Manager, Human Resources

The Manager, Human Resources leads and supports a team within the HR function supporting the business and employees in Ireland. This role will lead a HR team to partner with and support the business by delivering value-added service to leadership and employees that reflects the strategic objectives of the organisation and helps to foster employee engagement.

Reporting to: Director, Regional Human Resources, EMEA  

Find out more about Cook Medical here

• Leads, motivates and supports the assigned HR team in Ireland.
• Responsible for supervising the day-to-day workload and operational issues of the HR team. This includes, but is not limited to, setting team and individual objectives, carrying out performance appraisals, generating training plans and dealing with performance related issues.
• Monitors the progress of team members on assigned tasks and removes roadblocks.
• Provides direction and logistical support to team members to complete assigned tasks.
• Fosters accountability within the team to meet established timelines.
• Mentors and trains new team members.
• Organises cross training to ensure that there is ability to cover for others in the department.
• Structures the team to ensure the best service to the wider HR team and business.
• Proactively seeks out ways to continuously improve HR processes and drives implementation of same.
• Partners with /leads the HR Business Partner team to meet the needs of each function.
• Drives all assigned projects and ensures that they are managed in a structured fashion and completed to agreed timelines.
• Supports Cook employees on human resource matters or queries and facilitates actions to resolve these in a timely manner.
• Partners with Business Leaders in developing team plans to support the business strategy.
• Coaches and empowers leaders during the entire employee life cycle, regarding HR matters/challenges and facilitates effective and proactive decision-making to ensure solutions are realistic, fair, timely, consistent, transparent and effective.
• Provides input in design and development of company-wide HR initiatives and programs to ensure alignment with business requirements.
• Leads HR Functional Projects as required.
• Manages and resolves complex employee relations matters. Conducts effective, thorough and objective investigations where required.
• Assists in developing, implementing and administrating HR policies/procedures, ensuring compliance with relevant statutory legislation and industry best practice.
• Collects and analyses employment data for recommendations to the management team, maintaining records as needed and providing HR Leadership with new HR strategy proposals.
• Participates in the development and delivery of company induction process for new starters.
• Benchmarks compensation / benefit packages and assists with compensation queries as necessary.
• This role may include HRBP responsibility for a function or functions as required.
• Acts as a delegate for the Director, Regional Human Resources, EMEA where required.
• Ensure that Cook’s Code of Conduct is considered with in all business matters carried out on Cook’s behalf.

• Relevant third level qualification is required
• At least ten years prior relevant HR experience, ideally gained in a similar environment.
• Proven exposure to the full suite of HR activities, including recruitment, employee relations, compensation & benefits and performance management.
• Proven people management experience - ability to manage, lead and motivate a team is desirable.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in collaborative and independent work situations and environments with minimal supervision .
• Excellent organisational skills.
• This role requires foundational AI literacy, including demonstrating a basic understanding of AI concepts, applying ethical principles when using AI tools, and confidently interacting with AI-enabled systems as part of routine tasks
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and influencing skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Highly self-motivated and dependable
• Excellent decision maker.
• Willingness and availability to travel on company business.

About Cook Limerick  

Cook Medical has been in Limerick since 1996, starting out with labelling and distribution and steadily growing and evolving to include manufacturing, centralised customer support and on to collaborative product development in the Innovation Centre. The Ireland location is our European headquarters and houses our EMEA Support Centre. This location currently employs more than 1000 people and manufactures 10% of Cook’s products for global markets.   

Our employee benefits include:   

• Hybrid Work Model    

• Company sponsored Defined Contribution pension scheme   

• Medical Health Insurance cover for you and your immediate family   

• Life Assurance and Income Protection cover   

• Educational Assistance    

• Performance related Bonus   

• Extensive health & wellness program including Indian head massages, healthy lifestyle seminars, mindfulness courses, physio sessions, flu vaccinations, nutrition talks   

• Fully equipped gym on site   

• 39-hour week with flexible start & finish times    

• Paid time off to participate in volunteer activities   

• Free parking   

• Subsidised restaurant   

• Sports & Social club 

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