Senior HR Business Partner

Premier Foods; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading British food company is seeking a Senior HR Business Partner to oversee HR operations at their Barnsley site, home of Mr Kipling. The role involves developing HR objectives, managing key projects, and fostering a positive work environment while leading a dedicated HR team.

Benefits

Pension scheme of up to 7.5%

Life assurance

Qualifications

• Previous experience of leading Trade Union negotiations, pay awards and T&C reviews.
• Strong employment law knowledge and change management experience.
• Team management experience and the ability to build effective relationships across all levels.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver HR objectives for the bakery site of circa 900 people.
• Lead key HR projects ensuring delivery to time, cost and quality standards.
• Promote a positive working environment through engagement strategy.

Skills

Employment law knowledge

Change management

Team management

Job description

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Senior HR Business Partner

Date: 27 May 2025

Location: Barnsley, GB

Based Carlton, Barnsley - "The Home of Mr Kipling"

Salary c£75,000 per annum plus car allowance and bonus

Please note: this is a site based role, as you will be working with and supporting colleagues that work full time on site.

Working in partnership with the Factory General Manager, the site leadership team and as part of a wider HR Team, you will be responsible for developing and delivering the key HR objectives for our bakery site of circa 900 people, which produces Mr Kipling, Lyons and Cadbury cakes.

You will achieve these goals through effective coaching, leading by example and managing KPI performance, as well as being the site expert for all aspects of HR, including ER, engagement, L&D, recruitment. You will also have responsibility for leading the site HR team.

What you will be doing:

• Ensure robust development and succession plans are in place through delivery of Premier Foods talent and performance management processes
• Deliver timely wage negotiation activity through strategic planning and governance of related activity to include external benchmarking of local market rates; participation in appropriate negotiations
• Lead key HR projects ensuring that they are delivered to the business to time, cost and quality standards
• Promote a positive working environment through the delivery of an engagement strategy in addition to effective management of procedural issues and provision of expert advice to line management
• Interface with relevant HR colleagues to ensure delivery of Premier Foods processes and procedures where appropriate
• Play an instrumental role in the design and deployment of development activity across the site

What we need from you:

• Previous experience of leading Trade Union negotiations, pay awards and T&C reviews
• Strong employment law knowledge and change management experience
• Team management experience and the ability to build effective relationships across all levels

What we offer you:

• Salary circa £75,000 per annum, plus car allowance and bonus scheme
• Pension scheme of up to 7.5%
• Life assurance

Please note: this is a site based role, as you will be working with and supporting colleagues that work full time on site.

A great British food company

Premier Foods is one of Britain’s biggest listed food companies, employing over4,000 colleagues at 13 manufacturingsites and offices up and down the country.

Many of our brands have been part of UK lifefor more than a century and you’ll find them in 90% of British households.

At Premier foods we believe in inclusion, authenticityandindividuality.We aim to ensure all existingand futurecolleagues are given equitable opportunities and are respected, valued and encouraged to bring their true authentic selves to workno matter who they are, what they look like, who they love or what they believe in.Our culture is one where everyone is welcome.