Europe Snacks is looking for an experienced, commercially minded HR Business Partner to join our team in Stevenage.
This is a hands-on partnering role for an HR professional who can build credibility with leaders, challenge constructively and turn people priorities into practical business outcomes.
You will work closely with managers and site leadership to build people capability, navigate complex employee relations, enable organisational change and deliver a people agenda aligned with our wider business objectives.
About Europe Snacks
At Europe Snacks Ltd, our people are at the heart of our success. We are proud to have been recognised as an ‘Outstanding Workplace’ in each of our last three consecutive Engagement Surveys - reflecting our continued commitment to creating a workplace where people feel valued, supported and able to thrive. Our values of Entrepreneurship, Excellence and Care shape how we work, how we lead and how we support each other every day.
As a leading name in the snacks industry, we are committed to fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence.
The Role
As HR Business Partner, you will take ownership of the HR agenda across the Stevenage site and build strong, trusted relationships with leaders, managers and UK HR colleagues.
- Business Partnering – Provide pragmatic, commercially focused HR advice and solutions while helping managers build their own people-management capability.
- Employee Relations – Support and advise on complex ER matters including absence, disciplinary, grievance, capability and performance, identifying and mitigating business risk.
- Organisational Change – Act as a champion and enabler of change, providing HR expertise on organisational design, restructuring, redundancy and wider business transformation.
- Performance & Talent – Partner with leaders to drive effective performance reviews, talent mapping, succession planning and the development and retention of future leaders.
- People Data & Insights – Use HR metrics and people data to help leaders understand trends, identify priorities and drive improvements.
- Recruitment – Partner with managers helping the business attract and secure the capability it needs.
- Engagement & Wellbeing – Champion engagement initiatives, contribute to wellbeing and employee forums and ensure actions translate into meaningful improvements.
- Policy & Best Practice – Help ensure our people policies remain aligned with current UK employment legislation and HR best practice.
- HR Projects – Lead and contribute to HR projects that improve our people practices and employee experience.
About You
We are looking for an experienced HR generalist who is comfortable operating both strategically and operationally with the ability to inspire and influence. You will also have;
- At least 5 years’ generalist HR experience across the employee lifecycle.
- Demonstrable experience of partnering with business leaders and managers.
- Strong knowledge of current UK employment law.
- Extensive experience managing complex employee relations cases.
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- Experience using HR systems, people data and reporting to support decision-making.
- CIPD Level 5 or above or equivalent professional experience.
- The confidence to challenge constructively, push back when necessary and hold the line when the business needs it.
Just as importantly, you will be resilient, adaptable and comfortable working at pace. You will communicate clearly, build credibility quickly and bring an entrepreneurial mindset to solving people and business challenges.
What we offer
- Salary of up to £55,000 DOE
- BUPA Health Care Plan
- NEST Pension
- AXA Life Insurance
- Digital reward platform with discounts and salary-sacrifice options
- Recognition and wellbeing programmes
- Professional development opportunities
- The opportunity to make a visible impact within a growing, people-focused business
Interested?
If you are an experienced HR professional looking for a role where you can genuinely partner with the business, influence leaders and help shape the people agenda, we would like to hear from you.