HR Business Partner – Regional covering the North West (Silloth) and Scotland
Location: (travel within assigned region, with occasional travel to other areas of the UK)
Salary and Benefits: Competitive package supporting wellbeing, development, and work–life balance
At Whitworth Food Group, we’re proud to nourish the nation through our diverse family of businesses—including Whitworth Brothers, Carr’s Flour Mills, and KTC. From over 130 years of flour‑milling heritage to our industry‑leading edible oils, world‑class food ingredients, and trusted consumer brands, we’re a group that continues to grow, invest, and innovate
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Whether you’re behind the wheel delivering our products, keeping production running across our sites, or supporting operations from our offices, you’ll play a vital part in a dynamic, market‑leading organisation committed to feeding households, supporting manufacturers, and supplying retailers across the UK and beyon
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What We're Looking
For
You’ll help create a culture where colleagues feel valued and able to thrive, role‑modelling safe working and offering thoughtful, supportive coaching to managers so they can lead with confidence and care. Building close, trusted partnerships with the Operations Leadership Team to ensure our people strategy truly supports the needs of the business. You’ll also guide organisational design, workforce planning and change activity, while leading key talent processes such as succession planning, capability development and collaboration with Learning & Development to shape meaningful, relevant train
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You’ll nurture a positive, inclusive employee experience grounded in engagement, wellbeing and continuous improvement. With a calm, professional approach, you’ll manage complex ER matters up to ET level, support industrial relations, and contribute to fair performance, pay and recognition practices. Using insight‑led data, you’ll strengthen decision‑making and productivity, while working closely with the wider HR team to ensure our policies are applied consistently, compliantly and with integrity. Above all, you’ll play an important part in a supportive, connected UK‑wide HR community, helping our operational sites and colleagues flou
rish.
Required S
- kills:
Strong hands-on Employee Relations experience up to tribuna - l levelSignificant Trade Union experience including collective consultation and legacy agr
- eementsPreference for manufacturing or operational bac
- kgroundConfident partnering with operational leaders on people s
- trategyExperience supporting organisational change, talent, inclusion, engagement and perf
- ormanceStrong coaching capability with clear, balanced
- adviceData-driven and organised with ability to manage multiple pri
- oritiesCommitment to safety, fairness and continuous impr
- ovementAble to travel within region and occasionally
UK-wide
Why join o
- ur team?
Stability & Growth: We’re a trusted name in the industry with a proud - heritage.Team Spirit: Friendly, supportive colleagues who value what you bring to t
- he table.Opportunities for Everyone: From drivers and engineers to finance and HR—there’s a place for
- you here.Competitive Pay & Benefits: Because your hard work deserves rec
ognition.
Ready to be part of someth
ing bigger?Apply today and start your journey with the Whitworth