Skills

Decision-making Attention to detail Project Management

Job Specifications

Talent Manager – Maternity cover till Jan 2027

We’re working towards an ambitious future, one we want to build together with all our employees and emerging talent, which is why we are looking for a professional and experienced Talent Manager to join our team.

We are a company that takes pride in our people, as it is our people who are at the centre of everything that we do.

The Talent Manager supports the global approach to internal talent development across Hilton Foods. Sitting within the central People & Culture team, this role plays a key part in enhancing and delivering internal development programmes, embedding the annual Talent & Succession cycle, strengthening succession health, and supporting the development of talent identification and succession processes through our HRIS.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

Project manage the development and rollout of global approaches to succession health, internal mobility, and career pathways, ensuring effective adoption across the organisation.
Own the coordination and continuous improvement of Hilton Foods’ internal talent development programmes with a primary focus on strengthening succession health and identifying emerging talent earlier and further down the organisation.
Project manage end-to-end programme cycles, from talent identification and nominations through to delivery, evaluation, and continuous improvement, ensuring programmes actively feed pipelines for critical and future roles.
Maintain robust data on talent pipelines and succession plans across pathways, providing clear visibility of bench strength, readiness, and risk at multiple organisational levels.
Deliver and continuously improve reporting on succession health and talent flow, enabling evidence-based decisions on where to develop internally, hire externally, borrow capability, or automate.
Support the annual Talent & Succession cycle by preparing toolkits, guidance, and upskilling capability to embed consistent talent identification and assessment practices.
Partner with HRIS and People & Culture systems teams to enhance talent and succession functionality (e.g. talent grids, critical roles, succession depth, readiness indicators), enabling scalable tracking and decision-making.

KEY EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

Experience in talent management, development programmes, or succession planning
Strong project management and organisational skills
Comfortable working with talent data and generating insight from HR systems
Confident communicator able to engage with stakeholders at all levels
Familiarity with talent identification frameworks such as 9-box grids or critical role mapping
Able to balance attention to detail with a strategic mindset

This fixed-term contract is offered till January 2027 to cover Maternity leave.

Passion. Performance. Innovation. Ambition. These are just some of the successful ingredients that make us who we are.

https://www.hiltonfoods.com/

About the Company

We are a leading international food and supply chain service partner to leading retailers, global brands and the food service sector. We believe in growth and success through partnership. We are an international business. • 7000+ skilled, dedicated employees • £3,847.6m revenue (2022) • 24 modern, high-performance facilities • Serving over 19 markets internationally, working in partnership with leading retail and foodservice brands We have a unique multi-category offer across our 5 pillars of meat; seafood, vegan & ... Know more