Elevation Recruitment Group
Human Resources Director
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HR Director
Manchester | Executive Leadership Team | Multi-site Business
Salary Guide: £85,000 - £90,000 plus car, bonus, and package
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a successful, privately owned, multi-site organisation embarking on a significant phase of growth and transformation.
This newly created HR Director role will lead the people agenda across a growing portfolio of businesses, partnering closely with the Managing Director and Executive Leadership Team to shape organisational capability, leadership, culture, and workforce strategy.
This is a rare opportunity for an ambitious senior HR leader looking to step into their first HR Director position, or an existing HR Director seeking a broader, commercially focused challenge.
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The Role
As HR Director, you will:
- Develop and deliver a commercially aligned people strategy to support ambitious growth plans.
- Partner with senior leaders to influence organisational design, workforce planning, and leadership capability.
- Lead talent acquisition, succession planning, and leadership development initiatives.
- Support organisational growth, integration, and change across multiple business units.
- Strengthen HR operations, systems, governance, and people processes.
- Lead and develop an established HR team while remaining close to the operational business.
About You
We're looking for a commercially minded HR leader who:
- Has operated at senior HR leadership level within a multi-site or growing organisation.
- Can influence senior stakeholders and build credibility across diverse operational environments.
- Balances strategic thinking with a pragmatic, hands-on approach.
- Has experience across organisational development, talent, employee relations, and workforce planning.
- Thrives in fast-paced businesses where relationships and commercial judgement are key.
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Experience within engineering, manufacturing, or another operationally focused environment would be advantageous but is not essential.
The Opportunity
This role offers the chance to shape the future of a growing organisation, influence business strategy at executive level, and build a best-in-class people function with genuine executive visibility.
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