Regional People Business Partner

Morgan Mckinley (Crawley); West of England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan McKinley is seeking an experienced Regional People Business Partner to support sites across the UK with day-to-day HR activity and broader people initiatives. The role involves partnering with site managers, coaching leaders, and driving practical HR solutions in a fast-paced environment.

You’ll handle employee relations, support organisational change, and ensure robust HR data and reporting while traveling regularly between sites.

Qualifications

• Broad generalist HR knowledge across full employee lifecycle.
• Strong employee relations experience and ability to handle grievances, disciplinary matters.
• Experience working across multiple UK locations and travel between sites.
• Good HR systems and data capability for reporting and analytics.
• Willingness and ability to travel regularly between sites.
• Experience in manufacturing, engineering or similar operational environment is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Partner with operational sites to understand priorities and deliver practical people solutions.
• Provide generalist HR support across the full employee lifecycle.
• Advise on employee relations matters including disciplinary, grievance, absence, performance and capability.
• Coach managers and develop confidence in handling people matters.
• Support organisational change and integration of new sites.
• Support HR systems, data and reporting.
• Contribute to performance management, talent, succession, engagement and retention initiatives.
• Build relationships across multiple sites and with stakeholders at all levels.
• Support wider HR projects and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Generalist HR knowledge

Employee relations

Coaching leaders

UK employment law

Multi-site experience

HR data & reporting

Travel between sites

Education

CIPD Level 5 or above

Tools

HRIS

Job description

We are looking for an experienced Regional People Business Partner to join a growing organisation operating across multiple UK locations.

This is a hands-on, commercially focused role supporting sites with both day-to-day HR activity and wider people initiatives. You'll work closely with managers and leadership teams, providing practical advice, coaching and challenge while helping to ensure a consistent and effective approach to people management.

The organisation is evolving and growing, so this would suit someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment where they can get involved, build relationships and make a tangible impact. Regional People Business Partne

What You’ll Be Doing

• Partnering with operational sites to understand their priorities and deliver practical people solutions.
• Providing generalist HR support across the full employee lifecycle.
• Managing and advising on employee relations matters including disciplinary, grievance, absence, performance and capability.
• Coaching managers and developing their confidence in handling people matters.
• Supporting organisational change and the integration of new sites.
• Supporting HR systems, data and reporting.
• Contributing to performance management, talent, succession, engagement and retention activity.
• Building strong relationships across multiple sites and with stakeholders at all levels.
• Supporting wider HR projects and continuous improvement initiatives.

You’ll be an experienced HR Business Partner or HR Advisor with strong generalist HR knowledge and the confidence to operate independently across a multi-site environment.

You’ll bring a pragmatic and commercial approach, strong knowledge of UK employment law and the ability to build credibility quickly with operational managers.

You’ll ideally have:

• CIPD Level 5 or above.
• Strong employee relations experience.
• Experience working across multiple locations.
• Good HR systems and data capability.
• The ability and willingness to travel regularly between sites.
• Experience within manufacturing, engineering or a similar operational environment would be highly desirable.
• Experience supporting organisational change or business integration would also be advantageous