HR Business Partner

Frank Wills Recruitment; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Frank Wills Recruitment is seeking a highly experienced HR Business Partner to join a busy, fast-paced operation in Merseyside. This onsite role requires building strong relationships with senior leaders, delivering practical people solutions and guiding workforce planning in a fast-moving environment, ideally with FMCG or manufacturing exposure.

You will provide day-to-day HR support, coach managers through complex employee relations cases, drive engagement and retention initiatives and

Qualifications

• Significant experience operating at HR Business Partner level in a fast-paced organisation.
• Strong experience managing complex employee relations cases across a range of situations.
• Proven ability to coach and influence senior stakeholders and managers.
• Solid understanding of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• CIPD qualification or equivalent professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders and managers to support 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 to resolution.
• Take ownership of complex cases from initial advice through to resolution.
• Support workforce planning, succession planning, and talent development.
• Review absence data and trends with managers to improve attendance.
• Support organisational change, restructuring 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 HR policies and continuous improvement across processes.

Skills

HRBP experience

Employee relations

Coaching managers

Stakeholder management

UK employment law

Communication

Data analysis

Power BI

MS Office

Education

CIPD Level 5 or 7

Tools

Power BI

HR systems

Microsoft Excel

Job description

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.