Senior HR Business Partner

ID Logistics; Northampton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

ID Logistics in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior HR Business Partner to act as a Strategic Advisor to the Site Senior Leadership team. You will align HR initiatives with business objectives, drive organisational effectiveness, talent strategy, employee engagement and change management across the site.

You will partner with the site GM to develop HR strategies, lead talent reviews, and manageChange management initiatives while ensuring compliance with policy and legislation.

Qualifications

• CIPD Level 5 qualification or equivalent is preferred.
• Experience as HRBP in a large logistics or operational business at senior level.
• Strong ability to align HR initiatives with business objectives and drive performance.

Responsibilities

• Act as Strategic Advisor to Site Senior Leadership to align HR with business goals.
• Lead talent reviews, succession planning and leadership development initiatives.
• Drive organisational effectiveness, employee engagement, and change management across the site.
• Manage client expectations, communications, timelines and HR deliverables in line with policy and legislation.
• Partner with GM/Snr team on organisational change initiatives including restructures and new operating models.
• Use people data to inform decisions and monitor trends in engagement, attrition and performance.

Skills

CIPD Level 5 qualification

Senior HRBP experience

People management

Employee relations

Workforce planning

Change management

HR data analytics

Stakeholder management

Policy and legislation knowledge

Education

CIPD Level 5

Tools

HRIS

Payroll systems

ATS systems

Job description

Are you an experienced Senior HR Business Partner who can act as a Strategic Advisor to the Site Senior Leadership team, aligning HR initiatives with business objectives.

In this role you will be focused on driving organisational effectiveness, talent strategy, employee engagement and change management across the site.

A key part of this role also includes managing client expectations, ensuring clear communication, realistic timelines, and HR deliverables that fully comply with policy and legislation.

You and your role:

Strategic Partnership

Partner with the site General Manager to develop and implement HR Strategies that support site/business goals

Provide expert advice on organisation design, workforce planning and business change

Act as a trusted advisor on people related matters

Communicate clearly were legal or policy boundaries shape HR decisions, timelines, or outcomes.

Talent Management and Development

Lead talent reviews, succession planning and leadership development initiatives

Identify skills gaps and support learning and development strategies

Drive Performance Management processes and culture

Lead stakeholder engagements and communication strategies to support successful adoption of change, supporting workforce transition

Change Management

Partner with the GM/Snr team to plan and deliver organisational change initiatives, including restructures, transformation and new operating models

Assess organisation readiness for change, identifying risks and capability gaps, highlighting these to the GM and customer (at appropriate time)

Develop and implement change management strategies aligned to the site objectives

Drive adoption of new processes and ways of working

Data & Insights

Use people data and insights to inform business decisions and identify trends impacting performance and engagement

Monitor trends (attrition, engagement, absence & performance) and recommendations

Customer Relationship

Manage client expectations, ensuring HR commitments, timelines, and service levels are realistic and compliant with legislation and internal policies.

Act as a trusted advisor, ensuring clients understand HR frameworks, constraints, and the rationale behind decisions.

Your Skills, Experience & Qualifications:

• Ideally CIPD Level 5 qualified.


• Previous experience working within a large logistics or operational business at HRBP level or above.


• Experience of working in a fast-paced environment is essential; previous 3PL experience is advantageous.


• Strong ability to align HR initiatives with business objectives and partner with senior leaders to drive performance.


• Expertise in employee relations, workforce planning, change and strategic HR management.


• Familiarity with HRIS, Payroll, and ATS systems, and data-driven HR strategies.


• Sound knowledge of employment legislation.


• Strong stakeholder management skills, analytical mindset, and ability to drive HR impact.

About Us:

ID Logistics is an international contract logistics group with a presence in 19 countries, representing more than 8.0 million square meters of warehousing facilities in Europe, America, Asia, and Africa, with over 40,000 employees. We have a client portfolio balanced between retail, industry, detail picking, healthcare and e-commerce sectors; ID Logistics is characterised by offers involving a high level of technology.

We have been growing for almost 25 years, with an ethos of everyone being united and where innovation is constant. We have a demanding job to do, and we must move fast while being rigorous and precise.

We launched our UK business in June 2023, our first unit growing and relocating to accommodate the significant business growth, our second site launched in 2025 and a further two in 2026, and we have more opportunities building. This really is an exciting time to join the UK team, to support creating its solid foundations for a promising future.

Operational excellence is one of the founding values of ID Logistics and each employee contributes to it: all your ideas, we will listen to them, and all your past experiences will enrich us.