Beam Suntory is Crafting the Spirits that Stir the World. Rooted in two centuries of family heritage, Beam Suntory has evolved into the world's third largest leading premium spirits company ... where each employee is treated like family and trusted with legacy. With our greatest assets - our premium spirits and our people - we're driving growth through impactful marketing, innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Beam Suntory is a place where you can come Unleash your Spirit by making an impact each and every day.

HR Intern

The following position is open in Scotland, United Kingdom.

What makes this a great opportunity?

Beam Suntory is Crafting the Spirits that Stir the World. Rooted in two centuries of family heritage, Beam Suntory has evolved into the world's third largest leading premium spirits company where each employee is treated like family and trusted with legacy. With our greatest assets - our premium spirits and our people - we're driving growth through impactful marketing, innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Beam Suntory is a place where you can Unleash your Spirit by making an impact each and every day.

With an ambition to provide a first-class HR service this role supports the Brand House functions based within the UK and Ireland, with a particular focus on supporting our UK & Ireland Visitor Centres – Bowmore, Laphroaig, Auchentoshan, Glen Garioch and Kilbeggan. This 12 month fixed term position will work with stakeholders across the business, ensuring consistent HR advice and right first-time administrative tasks are delivered. This is an opportunity to gain experience of the full employee lifecycle, in a fast-paced, exciting, global business, where people are our number one priority.

You will work alongside our UK & Ireland HR team, who work within varying HR functions including HR Generalists, People Solutions and Talent Acquisition. You will work both independently, managing your own workload as well as working as part of the wider HR .The ability to prioritise and meet challenging deadlines is key to the success of this role as well as having strong relationship building skills.

Role Responsibilities

As HR Intern, you will work closely with the HR Manager and wider UK & Ireland HR team to provide and excellent HR service to our employees throughout the employee lifecycle. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Be the first point of contact for daily employee and manager queries with particular focus on our UK & Ireland Visitor Centre staff.
• Provide advice to line managers on our policies and procedures including employee relations, recruitment, compensation, benefits.
• Attend weekly Brand Homes Leadership team meeting
• Supporting the HR Manager and HR Generalists in Employee Relations cases
• Support the HR Director UK & Ireland with preparation of monthly People Leader Briefing and How To sessions
• Be an active member of the wellbeing committee and support the delivery of our annual wellbeing calendar and initiatives
• Lead our quarterly Mental Health First Aider sessions and ensure training and accreditations are up to date.
• Support the delivery of annual DEI events including International Women’s Day, Pride and International Men’s Day.
• Work in partnership with hiring managers, Talent Acquisition and People Solutions to attract, recruit and onboard top talent
• Support/lead key 23/24 HR projects
• Planning and organisation of internal and external HR events
• Produce ad-hoc reports as required
• Ad hoc administrative support to HR Generalists, HR Manager and HR Director as required
• Work in partnership with the UK & Ireland HR team to deliver our annual HR Calendar and people priorities for 23/24

Qualifications & Experience

KEY SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to prioritise and manage time effectively
• Ability to think creatively
• Ability to work on own initiative whilst knowing when to escalate and ask for support
• Proven team player with ability to do what is right for the collective good and seek out diverse perspectives to inform decisions
• Empathetic people skills
• Curiosity and ambition to develop both personally and professionally
• Ability to operate under pressure in a fast-paced business environment
• Ambition to improve the way we work by identifying ways to work smarter and reduce complexity

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Degree in Human Resource Management
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability communicate effectively and build strong relationships in a multicultural, cross functional organization.
• Previous experience of Microsoft Office
• Previous experience of Canva (desirable but not essential)

At Beam Suntory, people are our number one priority, and we believe our people grow together in diverse and inclusive environments where their unique insights, experiences and backgrounds are valued and respected. Beam Suntory is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, military veteran status and all other characteristics, attributes or choices protected by law. All recruitment and hiring decisions are based on an applicant’s skills and experience.