About the Company
A global FMCG organisation is seeking a hands‑on, high‑impact HR Business Partner to support a major period of transformational change. This is a fast‑paced, delivery‑focused role supporting both blue‑ and white‑collar populations in a unionised environment.
About the Role - Contractor role can be remote until the end of the year
This is not admin. Not a task‑taking role. This is for someone who owns work, drives outcomes, brings structure and delivers exceptional documentation across complex people matters.
Responsibilities
* Partner with senior leaders and across a mixed workforce
* Support restructuring, workforce planning, performance, talent and wider people initiatives
* Build strong relationships with trade unions and support union engagement
* Deliver confident HR advice during change programmes
* Support ER cases (grievances, disciplinaries, performance) with high‑quality written outputs
* Produce clear investigations, case summaries and stakeholder briefs
* Bring pace, judgement and clarity where work needs direction
* Support delivery of the UK People Plan in a global matrix environment
Qualifications and skills
* Strong HRBP experience in global FMCG, industrial or similar high‑performance environments
* Proven experience with unionised blue‑ and white‑collar teams
* Solid UK ER expertise and confidence handling complex cases
* Able to influence senior leaders and act as a trusted advisor
* Exceptional written communication — structured, accurate, clear
* Highly organised, proactive, and confident driving work independently
* Experience with HR systems (Workday ideal)
* CIPD Level 5+ or equivalent experience
* Exceptional written communication — structured, accurate, clear
* Highly organised, proactive, and confident driving work independently
* Experience with HR systems (Workday ideal)
We are committed to diversity and inclusivity.