Harlow Timber Group investing in future leaders
Making a material difference by investing in our future leaders and developing our greatest asset – Our People.
At Harlow Timber Group we have 100 years of experience in the timber industry.
Our strength is our people and the knowledge coupled with the experience they share as they offer solutions to our customers every day. In our sector, people deal with people. New and established relationships are the lifeblood of our industry.
As an Independent Business and an Employee-Owned Trust, we actively encourage our colleagues to live by our TIMBER values; Teamwork, Integrity, Motivation, Belong, Environment and Reliable.
So how does Harlow Timber Group make a material difference?
With a workforce of over 530 people spread across 13 sites in the UK and an industry-wide skills shortage in constrution, Harlow Timber Group values the development of its people to their full potential.
We are passionate about developing our people through our apprenticeship scheme and were one of the first timber merchants to sign up to the BMF pledge for 5% of the workforce to be actively engaged in apprentices. We recently held our first celebration day for all those who recently completed their apprenticeships.
We have also launched our own bespoke Harlow Timber Group Management Development Programme where our colleagues across the Group atend 7 one-day modules over a 9-month period and we have developed our e-learning portal, Harlow Academy, to deliver both mandatory and aspirational learning.
Here are a few examples of how we are investing in our future leaders.
Our Group vision is to inspire our employees to exceed our customers’ expectations. We want them to be the best version of themselves and to realise their full potential. The team responsible for all aspects of our employees from recruitment, retention & reward to learning & development has recently been rebranded as The People Team, putting our greatest asset, our people, at the heart of everything that we do.
As an important part of new employee inductions everyone is required to complete mandatory training, both on their first day and first week via the Harlow Academy. This ensures that key modules are completed such as manual handling, fire safety, equality and diversity, health and safety, social media, and workplace wellbeing, to ensure consistency of understanding across the Group.
By joining our industry sector, you will have the opportunity to make an impact, to influence and be part of the future, to develop your skills and to use your energy and enthusiasm to make a material difference.
