HR Business Partner

JAM Recruitment Ltd; Rugby; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent Benefits

Job summary

JAM Recruitment Ltd in Rugby seeks an experienced HR Business Partner to support a global logistics and supply chain operation across multiple UK sites. This full-time, hybrid role delivers commercially focused people solutions to drive performance, with responsibility for organisational design, workforce planning and change management.

You will partner with senior operational leaders, manage complex employee relations, and influence tenders and contract mobilisations.

Qualifications

• Proven HR Business Partner experience within a complex, multi-site, fast-paced organisation.
• Experience in 3PL/contract logistics, manufacturing, FMCG, transport or warehousing.
• Experience working with Trade Unions.
• Experience supporting tenders, contract mobilisation or renewals.
• Strong commercial acumen and understanding of how people decisions affect business performance.
• Ability to operate at a strategic level and influence leadership.
• Experience across multiple sites or dispersed workforce.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior operational leaders to deliver people strategy across Contract Logistics.
• Provide strategic HR advice, coaching and constructive challenge to managers and leadership teams.
• Take ownership of key people projects, including organisational change, restructures and new business mobilisation.
• Support talent management, succession planning and development of internal and external talent pipelines.
• Build relationships with Trade Unions and local colleague groups.
• Manage and support complex employee and industrial relations matters.
• Use HR data and metrics to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
• Work with HR Centres of Excellence and Shared Services.
• Support tenders, contract renewals and business development activity.
• Interact with customers during tenders and renewals.
• Challenge organisational design and people decisions to support performance and profitability.
• Lead people workstreams through periods of business change and continuous improvement.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Commercial acumen

HRBP experience

Multi-site workforce

Change management

Union relations

Tender support

Job description

The HR Business Partner position in Rugby supports a global logistics and supply chain firm, covering its Contract Logistics division across multiple UK sites. This full-time, hybrid role offers a salary between £60,000 and £70,000, plus excellent benefits. Working closely with senior operational leaders, the post-holder will deliver commercially focused people solutions, offering insight and challenge to drive business performance. Responsibilities span organisational design, workforce planning, and change management, requiring a strategic mindset that extends beyond conventional HR practice. Candidates should possess strong stakeholder management skills and a record of influencing commercial outcomes. This role suits a seasoned professional seeking genuine impact on growth and operational success across a significant multi-site business. HR Business Partner Location: Multi site UK Salary: £60,000–£70,000 Excellent Benefits Working Pattern: Hybrid / multi-site The Opportunity is with a leading global logistics and supply chain organisation is looking to appoint an experienced and commercially minded HR Business Partner to support its Contract Logistics operation. This is a strategic HRBP position, working closely with senior operational leaders across a significant multi-site business. The successful candidate will provide insight, challenge and commercially focus HR solutions that support both people and business performance. This is an excellent opportunity for an HR professional who wants to move beyond traditional HR partnering and have a genuine influence on commercial performance, organisational design, growth and change.

The Role As HR Business Partner, you will:

• Partner with senior operational leaders to deliver the people strategy across Contract Logistics.
• Provide strategic HR advice, coaching and constructive challenge to managers and leadership teams.
• Take ownership of key people projects, including organisational change, restructures and new business mobilisation.
• Support talent management, succession planning and the development of internal and external talent pipelines.
• Build strong relationships with Trade Unions and local colleague representative groups.
• Manage and support complex employee and industrial relations matters.
• Use HR data and metrics to identify trends, risks and opportunities across the operation.
• Work collaboratively with HR Centres of Excellence and Shared Services.
• Support new business tenders, contract renewals and business development activity.
• Work directly with customers where required, including presenting and supporting the HR proposition during tenders and renewals.
• Challenge organisational design and people decisions to ensure they support operational performance and profitability.
• Lead people workstreams through periods of business change and continuous improvement.

About You:

We're looking for an experienced HR professional who can operate confidently at a strategic level.

You’ll ideally bring:

• Proven HR Business Partner experience within a complex, multi site, fast-paced organisation.
• 3PL, contract logistics, manufacturing, FMCG, transport, warehousing experience.
• Proven experience working with recognised Trade Unions.
• Experience supporting tenders, contract mobilisation, contract renewals or customer-facing business development.
• Strong commercial acumen and an understanding of how people decisions impact business performance and P&L.
• Significant experience supporting operational or blue‑c
• Strong employee relations and industrial relations experience.
• Experience of organisational change, restructuring and ideally TUPE.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge senior leaders constructively.
• Experience working across multiple sites or a geographically dispersed workforce.
• Strong talent management and succession planning experience.
• Excellent communication, presentation and relationship-building skills.
• The confidence to operate directly with customers and commercial stakeholders.

A strong communicator who can build trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders. If you're an experienced HRBP looking for a role where you can genuinely influence commercial performance, organisational design, growth and change, we'd be interested in hearing from you.