C&C Group plc is a premium drinks company which owns, manufactures, markets and distributes a unique portfolio of beer and cider brands in its home markets and across the globe. You probably know us best from brands like Bulmers, Magners and Tennent’s.

Overview

This role partners with leaders across Marketing, Commercial, Finance, Tech & Data, Legal and CoSec to translate and deliver people priorities in a way that strengthens performance, capability and culture. As a People Partner, you act as a trusted advisor, combining commercial insight, challenge and support to help leaders build effective teams and make confident, well-judged people decisions. The role is forward-looking and grounded in practical action, focused on improving team effectiveness, developing leaders, building capability and shaping a great colleague experience.

About the Role

• Translate the People Plan into clear, function‑specific priorities that support performance and growth.
• Partner closely with leaders, providing insight, challenge and practical advice.
• Use people and business data to identify priorities, risks and future opportunities.
• Align structures, roles, capabilities and ways of working to current and future business needs.
• Support talent, succession and capability planning aligned to business and future skill needs.
• Partner with Talent to shape learning, development and resourcing solutions for evolving capability needs.
• Provide people and business insight to support fair, consistent reward decisions.
• Enable inclusive, engaging and accountable team environments.
• Coach leaders to own engagement and drive meaningful improvements in team climate and performance.
• Provide commercially grounded people guidance, addressing issues early and consistently with ER support.

About You

• Strong commercial acumen, linking people decisions to business outcomes, risks and opportunities.
• Ability to translate strategy into clear, people‑focused decisions and advice.
• Confident using people and business data to identify priorities and trends.
• Effective communicator who influences and builds strong stakeholder relationships.
• Experienced in supporting organisational change as roles and capabilities evolve.
• Forward‑thinking, with insight into future capability and workforce needs.
• Adaptable and solutions‑focused in a fast‑paced, changing environment.
• Able to manage multiple priorities while driving delivery and execution.
• Confident with digital tools and interested in emerging people technologies.
• Strong working knowledge of employment law, applied pragmatically with specialists.
• Travel will be required to ensure effective partnership with your business areas and to stay closely connected to the teams you support.

About Us

Operating through the Matthew Clark, Bibendum, Tennent’s and Bulmers Ireland brands, the Group has a market leading range, scale and reach including an intimate understanding of the markets it serves. 

From grass to glass, and everything in between, we grow, brew, manufacture, market, and deliver some of the world’s favourite drinks. C&C Group’s portfolio of owned/exclusive brands include: Bulmers, the leading Irish cider brand; Tennent’s, the leading Scottish beer brand; Magners the premium international cider brand; as well as a range of fast-growing, premium and craft ciders and beers, such as Heverlee, Menabrea, Five Lamps and Orchard Pig. 

We seek to champion and embed sustainability in everything that we do at C&C. While delivering joy to customers, we always shine a light on people and the planet. We have a clear ESG vision delivering to a better world. We respect, support, and develop all our people to be their best, with a focus on results by creating a culture of winning together.

We also recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to delivering on our mission. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process.

C&C Group (and inclusive companies) do not accept unsolicited CVs from recruiters or employment agencies in response to any of our roles. For help, please contact our Talent Acquisition Team at careers@candcgroup.com. All applications need to come through the candidate portal https://careers.candcgroupplc.com/vacancies/