HR Business Partner

Zachary Daniels; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 43,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

33 days holiday including bank holiday

Birthday off

4% matched pension contribution

Generous colleague discount

Health and wellbeing support

Learning and development opportunities

Volunteer day

Job summary

Zachary Daniels are partnering with a well-known UK retailer to recruit an experienced HR Business Partner to support their retail estate. This is a field-based role with a minimum of 3 days per week in stores, requiring hands-on engagement with Area Managers and Store Leaders.

You will translate commercial priorities into people plans, coach leaders, and lead the talent and performance agenda across your region, while supporting recruitment, onboarding and retention, and handling ER and

Qualifications

• HRBP with retail or multi-site background.
• Commercial partner to operational leaders.
• Confident coach with credibility with leaders.
• Strong employment law knowledge.
• Experience using people data to influence decisions.
• Willing to travel and spend 3 days per week in stores.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Area Managers and Store Leaders to translate commercial priorities into people plans.
• Advise on workforce planning, organisational design and capability.
• Coach leaders to build high-performing and engaged teams.
• Lead talent and performance agenda across the region, including succession planning.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, development and retention across stores.
• Provide guidance on ER and employment law matters.
• Use people data to identify challenges and drive action.
• Support engagement, wellbeing and recognition initiatives.
• Collaborate with People team and Shared Services for a consistent colleague experience.
• Lead and support broader people projects and change initiatives.

Skills

Commercial mindset

Stakeholder coaching

Employment law knowledge

People analytics

Multi-site experience

Travel readiness

Job description

Zachary Daniels are partnering with a well-known UK retailer to recruit an experienced HR Business Partner to support their retail estate.

This is a brilliant opportunity for a commercially minded HRBP who loves being out in the business, building relationships with operational leaders and really understanding what is happening across their stores.

You'll partner closely with Area Managers and Store Leadership teams, supporting them to get the very best from their people whilst helping to shape and deliver the wider people agenda.

This is a field-based role with the expectation that you'll spend a minimum of 3 days per week within stores, so you'll need to enjoy being visible, hands-on and close to the operation.

What you'll be doing:

• Partnering with Area Managers and Store Leaders to translate commercial priorities into clear people plans
• Acting as a trusted advisor across workforce planning, organisational design and capability
• Coaching and developing leaders to build high-performing and engaged teams
• Leading the talent and performance agenda across your region, including succession planning and identifying future talent
• Supporting recruitment, onboarding, development and retention across the retail estate
• Providing pragmatic and commercially focused advice across complex ER and employment law matters
• Using people data including turnover, absence, engagement and ER trends to identify challenges and drive action
• Supporting engagement, wellbeing and recognition initiatives across the business
• Working closely with the wider People team and Shared Services to ensure a consistent colleague experience
• Leading and supporting wider people projects and change initiatives

What we're looking for:

• An experienced HR Business Partner, ideally from retail or another fast-paced, multi-site environment
• Someone commercially minded who understands the realities of partnering an operational business
• A confident coach and influencer who can build credibility with leaders at all levels
• Strong employment law knowledge with experience managing complex ER
• Experience using people data and insight to influence decisions
• Someone organised, resilient and comfortable managing multiple priorities
• Happy to travel extensively across your region and spend a minimum of 3 days per week in stores

The package:

• Salary of £50,000
• Company car
• 33 days holiday including bank holidays, increasing with service
• Birthday off
• 4% matched pension contribution
• Generous colleague discount
• Enhanced family leave
• Health and wellbeing support
• Learning and development opportunities
• Charity volunteering day
• Plus a wider range of colleague benefits

This is a great opportunity for an HRBP who wants to be genuinely embedded within the operation, working with leaders to influence performance, develop talent and make a real impact across a large retail estate.