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Human Resources Business Partner
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Job Title
We are seeking an experienced and commercially minded HR Business Partner to support our UK operations across both frontline operational (blue-collar) and professional (white-collar) employee groups.
Job Description
This role is available on a fixed term basis initially - 12-14 months
Partnering closely with operational leaders and functional management teams, the HR Business Partner acts as a trusted advisor, driving people strategies that support business performance, employee engagement, organisational effectiveness, and a positive workplace culture.
This is a hands-on role operating in a fast-paced, multi-site environment, where success depends on building strong relationships, influencing decision-making, and balancing strategic priorities with operational HR delivery.
The HR Business Partner plays a key role in shaping and delivering people initiatives that attract, develop, engage and retain talent, while ensuring compliance with employment legislation and company policies.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Business Partnering
- Partner with operational and functional leaders to deliver people strategies aligned to business objectives.
Employee Relations & Employment Law
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- Provide expert guidance on a wide range of employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, absence management, performance management and workplace investigations.
Change, Transformation & Organisational Effectiveness
- Lead and support organisational change initiatives, restructures, acquisitions, integrations and business transformation projects.
Talent, Performance & Development
- Partner with leaders to attract, retain and develop high-performing talent.
Reward, Recognition & Wellbeing
- Provide guidance on compensation, reward and recognition programmes.
HR Projects & Continuous Improvement
- Lead or contribute to HR projects that improve processes, systems and employee experience.
Knowledge & Experience
- Significant experience operating in an HR Business Partner or similar role.
- Strong experience supporting both/either operational and professional employee populations within a multi-site environment.
- Comprehensive knowledge of UK employment law and employee relations.
- Experience managing complex ER cases and workplace investigations.
- Experience supporting organisational change, restructures and TUPE transfers.
- Demonstrable experience partnering with leaders to improve business and people outcomes.
- Strong understanding of performance management, talent development and organisational effectiveness.
- Experience working within fast-paced operational environments such as logistics, services, manufacturing, distribution or field-based operations is advantageous.
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Skills & Competencies
- Commercially aware with the ability to connect people strategies to business objectives.
- Highly credible with excellent relationship-building and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong coaching, influencing and negotiation abilities.
- Confident working with ambiguity and competing priorities.
- Excellent problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Strong analytical capability with experience using HR data and metrics to drive insight.
- Effective communicator with the ability to engage employees and leaders at all levels.
- Resilient, adaptable and solutions-focused.
Qualifications
- CIPD Level 5 or Level 7 qualified (or equivalent experience).
- Degree-level education desirable.
- Full UK driving licence and willingness to travel regularly across UK locations.
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