HR Business Partner

GXO Logistics; Newark on Trent; On-site; GBP 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics provider seeks an HR Business Partner for their Newark contract. This role involves strategic and operational support for HR activities across a significant workforce, requiring strong negotiation skills and stakeholder collaboration. The successful candidate will enjoy a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package in a dynamic and flexible environment.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Company car or car allowance

Company-sponsored pension scheme

Private medical and dental insurance

Access to GXO University for skill development

Qualifications

• Experienced HR Business Partner in a large logistics environment.
• Ability to communicate and influence varied stakeholders.
• Commitment to delivering great colleague experience.

Responsibilities

• Work with stakeholders to integrate HR practices and drive engagement.
• Provide consultancy and advisory services to operational teams.
• Lead HR programmes including talent development and recruitment.

Skills

People-related change

Influencing stakeholders

Mentoring

Negotiating with Trade Unions

Job description

Are you an experienced HR leader who prides yourself on your ability to effectively drive people strategy across a large contract? Ready for a new challenge? Do you want to make a difference?

GXO are currently looking for a HR Business Partner to join us on our Currys contract in Newark. As HR Business Partner, you'll provide both strategic and operational HR support to our customer, Operations Director and General Managers with HR responsibility for a contract of circa 2000 colleagues across this large contract. You will also work alongside a great HR team, responsible for supporting the design and delivery of a consistent framework for people-related activity within the contract and the wider business.

This is a full-time, permanent position, working 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. However, this is a 24/7 operation, soyou’ll need to offer a level of flexibility in terms of working hours – no twoweeks are the same,this is logistics after all!

Pay, benefits and more:

You’ll be paid a salary of up to £65,000 per annum, you’ll also receive 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), as well as the option to buy additional days so you can enjoy a positive work-life balance. Your benefits package includes a company car or car allowance of £505 per calendar month, a company-sponsored pension scheme, private medical and dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more. You’ll also have access to our GXO University, which provides you with the opportunity to learn new skills and gain qualifications at a pace that you’re comfortable with. There’s also our continued focus on internal promotions, over 55% last year!

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Work closely with internal and external stakeholders to integrate HR practices, drive the engagement agenda, and champion people-related change and organisational design activities

• Act as a confidant, influencer, and enabler for the Operations Director and General Managers, allowing them to make calculated, evidenced and commercially focused people-related decisions

• Ensure that our HR teams are providing an effective and efficient consultancy and advisory service to our operational teams, acting as a key mentor, coach, and go-to escalation point

• Facilitate, lead, and drive programmes across the colleague lifecycle, including talent development and succession planning, colleague engagement and recognition, and recruitment and retention.

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Be an experienced HR Business Partner with a background in leading an HR team and overseeing HR activity within a large logistics, distribution, or supply chain operation

• Experience of working and negotiating with Trade Unions

• The ability to effectively communicate with and influence a variety of internal and external stakeholders at all levels and via a variety of mediums

• A genuine belief in, and commitment to, delivering a great colleague experience across all people-related activities

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