People Partner

Fox's Burton's Companies (FBC) UK; St Albans; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK biscuit manufacturer is looking for an HR People Partner in St Albans to support the execution of its people strategy across the Supply Chain. You will play a key role in managing people metrics, recruitment, and employee development in an inclusive work environment. This role balances strategic and operational HR responsibilities and requires a CIPD qualification or equivalent experience.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting HR People Partners with strategic and operational activities.
• Proven experience in Employee Relations and managing complex cases.
• Knowledge of HR systems, processes, and legislation.

Responsibilities

• Manage data insights to shape people agenda and drive performance.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, and talent management processes.
• Collaborate with HR team to enhance employee engagement and culture.

Skills

Employee Relations

Talent Management

Performance Management

HR Systems Knowledge

Coaching

Education

CIPD Level 5 or above

Job description

Date: Jun 25, 2025

Location:

St Alban's, GB

Place of Work: Hybrid

Company Description

Who are we ?

We are FBC UK, Fox's Burton's Companies! ……And we bake the UK's most incredible biscuits (we might be slightly biased, but we will leave that for you to judge).

FBC UK was a match made in heaven, with two of the top UK biscuits manufacturers (Burton's Biscuits and Fox's Biscuits) coming together to create one unique, integrated company.

We are home to famous iconic brands, including Maryland, Fox's, Jammie Dodger & Rocky, to name just a few. We are proud manufacturing partners to some of the biggest UK retailers and household names. We bake our incredible biscuits at eight bakeries across the UK, located at Isle of Arran, Livingston, Blackpool, Llantarnam, Edinburgh, Kirkham, Batley & Dorset and our HQ in St Albans. Together, we employ circa 4,000 amazing colleagues across all our locations.

We are currently the second biscuit manufacturer in the UK market with a strong ambition of becoming UK Market Leader.

Whilst we know that we have delicious products we also know that that the key ingredient to our success is our people, and the passion we have for our brands. You could be the jammy to our dodger, party ring to our Fox’s or the choc-chip to our Maryland?! We knead people with innovative ideas, an entrepreneurial spirit, and the commitment to drive FBC UK to success.

We are committed to building an inclusive workforce that feels empowered to build a fulfilling and successful career. By embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) we create a supportive environment for people to thrive and strive to have more positive impact.

We understand that having formal and on-the-job learning opportunities is key to our colleagues’ professional and personal growth. We are committed to providing an environment where everyone can learn from each other and grow through a variety of learning experiences.

Our colleagues make our business special. With strong community values, we believe FBC UK is a more prosperous and fun place to work when people feel free to be themselves. We believe in the power of being authentic, entrepreneurial and supporting each other whilst meeting our business goals.

About The Role

This is an exciting new opportunity in which the HR People Partner will support the overall development and execution of the people strategy for the Supply Chain and FS&Q function. The role will be responsible for key people metrics, will play a critical role in people projects and lead people partner activities such as; talent management, execution of ER policies and procedures, recruitment and onboarding.

This role will be based at our St Alban’s office with travel to other sites on a monthly basis.

Main Responsibilities

• Being the key owner of data, generating insights that will help to shape the people agenda and drive performance on key metrics.
• Support, and sometimes lead, the creation and deployment of strategic people projects, including the people engagement plan.
• Support the recruitment, onboarding and talent management process.
• Educating, coaching, and partnering with managers on performance management and employee development goals.
• Supporting ER case work and policy implementation as and when required.
• Providing support, advice and coaching on all people related issues for the central operations teams.
• Collaborating with the HR team to champion and accelerate a culture of excellence in which people feel engaged and inspired to deliver top business results.
• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with all stakeholders to achieve high levels of trust, respect and professionalism.
  
  

Who We Are Looking For

• CIPD qualified to level 5 or above, or proven experience.
• Excellent IT skills including sound knowledge of HR systems, processes and legislation.
• Experience supporting HR People Partners in both strategic and day to day activities.
• Employee Relations experience; including leading on complex cases and deploying ER activities.
• Current knowledge of best practice and emerging trends in the field of HR.
• Experience of supporting the implementation of change initiatives, ideally within a rapidly growing or evolving
  
  

Diversity Statement

FBC UK is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture in which all employees feel welcomed and appreciated and have the same opportunities. We believe all of our people are equally talented in their own way. In nurturing the curiosity and natural abilities of our employees, we provide them, generation after generation, the means to succeed personally and professionally, enabling them to craft their journey at FBC UK. The diversity of our talents is what makes our work environment multicultural, innovative and highly rewarding.