HR Site Lead, Manufacturing Site

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re in control of. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question. 

With category leading brands such as Sensodyne, Voltaren and Centrum, built on trusted science and human understanding, and combined with our passion, knowledge and expertise, we’re uniquely placed to do this and to grow a strong, successful business.  

This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It’s an opportunity to be part of something special. 

About the role 

We are currently seeking an HR Site Lead, Manufacturing to join our team in Aprilia. The HR Site Lead will develop the local people strategy & priorities based on the site and functional needs, driving the business strategy and global people priorities. They will partner and coach the Site Leadership team to impact performance, drive growth and operational excellence through talent, capability, performance, engagement and organisation effectiveness. The HR Site Lead is also accountable for driving functional and cultural transformation.

Key responsibilities

This role will provide YOU with the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following…

Talent & Capability:

• Develop and drive a proactive talent strategy across the organisation, partnering with business leaders to identify, develop, and retain key talent and drive diversity.

• Lead regular talent and succession planning sessions on the site, using potential and readiness mapping (Assess). Identify successors for key roles, assess bench strength, and define targeted development actions with leaders to enhance capability needs.

• Partner with TA Teams to ensure quality of hires and enhance employer branding by providing insights into employee experience and company culture. Support early career recruitment by participating in site events and developing outreach strategies suited to your market.

• Drive capability development by aligning talent strategies with business goals, identifying skill gaps, and implementing targeted training and development programs, utilising functional and global learning programs where necessary.

• Own leadership development for site leadership teams and potential successors – ensuring right coaching, mentoring and support is in place to develop impactful, inclusive, and inspiring leaders.

Performance Management:

• Partner with leaders to drive a high-performance culture through effective goal setting, feedback, development, and performance review practices. Support upskilling and leadership development.

• Support performance management and change initiatives to foster a culture of continuous learning, ensuring the workforce is equipped to meet organizational objectives.

• Organisation Effectiveness

• Lead or support business transformation efforts, drive organisational redesign to become future-fit, and embed change management practices to improve agility and effectiveness.

• Serve as a coach and thought partner to business leaders, helping them enhance leadership impact, develop their teams, and build organizational health.

• Leverage data and AI to provide insight into workforce trends across all core HR metrics, inform opportunities to drive performance and impact further, and measure the effectiveness of people initiatives.

Culture & Engagement:

• Act as a culture steward by leading engagement initiatives, interpreting feedback (e.g., surveys), enabling action planning, and championing values and behaviours.

• Drive cultural transforma