People Partner (Manager Support)

Forticrete; Ibstock; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Car allowance

Life assurance

Pension match (10%)

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Forticrete in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced People Partner (Manager Support) to work with leaders across our operations and support functions. You’ll translate workforce plans into practical actions, coach managers and embed effective people practices to boost engagement and productivity.

You’ll collaborate with People Centres of Expertise to deliver solutions, support organisational change and develop leadership capability while ensuring a positive employee experience across both

Qualifications

• Broad generalist HR knowledge across talent development, organisation design, employee relations, change and performance management.
• Experience in workforce planning, succession and employee engagement.
• Commercial awareness with strong business acumen and stakeholder influence.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to translate people strategies into practical actions for business outcomes.
• Deliver workforce plans and initiatives across operations and SG&A functions.
• Identify learning needs and build capability with People Centres of Expertise.
• Use people data to identify trends, risks and opportunities and drive action.
• Deliver and embed consistent people policies, processes and services.

Skills

HR generalist

Leadership development

Communication

Stakeholder management

Change management

Project management

People analytics

Driving licence

Willing to travel

Education

CIPD Level 5

Tools

HRIS

Payroll systems

Data analytics tools

Job description

The opportunity

Build your future with Ibstock. With more than 200 years of history and over 1,800 colleagues, we are a business loaded with opportunity. Our values of care, teamwork and courage guide how we work, support one another and deliver for our customers.

We’re looking for an experienced and commercially minded People Partner (Manager Support) to partner with leaders and managers across our UK operations and support functions.

This is a hands-on role focused on turning people and workforce plans into practical action. You’ll work alongside factory and functional managers to strengthen leadership capability, embed effective people practices and support organisational change. Through your coaching, advice and challenge, you’ll help managers create a consistent and positive employee experience while improving engagement, performance, retention and productivity.

This role supports leaders across both our operational and SG&A functions, combining hands-on partnership with managers and collaboration with People Centres of Expertise to deliver effective people solutions, build capability and support business priorities.

What You’ll Do

Partnering with leaders

• Build trusted relationships with operational and functional leaders, providing practical, commercially focused people advice.
• Coach, advise and constructively challenge managers to strengthen leadership effectiveness and team capability.

Delivering people and workforce plans

• Translate people and workforce plans into clear, practical actions for leaders and managers.
• Implement talent, performance, succession and employee engagement initiatives.

Building organisational capability

• Identify learning and capability needs and work with People Centres of Expertise to develop appropriate solutions.
• Support managers with performance management, team development, career pathways, resource planning and recruitment.

Using insight to drive action

• Use people management information to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
• Bring emerging themes to the attention of leaders and ensure appropriate action is taken.

Embedding effective people practices

• Deliver and implement people policies, processes and services consistently.
• Work collaboratively with Employee Services and People Centres of Expertise to ensure solutions are practical, relevant and aligned with business needs.
• Identify opportunities to simplify and continuously improve people processes.
• Contribute to consultation, collective bargaining, collective disputes and TUPE activity where required.

What You’ll Bring

• Broad generalist HR knowledge, including experience across talent development, organisation design, employee relations, change, performance management, workforce planning and succession.
• Exposure to compensation and benefits and employee engagement.
• Strong communication, influencing and relationship-management skills.
• Commercial awareness and sound business acumen.
• The ability to establish credibility and positively challenge stakeholders.
• Strong facilitation, negotiation and stakeholder-engagement skills.
• A good understanding of people policies, processes and specialist HR services.
• The ability to interpret business and people information, identify trends and turn insights into action.
• Planning, project-management and change-management capability.
• Confidence, independence and a strong belief in the value an effective People function can bring to the business.
• Full driving licence and willingness to travel nationally when required.

It would be great if you also have

• Experience within a manufacturing, engineering or industrial environment.
• Experience working in a unionised setting.
• Exposure to business planning and commercially focused performance measures.
• Experience leading organisational change and consultation activity.
• CIPD Level 5 qualification or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience using HR systems and people analytics to identify improvement opportunities.

Why Ibstock?

This is an opportunity to make a visible difference across a varied UK business. You’ll work directly with leaders, helping them navigate people challenges, build stronger teams and translate business priorities into meaningful action.

What you’ll get

• Competitive salary, rewarding your skills and experience.
• Car allowance.
• Hybrid working, where appropriate to the role.
• Life assurance
• Pension scheme with employer contributions matched up to 10%.
• Full access to our Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family, including Digicare+ provided by Aviva.
• Share Save scheme eligibility.
• Access to a high-street retail discounts platform.
• Personal development and career progression opportunities.

Interested?

If you're an experienced people professional who thrives on coaching leaders, driving change and delivering practical business outcomes, we'd love to hear from you. Join us in a role where you can make a real difference by helping leaders succeed, strengthening organisational capability and creating a positive experience for our people.

We welcome applications from people with different backgrounds, experiences and perspectives.

If you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.

Job Information

Reference: SEP20261974

Job Type: Permanent

Expires: Thu, Oct 22, 2026

Location: Ibstock, Leicestershire, England