HR Business Partner

ABN Feeds; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global food processing company is seeking an HR Business Partner to join its Business Technology Services in Peterborough. This role involves strategic HR guidance, reward management, and driving organisational change within a collaborative environment. The ideal candidate will have proven HRBP experience and expertise in employee relations and inclusion initiatives. This hybrid position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on the business's success.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an HR Business Partner, ideally in technology.
• Strong expertise in salary benchmarking and benefits management.
• Advanced knowledge of employment law and employee relations.
• Experience in driving diversity, wellbeing, and inclusion initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted HR partner providing strategic guidance.
• Lead on reward activities, ensuring fairness and compliance.
• Support organisational design and change management programmes.
• Drive Diversity, Wellbeing & Inclusion initiatives

Skills

HR Business Partner experience

Reward and compensation expertise

Employee relations knowledge

Organisational change experience

Strong coaching and influencing skills

Tools

SuccessFactors

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Overview

Job title: HR Business Partner

Location: Peterborough (Hybrid)

This is an exciting opportunity to join ABF’s Business Technology Services at a pivotal stage in its transformation journey. As a trusted HR Business Partner, you will play a key role in shaping HR delivery within a growing, international technology function.

Working in a small, collaborative HR team, you will partner with leaders to drive organisational change, deliver effective reward strategies, and foster an inclusive and supportive culture. This role offers the chance to influence at both strategic and operational levels, making a tangible impact on BTS’s people and business success.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted HR partner to BTS leaders, providing strategic guidance and pragmatic advice.
• Lead on reward activity, including pay benchmarking, job evaluation, bonus processes and benefits management.
• Manage the annual reward cycle, ensuring fairness, consistency, and compliance with ABF policies and legislation.
• Produce accurate HR and reward reporting, including gender pay gap analysis and other compliance requirements.
• Support organisational design, workforce planning, and change management programmes to enable BTS’s growth.
• Drive Diversity, Wellbeing & Inclusion initiatives, delivering the annual calendar and leading engagement activities.
• Support, advise and coach line managers in employee relations matters ensuring efficient resolution of cases.
• Contribute to HR projects and collaborate with colleagues to meet peaks in workload within the HR team.

Requirements

• Proven experience as an HR Business Partner, ideally within a technology-related business or function.
• Strong expertise in reward and compensation, including salary benchmarking, bonus cycles, and benefits management.
• Advanced knowledge of employee relations and employment law, with experience managing ER cases.
• Demonstrated experience in organisational change, design and restructures.
• Familiarity with diversity, wellbeing, and inclusion practices, with a track record of delivering initiatives.
• Strong coaching, influencing, and relationship-building skills with stakeholders at all levels.
• Commercial awareness and business acumen, balancing people priorities with business needs.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and provide insight.
• Proficiency in SuccessFactors, Microsoft Teams, and the wider Microsoft Office suite.
• Resilient, adaptable, and organised with the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

About the Company

Associated British Foods Business Technology Services are continually reviewing our benefits to ensure our staff feel rewarded.

Associated British Foods is a global giant when it comes to the world of food processing and retail. Our ingredients division is the world’s second-largest producer of both sugar and baker’s yeast and our grocery brands occupy leading positions across the globe meaning that, in the UK, nine out of ten households use our brands.

Associated British Foods Business Technology Services (BTS) was first established in 2008 to deliver a centralised IT infrastructure and service to our fellow ABF businesses. We have now grown and operate in over 185 locations spread across 23 countries supported by a fantastic team of nearly 200. Our customers are at the heart of everything we do and we’re looking for people who are eager to join us in supporting and delivering this vision.

We’re looking for dedicated and conscientious people who embrace and live our values. If you are an individual who thrives in a collaborative, trusting and pioneering work environment, ABF could be the right company for you.

Making your application

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ABF BTS recruitment is supported by our AB Agri group and we politely request no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We have a PSL and do not accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.