HR Business Partner - Manufacturing

The Hut Group; Warrington; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global ecommerce group seeks an HR Business Partner for its Manufacturing operations in Warrington. This role involves providing full-spectrum HR support, leading strategic projects, and enhancing performance culture within the team. The successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment and have extensive HR experience, ideally in manufacturing or logistics.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Benefits and growth opportunities

Global ambition and high growth division

Qualifications

• 5+ years of HR experience in a manufacturing or operational environment.
• Proven HR experience with strong employment law knowledge.
• Ability to coach and influence senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end people strategy and performance culture.
• Manage employee relations cases and coach managers.
• Use data for insights to support leadership decisions.

Skills

Generalist HR Experience

Employment Law Knowledge

Data Literacy

Coaching and Influencing

Job description

We are THG, a global ecommerce group on a mission to be the global online leader in beauty and sports nutrition.

Our portfolio of leading retailers and brands such as LOOKFANTASTIC, Myprotein, ESPA, Perricone MD, and Cult Beauty form our two core businesses: THG Beauty and THG Nutrition.

From Manchester to New York, we’re powered by a team of over 2500 people who work together, lead by example, and think BIG.

With us, you’ll go further, faster. What are you waiting for?

Role: HR Business Partner | Manufacturing

Base Location: THG Omega, Address: Skyline Dr, Burtonwood, Warrington WA5 3TP

We’re THG Nutrition – the home of Myprotein and a key part of THG’s global health ecosystem. From innovation through to production, we fuel performance and wellbeing worldwide.

As we continue to scale our Manufacturing operations, we’re looking for a driven, confident, and experienced People Business Partner to join our team. This is a key on-site role supporting our Manufacturing leadership teams, ensuring our people processes, performance culture, and workforce strategies are delivered with impact and precision.

The Role

Reporting into the Head of People, you’ll be responsible for providing full-spectrum HR support across our Manufacturing sites. You’ll lead on strategic projects, employee relations, performance management, and data-led decision making – with a strong focus on supporting our 24/7 production teams.

This role is ideal for someone with strong experience in a fast-paced manufacturing or production environment, who is confident in working independently and ready to take ownership.

What You’ll Be Doing

Strategic HR Delivery

Lead the end-to-end people strategy within your business unit

Partner with Site Leads on organisational design, change projects, and workforce planning

Manage succession planning, pay reviews, promotions, and role banding processes

Own performance ratings and bonus process coordination across the unit

Employee Relations

Act as escalation point for complex ER cases including sickness, flexible working, performance, grievance and disciplinary matters

Lead welfare reviews, OH referrals, and capability processes

Coach and support managers to build confidence in people management

Oversee all aspects of parental leave and related policy implementation

Performance & Development

Drive performance culture and accountability in partnership with site leadership

Coordinate post-review actions and ongoing performance development plans

Deliver training on HR processes and coach managers on effective people leadership

Support local induction and employee development initiatives

Champion diversity, inclusion and employee engagement across site

People Operations & Stakeholder Management

Be the strategic HR partner for Manufacturing leadership – a trusted advisor on all people-related matters

Collaborate with central People teams (Shared Services, Payroll, People Data) for accurate and timely inputs

Align with fellow People Business Partners to ensure consistent delivery and shared best practice

Data & Insight

Feed into KPI packs and provide meaningful people insights to the Site Leadership Team

Use data to spot trends, influence decisions and track progress

What We’re Looking For

5+ years of HR experience, with strong generalist grounding

Proven HR experience in a manufacturing, logistics or 24/7 operational environment

Strong employment law knowledge and practical ER expertise

Demonstrated ability to coach and influence senior stakeholders

Comfortable working independently in a fast-paced, dynamic setting

Excellent data literacy and confident presenting insights

Flexibility to support varying shift patterns and occasional weekend presence

Why Join THG Nutrition?

Be part of a high-growth division with global ambition

Lead critical people initiatives that shape our workforce

Gain autonomy, influence and exposure to senior decision-makers

Competitive salary, benefits and the opportunity to grow with a business that never stands still

Apply now to play a key role in fuelling performance – for our teams, and our customers.

THG is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and are committed to building an inclusive environment for all employees.

THG is proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you are invited to interview, please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to the recruitment process that will enable you to perform to the best of your ability.

THG is committed to creating a diverse & inclusive environment and hence welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Because of the high volumes of applications our opportunities attract, it sometimes takes us time to review and consider them all. We endeavour to respond to every application we receive within 14 days. If you haven't heard from us within that time frame or should you have any specific questions about this or other applications for positions at THG please contact one of our Talent team to discuss further.

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