HR Business Partner

TEAM; Worcester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £65,000–£75,000 p.a.

Key member of UK leadership team

Job summary

TEAM is seeking an HR Business Partner in the United Kingdom to shape the HR agenda within a manufacturing and engineering environment. You will report to the EMEA HR Director and work with a global centre of excellence to extend your remit into Europe as the role evolves.

You will turn strategy into actionable plans, partner with senior stakeholders on employee relations and resourcing, and use data to drive proactive workforce decisions.

Qualifications

• Level 7 CIPD qualification or equivalent with senior HR generalist experience
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and complex ER cases
• Experience in workforce and talent planning and leading organisational change
• Strategic thinker with experience delivering HR change projects
• Excellent HRIS/data capability; Workday experience is a plus
• Senior stakeholder coaching, communication and presentation skills; French language advantageous

Responsibilities

• Turn the wider people strategy into practical operational plans aligned with long-term business objectives
• Partner with managers and senior stakeholders on complex employee relations, resourcing, talent and organisational matters
• Use workforce data and management information to support proactive decision‑making, workforce planning and recruitment needs
• Keep policies and practices aligned with UK employment legislation while strengthening compliance, controls and risk management
• Support organisational change, succession, leadership development, inclusion, wellbeing, restructuring and cultural development programmes
• Collaborate with wider EMEA centres of excellence on reward, learning and development, coaching and other business‑wide initiatives
• Drive ongoing workforce planning to forecast talent and recruitment needs
• Working with business leaders to ensure competitive compensation and reward initiatives are considered
• Proactively identifying and supporting HR compliance and controls and mitigating risk

Skills

Senior generalist HR

UK employment law

Workforce planning

Talent planning

Strategic organisational change

HRIS / data analytics

Workday experience

Stakeholder coaching

French language advantageous

Education

Level 7 CIPD qualification or equivalent

Tools

Workday

HRIS systems

Job description

The best people strategies do more than support a business, they give leaders the insight, capability and confidence to make better decisions. As an HR Business Partner, you'll have the influence to shape the HR agenda within an established manufacturing and engineering environment.

Reporting to the EMEA HR Director, you'll combine strategic input with hands‑on operational responsibility, becoming a key member of the UK leadership team. You'll also work alongside a global centre of excellence, partnering with talent, HRIS and total reward, with the opportunity for your remit to expand into Europe as the position evolves.

What's in it for you

• Salary of £65,000 - £75,000 per annum
• Influential position as a key member of the UK leadership team
• Opportunity to shape and implement the people strategy for around 200 UK employees
• Partnering to a wider global centre of excellence across talent, learning, HRIS, business partnering and total reward
• Scope to broaden your remit into Europe as the position evolves
• Opportunity to influence workforce planning, leadership development, succession, wellbeing and organisational change

Your responsibilities as HR Business Partner

• Turn the wider people strategy into practical operational plans aligned with long-term business objectives
• Partner with managers and senior stakeholders on complex employee relations, resourcing, talent and organisational matters
• Use workforce data and management information to support proactive decision‑making, workforce planning and recruitment needs
• Keep policies and practices aligned with UK employment legislation while strengthening compliance, controls and risk management
• Support organisational change, succession, leadership development, inclusion, wellbeing, restructuring and cultural development programmes
• Collaborate with wider EMEA centres of excellence on reward, learning and development, coaching and other business‑wide initiatives
• Drive ongoing workforce planning to forecast talent and recruitment needs
• Working with business leaders to ensure competitive compensation and reward initiatives are considered
• Proactively identifying and supporting HR compliance and controls and mitigating risk

What we’re looking for in a HR Business Partner

• Level 7 CIPD qualification or equivalent, with senior generalist HR experience ideally gained within manufacturing, FMCG or engineering
• Strong knowledge and practical application of UK employment law, including managing complex employee relations cases
• Experience of workforce planning, succession, talent planning and implementing strategic organisational change
• Strategic thinking and experience of implementing HR change projects
• Strong HRIS and workforce data capability with excellent attention to detail; Workday experience would be highly advantageous
• Effective senior stakeholder coaching, communication and presentation skills, with French or another European language advantageous but not essential
• Occasional travel will be required.