Senior HR Business Partner

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc; Rayleigh; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive plan

Private medical cover

Share scheme

Company car (EV) or allowance

Flexible benefits platform

Job summary

CCEP Edmonton site seeks a Senior HR Business Partner to lead the People & Culture agenda, partnering with the Site Director and leadership to deliver a commercially-focused plan.

Reporting to the Director, People & Culture - GB, you will drive talent, inclusion, and labour relations across a complex manufacturing and distribution site, enabling sustainable people outcomes and change across the operation.

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience in People & Culture / HR business partnering.
• Experience partnering with senior operational leaders and translating priorities into people plans.
• Experience in employee and labour relations, including union relationships and collective consultations.

Responsibilities

• Shape and deliver the site People & Culture plan aligned with priorities.
• Lead talent and succession planning to strengthen capability.
• Champion diversity, equity and inclusion at the site.
• Build constructive relationships with union reps and lead pay negotiations.
• Provide guidance on recruitment, employee relations, disciplinary and absence management.
• Lead the engagement plan and drive communications to show improvements.

Skills

People & Culture

HR business partnering

People leadership

Employee relations

Union relations

Change management

Communication

Education

Professional HR qualification

Job description

Make an impact in ways that matter. Join a business built on trusted brands, great people and teamwork, where care and fresh ideas help keep things moving. Here, your contribution helps serve our customers, support our operations and enable our teams to do their best work. You'll be encouraged to bring your strengths, supported to grow, and welcomed into a team where we make a meaningful difference together. Senior HR Business Partner - Edmonton Site-based | GB Customer Service & Culture

About our Edmonton Site

Our Edmonton operations produce more than 160 million unit cases of drinks each year across seven manufacturing lines. The site can produce up
142,000 litres of drink every hour across PET and glass bottling and is the only CCEP site in Great Britain to produce our Oasis drinks and BIB post-mix products. More than 250 colleagues work across Manufacturing, Quality, Environment, Safety & Health and Engineering, with experience at Edmonton opening up excellent career opportunities both on site and across our other GB and global locations.

About The Role

Reporting to the Director, People & Culture - GB Customer Service, Supply Chain, Labour & Employee Relations, you'll lead the site's People Plan and labour relations agenda. As a trusted adviser to the Site Director and leadership team, you'll translate our People & Culture strategy into practical, commercially focused plans that help us attract, develop, engage and retain the talent we need now and for the future. You'll support an operationally complex Manufacturing and Distribution site, partnering across the business to respond to changing priorities and deliver sustainable people outcomes.

What You'll Do

• Partner with the Site Director and leadership team to shape and deliver a People & Culture plan aligned with the site's priorities and wider business strategy.
• Lead the site's talent and succession agenda, develop key talent, strengthen future capability and support early careers activity.
• Champion diversity, equity and inclusion and help create an engaging, inclusive workplace.
• Build proactive, constructive relationships with union representatives, maintain effective communication and lead successful pay negotiations.
• Provide clear, commercially focused guidance across recruitment, employee relations, disciplinary and grievance matters, and absence management.
• Lead the site's engagement action plan and support clear, engaging communications that deliver meaningful improvement.

What You’ll Bring

• Relevant experience operating at a senior level in People & Culture, HR business partnering, people leadership or a comparable role.
• Experience of partnering with senior operational leaders, constructively challenging decisions and translating business priorities into effective people plans.
• Demonstrable experience of employee and labour relations, including building constructive trade union relationships and contributing to or leading collective consultation and pay negotiations.
• Experience of supporting organisational change, workforce planning or capability-building in a complex operational environment.
• A track record of managing complex and sensitive people matters with sound judgement, integrity and discretion.
• The ability to build trusted relationships and influence stakeholders at every level.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, organisation and analytical skills.
• A relevant professional qualification or equivalent experience is preferred. Experience gained in manufacturing, distribution or another complex operational environment would be helpful, and we also welcome relevant transferable experience from other sectors.

What Success Looks Like

Success in this role will mean developing trusted leadership and union partnerships, strengthening the site's talent pipeline and translating engagement insights into measurable improvements.

How You’ll Work

You bring a proactive, collaborative and solution-focused approach, together with a strong service mindset. You'll be able to prioritise effectively in a changing environment, work across teams and remain focused on delivering the People Plan. Most importantly, you'll be motivated by the opportunity to build strong partnerships and make a lasting difference to our people and our Edmonton site.

What We Offer

• Competetive salary, plus 10% (OTE) Annual Incentive Plan, Private Medical Cover, Sharescheme and Company Car (EV) or allowance, plus access to our extensive flexble benefits platform.

We pride ourselves on being a Top Employer and Disability Confident Leader.

We bring people in to our business to build lasting careers, giving you the space to grow, learn and thrive at CCEP.

At CCEP, we welcome people from all backgrounds and value the experiences and perspectives they bring.

We are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves, feel respected and thrive.

If you need any adjustments or support during the recruitment process, please let us know when you apply so we can support you to perform at your best.

We recognise that some people may prefer not to participate in alcohol-related sales, interactions or promotions. If this applies to you, please speak with your Talent Acquisition contact, who can advise whether this role includes activities related to our alcohol portfolio.