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Role Introduction: We seeking to onboard a HR Generalist to join our team, for a fixed term of 12 months to cover a maternity leave. This role will form part of the ROI People team and reports to Head of People Ireland. This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to build and grow in their HR career. The successful candidate will be a confident people person who can fit into the Retail Operations function seamlessly and adopt a hands-on approach. Key Responsibilities: - Provide HR advice to Line Managers and employees throughout all stages of the employee life cycle, ensuring advice is legally compliant and in line with company policy & procedure. - Partner with line management and HR management to ensure that HR policies and practices are rolled out and implemented appropriately across the business to optimise business performance. - Oversee end to end recruitment support, including managing hiring process of senior retail positions. - Responsible for workforce planning, coordinating hiring events, and partnering with retail teams and emerging food brands to proactively meet evolving recruitment needs. - Ensure smooth operational practices for all HR initiatives and services by proactively resolving HR issues, thus accelerating the execution of the business strategy and objectives. - Design and deliver in-house management training programmes. - Advise and mentor line management in the effective operation of the performance management process and contribute to the identification of appropriate development and skills training programmes. - Manage reward and benefits offering ensuring it’s competitive in the retail market and aligned to our company’s strategy and business goals. - Build on and work closely with external support resources in the delivery of best practice HR processes and compliance. - Enhance employee experience through HR initiatives that drive sustainable engagement with a focus on inclusion & diversity in the workplace. - Maintenance of the companies cloud based HCM system SAP SuccessFactors. - Report on metrics across the business as required. The Candidate should have the following: Qualifications and Experience: - Honours Degree in HR, Business Studies or other related discipline is essential; - 2-3 years’ experience; - Strong interpersonal, influencing, coaching and communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships with all stakeholders; - Strong working knowledge of employment law is required; - Self-motivated & resilient with the capacity to work under pressure; - Attention to detail; - A track record of delivery of outstanding business performance and results; Additional Key Skills & Attributes: - A dynamic individual who adapts well to change and can thrive in an organisation which is rapidly growing and evolving. - A highly organised individual with ability to plan and organise own workload effectively for maximum impact and work flexibly around changing priorities as required. - Ability to execute directly at high quality and pace. - A ‘can do’ attitude and a positive solution focused mindset. - Committed to their role, with a strong work ethic, and ambitious in building their future capability and career. - A strong focus on innovations and trends and invests in their external network. - Has strong commercial acumen. - Ability to engage and develop relationships with individuals at all levels of the organisation. - Is a self-starter who is driven and can work on own initiative. - Is resilient and calm under pressure. - Has sound judgement and objective logical decision-making skills. - A team player, with exceptional interpersonal skills, and ability to influence. - Has strong leadership potential and management skills, who will be a role model for the people and culture at Applegreen. - Willing to travel ad hoc if required. INDHP
Senior IT Project Manager
Senior IT Project Manager (Temporary Contract – 6 months) Role Introduction: Applegreen is in a rapid growth phase and to support this ambitious growth, we are seeking to onboard a Senior IT Project Manager. The successful candidate will be a confident people person who can fit into Applegreenseamlessly and adopt a hands-on approach to their role. This role will form part of the Group IT team and will report to Head of Projects and Innovation. The Senior IT Project Manager will take end to end ownership of complex, business critical technology projects across the Group. This role is accountable for successful delivery from initiation through implementation and transition into business as usual, operating with minimal supervision. It will lead delivery in a fast paced, multi-site retail environment, managing senior stakeholders, multiple vendors, and cross functional teams while ensuring robust governance, control and outcomes aligned to business strategy. This is 6 month Fixed Term Contact. Projects may include, but are not limited to: § Retail and operational systems (including but not limited to PoS). § Infrastructure, networking and site technology. § Cloud platforms, enterprise applications and integrations. § Cyber security, compliance and resilience initiatives. § New site openings, refurbishments and acquisitions. Key Responsibilities: Project Ownership and Delivery § Take full accountability for delivery of complex IT projects end to end. § Define and own project scope, delivery approach, plans, budgets and timelines. § Manage multiple workstreams, dependencies and competing priorities. § Ensure effective transition into BAU with minimal operational disruption. § Own delivery outcomes, not just execution. Governance and Control § Establish and maintain strong governance, planning and control disciplines. § Proactively manage RAID, driving mitigation and recovery where required. § Provide clear, concise and reliable reporting to senior stakeholders. § Lead corrective actions for at risk projects and ensure delivery confidence. Stakeholder Leadership § Act as the primary interface with senior business and IT stakeholders. § Build credibility quickly and manage expectations through transparency and challenge. § Facilitate decisions where trade-offs are required between scope, cost and time. § Represent projects confidently at steering and leadership forums. Vendor and Commercial Management § Lead and control delivery with third party vendors and system integrators. § Manage vendor performance, dependencies and delivery quality. § Support commercial governance including change control and delivery assurance. Contribution Beyond Delivery § Support management on wider initiatives where projects are interdependent. § Mentor and guide project coordinators, junior project managers and delivery resources. § Contribute to continuous improvement of Applegreen project delivery practices. The Candidate should have the following: Qualifications, experience & skills Essential § 7+ years’ experience delivering complex IT projects end to end. § Strong experience operating in multi stakeholder, multi-vendor environments. § Demonstrated success delivering technology change in operational or multi-site organisations. § Excellent governance, planning, reporting and delivery leadership skills. Desirable § Retail, fuel, hospitality, logistics or similarly operational environments. § Exposure to programme level delivery and dependency management. § Formal project management qualification (Prince2, PMI, Agile or equivalent). Additional key skills & attributes: · Proven ownership of complex IT project delivery from start to finish. · Strong senior level stakeholder communication and influencing skills. · Proactive risk identification and decisive issue resolution. · Ability to balance pace, pragmatism and governance in operational environments. · Leadership of cross functional, multi-vendor delivery teams. · Sound judgement under pressure and ambiguity. · Commitment to high delivery standards and accountability. Success Measures: § Complex projects delivered on time, within scope, budget and quality expectations. § Senior stakeholders confident in progress, reporting and decision making. § Risks and issues anticipated early and actively managed to resolution. § Vendors delivering to expectation with strong delivery and commercial control. § Minimal disruption to live operations and smooth handover into BAU. § Positive contribution to wider programme objectives and delivery maturity.