HR Manager

Morson Talent; Buxton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car/allowance £7,500

Bonus up to 15%

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Pension up to 8% employer contribution

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Morson Edge is recruiting an HR Manager for a permanent role based in Buxton. The role supports C-Suite stakeholders and provides hands-on HR support to site employees with occasional travel to other UK sites. Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm, site-based.

The successful candidate will lead recruitment, employee relations, and change projects, while driving engagement, workforce planning and HR data insights to support business decisions.

Qualifications

• Experience as HR Manager or HR Business Partner in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Proven experience managing complex employee relations cases from start to finish.
• Experience leading organisational change, restructures and consultation processes.
• CIPD Level 5 or 7 desirable.
• Ability to interpret HR data and use insights to influence business decisions.

Responsibilities

• Provide a proactive, commercially focused HR service, partnering with leaders to support operational and strategic objectives.
• Deliver expert HR advice across all aspects of the employee lifecycle with compliance to legislation and company policies.
• Build strong relationships with managers, coaching and challenging them to make effective people decisions.
• Manage complex employee relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, absence and capability matters.
• Lead organisational change projects, including restructures and redundancy programmes, ensuring legal compliance and effective consultation processes.
• Support workforce planning, organisational design and succession planning to meet current and future business needs.
• Lead and support recruitment, onboarding, talent management and early careers initiatives.
• Identify learning and development needs, working with leaders to create development plans and build management capability.
• Drive employee engagement, wellbeing, inclusion and diversity initiatives.
• Analyse HR data and metrics to identify trends and support business decisions.

Skills

UK employment law

HR business partnering

Change management

Stakeholder management

Coaching and influencing

Data analysis & HR metrics

Recruitment & talent management

Employee relations

Education

CIPD Level 5 or 7 (desirable)

Job description

Morson Edge is pleased to be supporting a Global Operational Business to find an HR Manager on a permanent basis.

Due to the urgency of the role, applications from those looking for interim opportunities with an immediate start are also welcome to provde temporary support.

Based in Buxton, this is a strategic role supporting C-Suite stakeholders as well as providing day-to-day hands‑on operational support to site employees, with the requirement of some travel to other UK sites as required. This is a site-based role, Monday-Friday, 8am-4pm.

Responsibilities

• Provide a proactive, commercially focused HR service, partnering with leaders to support operational and strategic business objectives.
• Deliver expert HR advice and guidance across all aspects of the employee lifecycle, ensuring compliance with employment legislation and company policies.
• Build strong relationships with managers, coaching and challenging them to make effective people decisions.
• Manage complex employee relations cases, including disciplinary, grievance, absence and capability matters.
• Develop positive working relationships with Trade Union representatives and support industrial relations activity, including pay negotiations.
• Lead organisational change projects, including restructures, reorganisations and redundancy programmes, ensuring legal compliance and effective consultation processes.
• Support workforce planning, organisational design and succession planning to meet current and future business needs.
• Lead and support recruitment, onboarding, talent management and early careers initiatives.
• Identify learning and development needs, working with leaders to create development plans and build management capability.
• Drive employee engagement, wellbeing, inclusion and diversity initiatives.
• Analyse HR data and metrics to identify trends, provide insights and support business decision-making.
• Support the delivery of the annual HR cycle, including performance reviews, employee surveys and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with the wider HR team to promote consistency, share best practice and support HR projects across the business.

Requirements

• Previous experience in a HR Manager or HR Business Partner role within a fast-paced operational or manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Proven experience managing complex employee relations cases from start to finish.
• Experience leading organisational change, restructures and consultation processes.
• Experience working with Trade Unions and managing industrial relations.
• Strong coaching, influencing and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build credibility at all levels.
• Commercially minded with the ability to balance business objectives with employee engagement and compliance.
• Experience supporting recruitment, talent management, succession planning and workforce development.
• Ability to interpret HR data and use insights to influence business decisions and drive continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication, organisational and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Confident making difficult decisions, challenging constructively and driving positive change.
• CIPD Level 5 or Level 7 qualification (or equivalent) is desirable.

Benefits include but are not limited to:

• Company car or car allowance £7,500
• Bonus of up to 15%
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to buy more days, and an increase in allowance with length of service
• Competitive pension, up to 8% employer contribution
• Private medical insurance