Senior Talent & People Development Manager
| Posting date: | 28 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 December 2025 |
| Location: | Dunstable, LU5 4RZ |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75770671 |
Summary
Role Purpose:
The Senior Talent and People Development Manager will be responsible for
delivering the attraction, communication and development strategy for head
office and retail. The role will support key stakeholders within the business
with talent and development plans that map current and future recruitment,
skills and development needs.
The Senior Talent and People Development Manager will report to the Head of
People and will be the line manager for the Talent Acquisition, Internal Comms
and People Development teams.
This role is based in Savers Dunstable Head office however there is a
requirement to attend meetings, conferences and visit stores.
A typical day in this
role includes:
- Building relationships with a variety of key stakeholders: Regional General
Managers, functional heads of departments and the senior people team both in
Savers and Superdrug
- Taking ownership of Savers employer brand, Recruitment activities, Internal
communications, Talent & development forecasts, training delivery both online
and face to face
- Developing own knowledge and skills to Savers has the best plans, best
development/training offer and are able meet our employee needs both current
and future
- Ensuring leadership skills both current and future are mapped and developed
at all levels
- Identifying trends and providing insight to the business in order to drive
great decision making
- Working closely with Head of people, Senior People Manager for retail and key
stakeholders to highlight opportunities around recruitment and development to
deliver a strong succession plan and pipeline of top talent both internally and
externally
- Providing reporting on various KPI’s to drive business performance in both
Talent, Internal Comms & PD
- Taking ownership of Head Office recruitment
- Managing training and recruitment costs and driving cost
efficiencies
This job is a good fit
for you if:
- You enjoy being proactive, seek opportunities, collaborate with key
stakeholders and put plans in place to drive results
- You know you add value through your ability to build strong and collaborative
relationships with stakeholders and by delivering best in class talent and
development plans
- You understand how to interpret business needs and put plans in place to
achieve these needs/gaps
- You are good at influencing and leading teams
- You can easily use data to spot trends, implement plans and drive
opportunities
- You have developed the ability to communicate effectively taking the
businesses tone of voice into account as well as using the appropriate
communicate channel depending on business and employee level.
- You are motivated building a strategy, building on successes and adapting to
everchanging employee demands
- You get satisfaction though helping others in spotting talent, developing
their teams and finding solutions to keep ahead of the market.
What you’ll
need:
You need to have experience in influencing business decisions and building
strong relationships with key stakeholders including functional heads and
directors
You will have working knowledge of key recruitment activities, building a
strong employer brand, candidate journey, Skills mapping, development solutions
(including online) and effective communications channels
You will be willing to continuously learn and develop yourself and team
You will need to be curious, creative, proactive, methodical and
resilient
Leadership experience in leading successful teams
A degree Human Resources or CIPD Level 5 would be valuable but not essential