HR Director

Catalyst Partners (United Kingdom); Aberdeen City; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Catalyst Partners, a leading UK-based manufacturing and distribution business, invites applications for a newly defined HR Director role. As a member of the senior leadership team, you will shape and deliver the people strategy to support growth, organisational effectiveness, and long-term value creation.

You should bring proven HR Director experience in mid-sized or large organisations, ideally in manufacturing or industrial sectors, with a track record of strategic input on culture, workforce

Qualifications

• Proven experience as HR Director or senior HR leader in mid-sized or larger organisations.
• Expertise across the full employee lifecycle, including reward, development and change leadership.
• Commercially-minded with ability to balance strategy and delivery.

Responsibilities

• Shape and deliver the HR agenda to support business growth and value creation.
• Lead a modern, high-performing HR function within a dynamic, performance-led environment.
• Collaborate with senior leadership to drive culture, workforce planning and organisational design.

Skills

Strategic HR leadership

Stakeholder management

Change management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's in Human Resources

Tools

HRIS systems

People analytics

Job description

This is a leading UK-based manufacturing and distribution business within its specialist sector, with a long-established heritage and a reputation for technical expertise and innovation. Operating across the UK with international reach, the organisation is experiencing continued growth and evolution, supported by a strong market position and investment into capability and infrastructure.

This newly defined HR Director role has been created as part of a broader leadership evolution, reflecting the increasing importance of a commercially aligned and forward-looking people strategy; and as a member of the senior leadership team, the successful candidate will shape and deliver the HR agenda, ensuring it supports business growth, organisational effectiveness, and long-term value creation. Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with a collaborative, pragmatic and low-ego style will be essential.

To be successful, you will bring proven experience as an HR Director in a mid-sized business or divisional HR leader within a larger organisation, ideally within manufacturing, industrial, or distribution environments. You should be a strong HR generalist with expertise across the full employee lifecycle, including reward, organisational development, and change leadership, and have a track record of operating at senior leadership level, providing strategic input on culture, workforce planning, and organisational design.

Experience operating in fast-paced, high-performance and/ or private equity-backed environments will be highly advantageous; along with being commercially minded with the ability to balance strategic thinking and operational delivery.

The position offers a rare opportunity to build and embed a modern, high-performing HR function within a dynamic, performance-led environment, balancing strategic leadership with hands-on execution.