People Lead (HR Business Partner)

Fresh Food, Happy Dogs.

We believe dogs deserve the healthiest, most natural and tastiest meals - with none of the nasties. That’s why we make FRESHly prepared food, cooked just like you would at home and delivered direct to our customers in perfect portions. As a B-Corp certified company, you’re joining a sustainable business that genuinely cares about our people, our products and our impact on the planet. Our goal is simple: to help dogs live healthier, happier, and longer lives, while leaving humans smiling after every interaction.

We’ve come a long way since our co-founders (Kev & Dave), hand delivered the very first Butternut Box. Today, we feed hundreds of thousands of hungry dogs across the UK and Europe - but we won’t stop until we’re feeding dogs everywhere. To get there, we need a team of brilliant people who share that ambition to come and work for us.

🐾 The job

Reporting into the People Manager, you will be a key part of the squad. Responsible for partnering with our People Leaders and squad members, delivering a high quality HR service that supports our People Strategy and Company Goals. Based in Blyth near Worksop we have over 600 squad members on site across our manufacturing and fulfilment operations. You can find the full description here

What you’ll be doing:

• Coach and support People Leader competency in managing their squad including performance management, development, and engagement
• Managing absence, discipline & grievance cases and driving plans that deal with improvement & root cause
• Lead Performance Reviews and follow up plans to develop a high performing culture by supporting the Feedback Cycle, development plans and talent mapping
• Drive key engagement messages through our people leaders and pulse check engagement levels of our squad members through engagement surveys
• Keeping squad member engagement at the forefront of everything we do and supporting the delivery of high impact engagement plans across all areas

👀 What we're looking for

• ️ Strong ER/case management experience (FMCG or manufacturing)
• ️Skilled in coaching, engagement & handling complex situations
• ️ CIPD qualified or equivalent experience
• ️ Loves dogs (naturally)

⏳ The interview process

1. Initial call with your dedicated Talent Acquisition Partner, carried out remotely.
2. Skills interview, usually carried out in person.
3. Behaviours interview, usually carried out in person.
4. Depending on the seniority of the role you're applying for, there may be a final Leadership interview as a final step.

We usually expect our interview process to take 3-5 weeks, end to end.

🙌 Our benefits

• 257.5 hours of holiday per year (including bank holidays) plus an additional 8 hours for every year of service (for the first 5 years)
• 39 paid 'paws' hours per year to support to learning and/or wellbeing
• £500 personal learning & development budget
• Butternut Box employee discount
• Lots of office dogs (Meet Harvey, Indie, Paxo, Ronnie & Betty plus many more…!)

💡 Important things to note

Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity and inclusion. We welcome people of different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.

As our business has grown so has our responsibility to our community, our planet and our business. We are not perfect, but we are committed to doing business the right way and continually improving our social and environmental performance.

We want strong, diverse teams built from different backgrounds, experiences, and identities. We're ready for the ongoing work that goes into building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do the best work of your career. If it makes your application easier for you please feel free to complete the application form in your native language, we are really happy to translate it afterwards.

❗️We believe in a seat at the table for everyone.

Butternut Box is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that to make the best food for all dogs, we need a team that represents all humans. We celebrate different nationalities, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. We are specifically committed to increasing representation from underrepresented groups. We want a strong, diverse team built from different identities and lived experiences. We’re not perfect, but we are dedicated to the ongoing work of building an inclusive, supportive place where you can do the best work of your career.