Regional Business Partner

B&Q plc; Eastleigh; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Award-winning pension

Bonus

ShareSave options

6.6 weeks holiday

Employee Assistance Programme

Shopping discounts

Colleague wellbeing benefits

Job summary

B&Q plc in the United Kingdom is recruiting a senior HR business partner to lead the regional people plan and partner with three Regional Managers and the regional leadership team. The role drives people strategy aligned to commercial priorities and fosters a high-performance, inclusive culture across stores.

You will analyse data to identify risks and opportunities, coach leaders through change, and own succession, talent, and workforce planning for the region, ensuring fair hiring and employee

Qualifications

• Strong stakeholder management at senior levels with a track record of partnering with leadership.
• Ability to analyse people data to inform decisions and strategies.
• Experience leading change and embedding new ways of working.
• Proven influencing skills and sound professional judgement.
• Excellent prioritisation and time management to balance competing demands.

Responsibilities

• Own the regional people plan and translate it into deliverable actions that drive national consistency with local relevance.
• Partner with Regional Managers to provide pragmatic, commercial, people-led solutions.
• Coach leaders to build inclusive leadership and manage performance.
• Lead regional talent, succession, and workforce planning aligned to future needs.
• Drive hiring practices, improve colleague experience, and monitor engagement data.
• Ensure governance, policy and employment legislation are applied consistently.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Change leadership

Influencing

Prioritization

Communication

Decision making

Job description

Is your career path taking you to a senior leadership role in a People function? Would you like to come and join a business where that could happen? If so, you can do it in B&Q and Tradepoint. What's the job?: This role is a big business partner role. You are a strategic and operational business partner to three Regional Managers and wider regional leadership team. The role owns and delivers the people plan, which is aligned to commercial priorities while building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Its complex and moves at pace. Some key accountabilities:

People Plan

• Own the people plan in each region, translating it into clear, deliverable actions which drive national consistency whilst addressing local anomalies.
• Link everything back to high performance. Make sure the 'why' of the plan is understood and be the champion for people across the stores
• Use people data and insight to identify risks, opportunities and trends, including representation, progression and engagement.
• Provide regular feedback and insight to the People team to ensure continuous improvement

Business Partnering & Leadership Support

• Partner closely with the Regional Manager providing pragmatic, commercial and people-led solutions
• Coach and challenge leaders to build strong, inclusive leadership capability and role-model B&Q behaviours
• Support leaders through organisational change, embedding newness and highlighting risk to business performance

Talent, Capability & Performance

• Own the regional talent and succession agenda, ensuring talent frameworks are understood and embedded. Ensure plans are in place for critical roles and reflect future skills, capability and representation needs.
• Help drive a high performance culture. Ensure leaders are capable of setting clear expectations, giving quality feedback and managing performance equitably.

Succession & Workforce Planning

• Lead on workforce planning for the region, aligning structure, skills and resourcing to both current and future business demand.
• Anticipate resourcing and capability risks and work proactively with the COE's in the people team to build sustainable, diverse pipelines.

Hiring, Engagement & Colleague Experience

• Support inclusive and consistent hiring practices across the region, ensuring selection decisions are fair and objective
• Champion a positive colleague experience where people feel heard, valued and able to perform at their best.
• Use engagement and people data to inform targeted actions that improve retention, progression and belonging across different colleague groups.
• Be a visible advocate for colleagues, ensuring regional practices reflect the organisation's commitment to fairness and opportunity.

Governance, Policy & Compliance

• Ensure people policies, processes and employment legislation are understood and applied consistently, fairly and in line with best practice.
• Manage people risk within the region, providing clear guidance and escalating issues appropriately.
• Act as a role model for ethical leadership, inclusive decision-making and people best practice.

What we need

• Are you comfortable with autonomy and curious enough to seek out answers and solutions without being told
• Can you quickly build strong, credible relationships with your stakeholders
• Have you coached at a senior level and feel comfortable holding the tension where its needed
• A sense of team spirit with a high challenge, high support mindset
• The ability to analyse and interpret data to inform decisions
• Strong influencing skills and the ability to apply sound professional judgement
• Strong prioritisation and time management skills, and are proactive
• A voice and an opinion to be able to represent colleagues
• Experience of leading and embedding change, 2026 is the year of embedding change in our stores. This needs someone with energy! The ability to listen, respond and escalat to ensure continuous improvement for our customers is critical. You need to be comfortable holding the tension in our quest to drive consistency across the estate.

As well as a competitive salary, our benefits package includes an award-winning pension scheme, bonus, ShareSave options, 6.6 weeks holiday, payroll giving, an Employee Assistance Programme, shopping discounts, colleague wellbeing benefits and lots more! You get to be part of a great team and get to work for a business who believes in better homes, better lives for everyone.