HR Business Partner

Role Overview

• Collaborating with business leaders to create and implement HR strategies that align with organisational goals and drive business performance.
• Maintaining positive employee relations and ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations, specifically within the context of the UK and the food industry.
• Providing expert advice on issues like performance management, grievances, disciplinary actions, and sickness absence.
• Leading talent and performance management activities.
• Managing succession planning and talent reviews to ensure a strong leadership pipeline and workforce stability.
• Driving the performance management cycle, providing support to managers, and facilitating employee capability development.
• Identifying training needs and implementing learning pathways.
• Championing DE&I and wellbeing to build an inclusive, safe, supportive and resilient culture.
• Providing HR leadership in organisational change initiatives, restructures, and continuous improvement projects.
• Analyzing HR metrics to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.

Requirements

• CIPD Level 5 in HR or related field
• Proven experience as an HR Business Partner, ideally within the food manufacturing or FMCG sector.
• Experience of working with high degree of confidentiality
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practices.
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced dynamic environment.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Proficient in HR systems (e.g. Workday, Cascade, Power BI) and Microsoft Office
• Experience of HR projects and change management.
• Coaching or mentoring experience.
• Willing to suggest and explore ways of improving existing processes and Systems.

Benefits

• Competitive benefit package