HR Business Partner

Greencore; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading convenience food manufacturer in the UK is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner for a fixed-term contract to support the Selby site. This role involves shaping people plans, managing employee relations in a fast-paced environment, and developing HR capabilities. Candidates should be CIPD-qualified with strong leadership experience and the ability to handle complex ER issues. The position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Competitive salary and job-related benefits

25 days Holidays + bank holidays

Pension up to 8% matched

Life insurance up to 4x salary

Company share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Exclusive employee discount platform

Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

Qualifications

• Solid HR leadership experience in a fast-paced, operational setting.
• Experience in a unionised environment.
• Practical and motivated by building manager capability.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with site leadership to shape and deliver people plans.
• Own the people agenda, ensuring standards are met and improved.
• Lead constructive relationships with trade unions and support negotiations.
• Manage labour planning and headcount to align with operational needs.

Skills

HR leadership experience

Strong ER pedigree

Workforce planning

Organisational development

Influencing and negotiating skills

Education

CIPD-qualified (MCIPD/FCIPD)

Job description

Why Greencore?

We're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better. We're a vibrant, fast-moving business with more than 13,300 colleagues across 16 manufacturing sites and 17 distribution depots, creating everything from sandwiches, soups and sushi to cooking sauces, pickles and ready meals. In FY24, that shared passion delivered revenues of 1.8bn.

Our Selby site is home to over 750 colleagues and a proud heritage. As the UK's number one manufacturer of private-label cooking sauces and pickles, we've been serving customers since 1914. Today, we produce more than 160 million units a year across 600 product lines for major retailers including Morrisons, Tesco and Asda.

We're looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to join us on a fixed-term contract, covering maternity leave from January 2026 for around 10.5 months. Because this role is rooted in our people and our day-to-day operations, you'll work full-time from our Selby site (YO8 5BJ).

What you'll be doing

• Working closely with the site leadership team to shape and deliver people plans that support day-to-day operations as well as longer-term priorities.
• Owning the people agenda on site, including engagement, ethics, compliance and culture, and making sure standards are met, measured and improved.
• Strengthening manager capability in a unionised environment through hands‑on coaching, clear guidance and confident handling of complex ER issues.
• Leading constructive relationships with trade unions and colleague representatives, supporting negotiations, pay reviews and consultation activity.
• Improving absence, retention and performance by using data, insight and proactive workforce planning to target the right interventions.
• Managing labour planning and headcount, ensuring resource, cost and utilisation stay aligned to the needs of a fast-moving operation.
• Driving succession and development for first‑line managers so capability, confidence and future talent are built from within.
• Leading and developing a dedicated on‑site HR team, keeping them focused, aligned and delivering consistently strong outcomes.

What we're looking for

• CIPD‑qualified (MCIPD/FCIPD) with solid HR leadership experience in a fast‑paced, operational setting.
• Strong ER pedigree, ideally in a unionised environment, with the confidence to handle complexity and challenge constructively.
• Sharp on workforce planning, organisational development and managing budgets in a live, production‑led context.
• Credible, resilient and unafraid to influence, negotiate and hold the line with stakeholders at every level.
• Hands‑on, practical and motivated by building manager capability, fixing problems quickly and keeping the operation moving.

We're not all the same at Greencore and our differences help us make every day taste better for all our stakeholders. We truly put our people at the core and are proud of our diversity.

What you'll get in return

• Competitive salary and job‑related benefits
• 25 days Holidays + bank holidays
• Pension up to 8% matched
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company share save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on‑the‑job training and development opportunities to further your career.

If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success.