UK & Ireland HRBP Associate

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.

We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment.

We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success.

Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Location: Hook, UK (Hybrid)

Position Description:

This role offers a combined role of strategic HR business partnering and benefits and fleet management for Elanco’s UK and Ireland operations in partnership with third-party providers.

You will be responsible for the overall management of benefit and fleet programs, ensuring they are competitive, cost-effective and aligned with the global benefits strategy.

This role also includes providing HRBP support to designated client groups, leading key HR projects and supporting the Irish payroll process.

Key responsibilities:

UK & Ireland Benefits Management:


* Manage & administer all employee benefits programs, including pension plans, insurance products, healthcare plans, flexible benefits, leave policies, wellness programs.


* Partner with third-party providers and brokers to evaluate and select fit for purpose benefit offering, balancing a competitive benefit program offering with cost-effectiveness.


* Oversee the annual UK Flexible Benefit renewal process, including portal updates, testing, and employee communications.


* Manage vendor relationships, ensuring service level agreements are met and all necessary documentation (SOWs, approvals, market reviews, legal reviews) are in place.


* Responsible for ensuring that the benefit choices with a compensation impact are coordinated and recorded appropriately between the benefit, HCM and payroll systems.


* Collaborate with Finance and invoicing teams on benefit cost accounting, accruals, and planning.

Address supplier invoice queries.


* Act as Tier 2 point of contact for employees for benefit related questions, where these cannot be answered by 3rd party provider or Tier 1 ESC.


* Lead the UK defined Contribution pension scheme governance program.

UK & Ireland Fleet program:


* Own the UK/Ireland fleet policy, ensuring compliance with the Global Fleet policy and partnering with internal stakeholders.


* Manage the relationship with Elanco’s fleet provider, ensuring SLA compliance and managing the escalation of...