HR Business Partner (Senior Consultant)

Lidl; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail supermarket in London is seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to join their head office team. In this dynamic role, you will work closely with key stakeholders to drive employee engagement and facilitate people strategies. The ideal candidate will have HR Business Partner experience, exceptional communication skills, and a result-focused mindset. This position offers a hybrid work model, competitive salary, and a range of employee perks including enhanced family leave and a pension scheme.

Benefits

35 days holiday (pro rata)

10% in-store discount

Sabbatical

Enhanced family leave

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• HR Business Partner experience is essential.
• Exceptional communication skills with strong relationship building.
• Experience in using data to inform decision making.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with head office departments to ensure people are at the core.
• Support business leaders with people strategy.
• Guide on organisational design and change management.

Skills

HR Business Partner experience

Exceptional communication skills

Experience using various leadership styles

Data-driven decision making

Knowledge of organizational strategy

Result-focused mindset

Project management skills

Strong computer skills

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Summary

£57,200* up to £79,200* per annum | 35 days' holiday (pro rata) | 10% in-store discount | Pension scheme

Everyone who works at Lidl brings something unique to the table - but we also have a whole lot in common. We're curious, collaborative, and ready to make a tangible impact on where we work.

Just like you.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Head Office-based HR team as an HR Business Partner working with key stakeholders across our Head Office to drive sustainable, commercial success and ensure our people are at the core of everything we do.

In this position, you will have lots of exposure to senior stakeholders, building open, productive working relationships with them, proactively working to ensure our people are front and centre of our business strategy. In this role you will play a proactive role, building organisational and people capability across our head office functions, supporting the effective implementation and ongoing management of all our people practices.

You'll be a natural people-person with an adaptable leadership style, able to communicate confidently and influentially with anyone and everyone. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of how HR partners with the business to achieve our strategic goals through people.

At Lidl, we offer a hybrid working model to give you the best of both worlds. Spend three days or more in our state‑of‑the-art office, where you can enjoy an on‑site gym, restaurant, and more of the perks you deserve. And with up to two days at home, you'll find the work/life balance you need to thrive.

What you'll do

• Work closely with head office departments you are supporting, building good business acumen of their area and strategic objectives to ensure people are at the core of all decision making.
• Work collaboratively with business leaders and line managers to inform them of the people strategy, supporting them to deliver throughout the year with impact.
• Provide guidance and support on people practices like organisational design, leadership development, succession planning and restructures in line with the relevant head office HR departments, supporting with change management when required.
• Use evidence and data proactively to identify people trends and priorities to help inform decision making and actively support positive changes to HR KPIs and culture.
• Support stakeholders to address current and future workforce requirements in terms of recruitment, headcount, and succession planning.
• Support leaders to optimise performance by aligning individual performance objectives with business goals and guiding them through any performance management.
• Use your people expertise to question and challenge stakeholders to get to the root of people and business issues and support them with action‑oriented ways to move forward.
• Drive employee engagement by supporting stakeholders to analyse output of employee surveys and focus groups etc and encouraging line manager follow up and delivery of change off the back of the results.
• Coach and provide feedback to key stakeholders to help improve efficiency and effectiveness of people practices.

What you'll need

• HR Business Partner experience is essential.
• Exceptional communication skills, with a strong track record in relationship building bringing an ability to connect with people at all levels of the business.
• Experience using various leadership styles to effectively influence, able to change your approach to depending on your audience.
• Experience using data, metrics and/or evidence to inform and drive decision making and change.
• A good knowledge and understanding of the organisation, the strategy, and customers as well as a strong understanding of people challenges (or a track record in being able to learn and develop business acumen quickly)
• A result focused mindset to problem solving, with experience getting to the root of issues and finding sustainable, long term solutions
• The ability to manage multiple complex projects and tasks concurrently within tight deadlines.
• Excellent organisation and project management skills with a keen eye for detail
• Proactive, motivated, and driven
• Strong computer skills, including Word, Power point and Excel

What you’ll receive

• 35 days holiday (pro rata)
• 10% in‑store discount
• Sabbatical
• Enhanced family leave
• Pension scheme
• Plus, more of the perks you deserve

We value diversity, equity, and inclusion, welcoming applicants from all backgrounds. Join us to celebrate individuality and grow in a fair, respectful, and inclusive environment.

Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is to ensure our teams can manage application levels while maintaining a positive candidate experience. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

*Includes a 10% non-contractual London weighting

If you're ready to get stuck in, want to get more out of your career and make a real difference, find your place at Lidl and apply now.