HR Business Partner

The Advocate Group; Swanwick CP; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The Advocate Group is recruiting an HR Business Partner for a global FMCG operation. You will partner with on-site leadership to shape workforce strategy, support workforce planning and lead employee relations across the production environment.

You will balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery, build credibility with managers and employee representatives, and drive a high-performance culture through coaching, development boards and succession planning.

Qualifications

• Proven HR Business Partner experience in a large, complex organisation.
• Strong employee relations expertise handling complex cases.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on delivery.
• Excellent stakeholder management with credibility at all levels.
• Resilience, solid judgement, and ability to prioritise.
• Solutions-focused mindset with coaching capability.

Responsibilities

• Partner with site leadership to understand operational goals and workforce requirements.
• Support workforce planning, hiring timelines, capability mapping and profiling.
• Provide expert advice on employee relations matters.
• Build relationships with managers and employee representatives in production.
• Embed high-performance culture through coaching and performance reviews.
• Support reward cycles, pay reviews and recognition processes.
• Identify learning needs and support capability initiatives for safety and compliance.
• Support governance, record keeping and reporting.

Skills

HRBP

Employee Relations

Stakeholder Mgmt

Coaching

Performance Mgmt

Change Management

Job description

Would you like to join one of the world's most iconic FMCG and confectionery businesses, home to some of the most recognisable brands loved by consumers across the globe?

With a rich heritage built on quality, innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit, this is an opportunity to join a high-performing organisation where people are at the heart of continued growth and success.

As the HR Business Partner, you will collaborate with Industrial leaders to help deliver the site's strategic objectives through effective, commercially focused people practices.

The Role:

• Partnering with site leadership to understand operational goals and workforce requirements
• Supporting workforce planning activity, including hiring timelines, capability mapping and resource profiling
• Providing expert advice and guidance across all employee relations matters
• Building strong relationships with managers and employee representatives, maintaining visible presence across the production environment
• Embedding a high-performance culture through coaching, performance review support, development boards and succession planning
• Supporting reward and recognition processes, including pay review and bonus cycles
• Identifying learning and development needs and supporting delivery of capability initiatives aligned to safety and compliance standards
• Supporting organisational development and audit activity, ensuring governance standards, accurate record keeping and effective reporting

About You:

• Proven HR Business Partner experience within a large, complex organisation
• Strong employee relations expertise with the ability to manage complex cases confidently and professionally
• The ability to balance strategic thinking with hands‑on operational delivery
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the credibility to influence at all levels
• Resilience, sound judgement and the ability to manage competing priorities independently
• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with strong coaching capability
• A passion for driving performance, engagement and continuous improvement across industrial teams

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.