optimise employee experience and performance.
• Diagnosing the connections between business goals and people solutions, providing commercially savvy and culture-centric solutions to stakeholders.
• Consulting on organisational design and development activities for allocated functions, ensuring the required structure, skills and capabilities are in place to support business plans.
• Workforce and headcount planning in line with the function’s commercial requirements – cognisant of OD, talent capability and budgetary considerations.
• Acting as a change agent, driving transformation, restructuring or cultural change activities as a key people leader, supporting all aspects of planning, execution and advising on risk.
• Leading the support of senior stakeholders with talent management activities – developing and driving succession and talent planning activities to ensure their function has the talent required to achieve its strategic goals both short and long term.
• Coaching and mentoring – providing business stakeholders with the support, skills and tools to drive high performance and harness the potential of their teams.
• Collaborating effectively with People Specialists across Talent Acquisition, Pay & Perks, DE&I and Performance, and on programmes impacting the organisation.
• Oversee and advise on the resolution of complex and senior employee relations cases.
• Educating stakeholders on the DEI strategy and ensuring its proper consideration in people plans and decision making.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

Essential Criteria:

• Demonstrable experience as a people leader and strategic business partner within dynamic, scaling organisations.
• Experience in developing and deploying people initiatives operating with a willingness to embrace change, innovate and push boundaries.
• Advanced knowledge of UK employment legislation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, an ability to flex across various audiences to deliver information with impact and influence.
• Experience of significant change management/OD projects including reorganisation, restructure and TUPE.
• An ability to thrive within a fast paced and ambiguous environment, managing multiple competing priorities with confidence and proactivity.
• An ambassador for the Gymshark values with a strong understanding and passion for Gymshark’s mission.
• Strong business acumen, analytical and strategic thinking skills.
• Intellectual curiosity, excellent attention to detail and follow-up.
• High degree of professional ethics, integrity, and emotional intelligence.

WHAT YOU COULD ALSO HAVE:

• Experience working on global projects and operating within international environments.
• Storytelling
• Leading change
• Lateral thinker
• Willing to challenge and be challenged.
• Willingness to give and receive effective feedback.

We would be open to this role being 4 days per week. This is a hybrid role and would require the successful candidate to attend at least 3 days a week in GSIQ, Solihull, UK.

CLOSING DATE: Monday 8th January 2024

BELONGING AT GYMSHARK.

Our mission is to be a place where everyone belongs. We’re an equal opportunities employer, and for us that means we always strive to be as inclusive as possible in all aspects of employment, right from your application. We’re committed to finding reasonable adjustments* for candidates with specific needs or have a disability during our recruitment process, and all applicants will be considered fairly and equally. We do not tolerate discrimination of any kind. *If you’d like to request a reasonable adjustment please email talent@gymshark.com. 

ABOUT US.

We’re here to unite the conditioning community. We believe that putting the sweat in today, prepares us for tomorrow. So, we give people the tools they need to reach further, go faster, be stronger. We celebrate those who show up – for themselves – to be their physical or mental best, whatever that means for them. It’s what we want for our community, and our team. A team that’s growing rapidly around the world. A collective of talented individuals working together to invent Gymshark’s future. Our plans are ambitious, and we’re looking for people who want to join us for the ride – our growth will be your growth.

THE PERKS.

🙌 Competitive ‘Win Together, Lose Together’ Bonus
🩺 Choice of Private Medical Insurance or Healthcare Cash Plan, paid for by us!
🏖 25 days holidays + your birthday and all the Bank Holidays which can be substituted and taken whenever you want.
💻 A truly Flexible Working Culture
👥 A collaborative, creative and inspiring working environment
💰 Employer pension contributions up to 7%
🤩 Life Assurance at four times your basic salary
🦈 50% Gymshark Discount
🎁 Gymshark Gift Card for each year of service
🥇 Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing Support
📚 Great Training and Learning Resources
🖥 Choice of hardware and access to the best software
🤒 Paid time off when you’re physically and mentally unwell
🧸 Very Generous Family Leave package – we support you extending your family
🍎 Refuel - Healthy fresh food at GSHQ
🏋️‍♂️ Lifting Club (LC) Gym Membership
👉 Free monthly massages
💈 Beauty and Barber facilities
🚘 Free on-site parking