Regional People Partner

Morgan Mckinley (Crawley); East Horsley; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Mckinley (Crawley) seeks an experienced Regional People Partner to drive people strategy across multiple sites. You will partner with senior leaders, shaping organisational design, workforce planning and capability while delivering insightful people analytics and governance.

The role requires regional travel to sites three days a week, with a focus on enhancing leadership capability, engagement, and performance in a fast-growing, multi-brand environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a complex multi-site or multi-brand environment.
• Senior HR Business Partner / People Partner in retail / hospitality.
• Strong commercial awareness with ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience of organisational design, transformation or change.
• Solid understanding of UK employment law.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leadership teams to develop and deliver people plans aligned to business objectives.
• Provide advice on organisational design, workforce planning and capability.
• Use data and insight to influence business decisions and improve performance.
• Lead talent reviews, succession planning and capability mapping.
• Support leadership development and the creation of high-performing teams.
• Lead the people aspects of restructuring, integration and change programmes.
• Ensure governance and compliance across people practices.

Skills

Commercial awareness

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Education

UK employment law knowledge

Job description

Job Title: Regional People Partner 12 m mat cover

Location: UK based / Multi site business

Salary: Circa £65k

Hours: Full-time, 8am - 17:30pm, Mon-Fri

About the Role:

We are supporting a successful and growing multi-site, multi-brand organisation in the appointment of an experienced Regional People Partner.

This is a high-impact opportunity for a commercially minded HR professional who enjoys working closely with senior leaders and wants to play a key role in shaping people strategy, organisational performance and culture.

Working alongside senior leadership teams, you will act as a trusted People Partner, providing strategic insight and challenge across organisational design, workforce planning, talent, leadership capability, employee engagement and business change. Please note that this role requires you to drive to regional sites 3 days a week.

Regional People Partner responsibilities:

• Partner with senior leadership teams to develop and deliver people plans aligned to business objectives.
• Provide advice and challenge on organisational design, workforce planning and capability.
• Use people data and insight to influence business decisions and improve performance.
• Lead talent reviews, succession planning and capability mapping.
• Support leadership development and the creation of high-performing teams.
• Identify and address current and future capability gaps.
• Provide strategic guidance on complex and sensitive employee relations matters.
• Lead the people aspects of restructuring, integration and business change programmes.
• Support organisational alignment and capability development during periods of change.
• Help embed new structures, roles and ways of working while maintaining business performance.
• Ensure people practices align with legal, statutory and internal governance requirements.
• Provide pragmatic, commercially balanced advice on people-related decisions.

Experience / Qualifications:

• Experience working within a complex, multi-site or multi-brand environment is mandatory
• Proven experience in a senior HR Business Partner or People Partner role in hard . retail / hospitality industry
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience of organisational design, transformation, turnaround or change.
• A solid understanding of UK employment law.
• A pragmatic and solutions-focused approach.
• The ability to balance strategic thinking with practical delivery