HR Business Partner

HR Business Partner

Merseyside

Onsite role ( 1 day WFM )

We are looking for a highly experienced and commercially focused HR Business Partner to join a busy, fast-paced organisation.

This is an excellent opportunity for a confident HR professional who can build strong relationships with senior leaders and managers while delivering practical, commercially focused people solutions. Experience within FMCG, manufacturing or a similarly fast-moving environment would be highly advantageous.

Alongside providing day-to-day HR support, you will have the opportunity to contribute to wider HR projects, organisational improvements and strategic people initiatives.

Key responsibilities

* Partner with senior leaders and managers to support the delivery of business and people objectives.

* Provide commercially focused HR advice across a broad range of people matters.

* Coach and support managers through complex employee relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, absence, capability and performance matters.

* Take ownership of complex cases from initial advice through to resolution.

* Support workforce planning, succession planning, talent management and employee development.

* Review absence data, trends and trigger points, working with managers to improve attendance.

* Support organisational change, restructuring, consultation and transformation programmes.

* Use HR data and insight to identify trends, risks and opportunities for improvement.

* Drive employee engagement, performance and retention initiatives.

* Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of HR policies, processes and procedures.

* Support and lead HR projects across areas such as wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, talent, engagement and HR systems.

* Build trusted and credible relationships with stakeholders across the organisation.

* Ensure HR practices remain compliant with current UK employment legislation.

About you

* Significant experience operating at HR Business Partner level within a fast-paced organisation.

* Previous experience within FMCG, manufacturing, food production or a similar operational environment would be highly desirable.

* Strong experience managing complex employee relations cases.

* Confident coaching, challenging and influencing managers and senior stakeholders.

* Commercially minded, with the ability to balance employee needs, legal requirements and business priorities.

* Strong working knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.

* Experience supporting organisational change and business transformation.

* Able to manage a demanding workload, work autonomously and take accountability for outcomes.

* Strong analytical skills with experience interpreting HR data and identifying trends.

* Excellent communication, relationship-building and stakeholder-management skills.

* CIPD Level 5 or Level 7 qualified, or able to demonstrate equivalent professional experience.

* Strong Microsoft Office skills; experience using HR systems or Power BI would be advantageous