HR Business Partner

DHL Supply Chain; Northampton; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car / car allowance

Private healthcare

26 days holiday

Bonus

Flexible working - talk at interview

Pension scheme with employer/employee

Job summary

DHL Supply Chain in Northampton is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to support a 500+ workforce across multiple sites. You will partner with senior leaders, deliver strategic and hands-on HR solutions, and drive engagement in a fast-paced operational environment.

Based primarily on site, you will build relationships, influence stakeholders, manage employee relations, and support workforce planning, governance, and payroll processes while promoting a positive workplace culture.

Qualifications

• Strong HR Business Partner experience in a customer-centric, operational environment.
• Experience managing employee relations and complex people matters.
• Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels and coach managers.

Responsibilities

• Support employee satisfaction, performance, retention and effective site communication.
• Lead ER initiatives and manage union relationships at multiple sites.
• Deliver HR priorities: labour flexibility, payroll optimization, T&Cs standardisation.
• Support start-ups, business wins/losses and transfers with HR solutions.
• Ensure robust performance management including sickness, disciplinary and grievances.
• Assist managers with workforce planning, organisation design and resource forecasting.

Skills

HR Business Partner

Employee relations

Stakeholder management

Coaching managers

Union relationship management

Education

CIPD qualified or equivalent

CIPD studying

Job description

Location: Northampton

Role covers 4 sites - Northampton sites being the regular travel, there is some requirement to travel to Huntingdon and occasionally to Basingstoke

Package includes Car/Car allowance, 26 days holiday, Private Healthcare, Bonus

Are you an experienced HR Business Partner who enjoys working in a fast-paced operational environment? We're looking for a confident HR professional to join our team. Partnering with senior leaders, you'll provide both strategic and hands-on HR support across a workforce of 500+ colleagues covering 2 main sites across Northampton Based primarily on site, you'll build strong relationships, drive engagement, and deliver practical people solutions that support business performance.

Grade: RCS J

Contract Type: Permanent (Full-Time)

Location: Northampton

Role covers 4 sites - Northampton sites being the regular travel, there is some requirement to travel to Huntingdon and occasionally to Basingstoke

Package includes Car/Car allowance, 26 days holiday, Private Healthcare, Bonus

Are you an experienced HR Business Partner who enjoys working in a fast-paced operational environment? We're looking for a confident HR professional to join our team. Partnering with senior leaders, you'll provide both strategic and hands‑on HR support across a workforce of 500+ colleagues covering 2 main sites across Northampton Based primarily on site, you'll build strong relationships, drive engagement, and deliver practical people solutions that support business performance.

You’ll bring strong employee relations experience, the ability to manage complex people matters, and a passion for coaching and developing managers. Experience in a unionised environment would be beneficial, along with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.

If you're looking for a role where you can make a real impact and help shape a positive workplace culture, we'd love to hear from you.

What Your Day Could Involve

• Support with employee satisfaction, performance, retention and effective communication at sites.
• Support the ER agenda and lead / support relationships and key processes with unions at sites.
• Deploy the Business HR Priorities, as directed e.g. labour flexibility, OMS, LPMC, payroll optimisation, T&C's standardisation.
• Provide HR support to start ups and business wins, losses and transfers.
• Ensure employee performance management (sickness, discipline, grievance) is robustly supported.
• Support managers to develop and deliver solutions for workforce planning and management including organisation design, forecasting resourcing needs, agency and identifying future talent requirements.
• Act as an advisor to managers to support compliance with HR policies.

What We Need From You

• Strong HR Business Partner experience within a customer‑centric, operational environment
• Proven union relationship management and pay negotiations experience- desirable
• Solid ER expertise across performance management, disciplinaries, grievances and attendance
• High energy with a genuine passion for culture, engagement and visible HR presence
• Credible influencer, able to challenge and support senior leaders
• Experience building management capability through coaching and pragmatic advice
• Resilient and adaptable, comfortable working at pace
• CIPD studying, qualified or equivalent level of professional HR knowledge
• Clear, confident communication skills with the ability to build trust at all levels

WHY JOIN US?

• Use of a company car (or car allowance) including hybrid and electric vehicles
• Private Medical Insurance
• 26 days annual leave with the option to buy additional days
• Discretionary bonus based on performance
• We're happy to talk about flexible working – just ask about alternative patterns at interview
• Join our generous pension scheme and benefit from an 8% employer contribution, alongside a 4% employee contribution
• Free confidential 24/7 GP consultations
• Hundreds of retail and lifestyle discounts
• Affordable loans, savings schemes and free mortgage advice
• Visit https://careers.dhl.com/global/en/working-at-dhl-supply-chain to learn more

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