We are seeking a commercially astute Senior HR Business Partner to lead the people agenda across two operational manufacturing sites within a fast-paced production environment.
Operating as a trusted strategic advisor to senior operational leaders, you will play a critical role in aligning people strategy with business priorities, enabling operational excellence, strengthening leadership capability, and supporting sustainable business growth.
This is a high-impact role within a complex operational environment, where your ability to balance strategic leadership with pragmatic, hands-on HR support will be essential.
You will also line manage an HR Business Partner, providing leadership, coaching, and oversight to ensure a high-performing HR service that effectively supports site operations.
Key Responsibilities
* Partner with senior site leadership teams to shape and deliver people strategies that directly support operational performance, productivity, and growth across two manufacturing sites.
* Translate group people strategy into site-level execution through effective workforce planning, organisational design, and capability development in collaboration with the People Centre of Excellence.
* Lead strategic workforce and succession planning to ensure the development and retention of critical talent and future capability across the sites.
* Provide expert, risk-based guidance on complex employee relations, employment legislation, and organisational change, supporting confident and compliant decision-making within a unionised or highly regulated operational environment.
* Drive a consistent and effective HR operating model across both sites, embedding governance, compliance, and best practice across all people processes.
* Lead, coach, and develop an HR Business Partner, building capability and ensuring strong HR delivery across day-to-day operational activity.
* Influence and support the implementation of performance management, talent development, and leadership capability initiatives in partnership with the wider HR team.
* Utilise people data, operational metrics, and insight to inform strategic decision-making, identify trends, and continuously improve the effectiveness of the people agenda.
About You
* CIPD qualified or equivalent experience.
* Significant HR Business Partner experience within a manufacturing, food production, FMCG, or operational environment.
* Demonstrated ability to influence and partner effectively with senior operational leaders.
* Strong commercial acumen with a clear understanding of the challenges within a production environment.
* Extensive experience managing complex employee relations issues and supporting organisational change.
* A pragmatic, solutions-focused approach with the ability to balance strategic thinking with operational delivery.
* Strong interpersonal, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.
This position is primarily site-based, with occasional work-from-home flexibility depending on business requirements.
What we offer:
* 31 Days holiday per year including bank holidays.
* Monday to Friday – 40 hours per week
* Great Place to Work accredited.
* Salary sacrifice pension scheme available
* Cinema and Sky Store discounts
* Supermarket & other retailer discounts
* Health Cash Plan
* Holiday discounts
* Life assurance & income protection
* Employee referral scheme
* Employee Assistant Programme
* Cycle to Work
* Eyecare contributions
* Electric car salary sacrifice scheme.
* Learning, development, and training opportunities including mentoring.
* Regular social and charity events
* Engagement in local community & early careers events
* Onsite health checks, & annual flu jabs
* Regular wellbeing sessions
We politely request no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.