We are pleased to be working with a growing international business who have created a new post for a HR Business Partner to join their UK HR team.

You will be responsible for a manufacturing plant of c125 employees in Staffordshire. The role is hybrid, and our client would ideally like you onsite for at least 3 days per week but there is a degree of flexibility on this.

The role will report to a Snr HR Business Partner, who has a broader remit to oversee the wider division, so an ability to work with a fair amount of autonomy is required. The company is matrixed in structure and there will be some liaison with colleagues in overseas territories to ensure divisional strategies/initiatives are aligned with local ones.

As a HR Business Partner, you will be at the heart of key site projects, including the launch of their learning and development strategy, succession planning and collaborating with academies to bolster their employer brand in the industry.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Drive and facilitate a high-performance culture to improve organisational and people capability. Develop managers’ coaching and mentoring capability.
• Support delivery of change management, stakeholder communications and HR related projects (cross-functionally if applicable), aligned to the business strategy.
• Identify people risks and opportunities and intervening early through excellent understanding of the wider business context- KPIs, financial position, Business Intelligence, external market trends and themes.
• Offer expert advice to aid the resolution of complex employee relations issues.
• Improve organisational design based on business strategy, assess current and future state according to business need-succession, specific competencies, knowledge, skills and experience.
• Manage talent - ensure Individual Development Plans (IDPs) are in place and progress is regularly reviewed. Identify opportunities to promote cross business talent moves to support talent management and retention, ensure appropriate and attractive remuneration. There have a specialist Talent Acquisition and Talent Development teams in place which you will be able to work in conjunction with.
• Proactively seek to enhance the employee experience.
• Build and develop stakeholder relationships across the business and with relevant third parties i.e. Trade Union, Professional bodies.

Person specification

• Previous experience as a HR Business Partner within the UK is essential.
• Commercially minded HR practitioner
• Experience in talent matters – acquisition, development, management
• Experience in employee relations
• Union experience would be beneficial, but not essential as they have good relations with their union.
• Our client will welcome applications from outside the manufacturing industry, though having previous experience in blue-collar sectors will be a distinct advantage.

Our client will offer a competitive salary dependant on experience + bonus, 25 days holiday plus banks, excellent pension and lots of other benefits.