Plant T&A Administrator - Charleville, Ireland - Kerry

Description

About Kerry

Kerry Group's UK & Ireland dairy related businesses includes Primary Dairy, Agribusiness and dairy related Consumer Foods business. With a revenue in excess of €1bn per year, it is one of the world's leading dairy businesses. With our strong dairy heritage and deep-rooted connection to our 3,000 milk suppliers, right through to our portfolio of innovative and high-quality brands, the dairy business has a unique and compelling proposition for both consumers and our customers.

Our dairy business has a diversified portfolio of dairy, nutritional ingredients and market leading dairy brands and its vertically integrated dairy processing ensures the highest quality, sustainably produced 1.3bn litres of milk for our dairy, nutritional ingredients and consumer foods business - a key consideration among some of our largest customers across the globe.

We are now recruiting suitable candidates for the role of Plant T&A Administrator for our site in Charleville.

About the role

The Plant T&A Administrator has a key role to play in supporting the Kerry Dairy Business. This role is the first point of contact for all T&A and HR related queries raised through AskHR and/or directly from Line Managers. The role requires a positive 'can do' attitude and the desire to ensure our employees are paid correctly and on time.

The successful candidate will be responsible for working with Site to ensure all HR & T&A administration is completed accurately, on time, and all required outputs are produced and delivered. Ensuring excellent customer service is always delivered and within SLA's.

This role will ensure best in class service delivery via continuous excellence methodology and problem solving.

What will I be doing?

• Administer Payroll Preparation for our weekly paid employees, completing them from start to end, ensuring that all employees are paid on time and correctly.
• To ensure accuracy of all relevant data required for Payroll, including, rates or pay, step ups, overtime/shift/call-out payments, allowances, voluntary deductions, maternity/paternity allowances and sickness.
• Provide day to day HR & T&A administration support in a timely and accurate manner, dealing with all queries raised.
• Assist with implementation of site Wage Agreements, GBS Teams and ICT to ensure prompt and accurate application of any new wage agreement rates and rules.
• Assist with audits as required.
• Ensuring Time & Attendance System is up to date, accurate and complies with Kerry standards, including liaising with the relevant ICT teams to organize any new system requirements.
• Maintain employees' leave balances, ensuring they are aligned to local policies
• Manage all leave of absence requests (maternity, paternity, adoption, parental leave, unpaid leave, and jury service).
• Monitor and report on KPIs, raising issues for follow up with HR, Payroll & People Managers where appropriate. Complete regular and ad-hoc report requests including weekly and monthly KPI's.
• Maintaining electronic filing ensuring that folders are kept as streamlined as possible
• Support in the roll out of any related Plant HR & T&A initiatives.
• Proactively support a variety of projects which assist the team's transactional excellence agenda.
• Provide support and assistance to the Payroll Team, GBS teams and HR Business Partners where required
• Policies / Procedures / SOP's – creation of, ongoing review and updating as required
• Problem solving – ability to identify and advise on improvements and efficiencies to be gained

What will I get in return?

At Kerry, we believe in giving talented, curious people the opportunity to make a difference.

We work as a team, searching for the best ways to inspire food and nourish life. We are a community of innovators, working across disciplines to solve global food challenges with a fresh approach. We want you to achieve whatever you put your mind to.

We also offer:

• 25 days annual leave (excluding bank holidays)
• Hybrid working
• Health Care Cover
• Matched pension scheme
• Benefits platform offering discounts and cashback on major retailers.

What do I need to be successful?

In Kerry we understand that people have very different career trajectories and experiences. In order to be successful in this role we would be looking for the right competencies and aptitudes as well as your proven track record of success in a similar role and environment.

These include:

• IPASS Qualification and previous payroll experience essential.
• Experience of using SuccessFactors and Kronos desirable.
• Good working knowledge and experience of Microsoft specifically Outlook and Excel.
• Able to demonstrate absolute confidentiality in relation to sensitive information.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• The ability to prioritize and manage own workload in a busy environment.
• An enthusiastic and effective team player with a proactive "can do" attitude and who will be brand-ambassadors of the Kerry Values.
• High attention to detail with the ability to produce highly accurate work under pressure and tight timeframes.

Get in touch today

In Kerry we benefit from the knowledge of our colleagues who bring a diverse range of cultures, backgrounds, lifestyles and experiences.

One team fostering an inclusive culture that, above all, inspires food and nourishes life.

One culture where everyone brings their unique perspectives and experiences to help make us better, together.

We are committed to nurturing an environment of positivity and inclusiveness, where everyone can be at their best, both personally and professionally.

​Our recruitment, selection and assessment process are based on the skills and competencies of the specific roles and based entirely on merit. We are committed to and value Diversity and Inclusion in all recruitment processes within Kerry and do not discriminate based on gender, race, class, economic status, ethnic background, sexual orientation, age, political beliefs, veteran status, marital status or any other protected characteristic.

We look forward to meeting you