Senior HR Business Partner, Amazon Logistics - PXT team

Amazon; Southampton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading logistics company is seeking a Senior HR Business Partner in Southampton. This role involves strategic HR leadership, managing employee engagement and supporting operations through coaching and development. Candidates should have experience in fast-paced environments and hold a relevant bachelor's degree. The position requires strong communication and analytical skills along with a full UK driving licence.

Qualifications

• Experience as an HR Business Partner in a fast-paced distribution or manufacturing environment.
• Ability to use analytical data for decision making.
• Full UK Driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of HR professionals with hands-on leadership.
• Drive Associate engagement strategy for HR and Operations.
• Act as an Employee Relations Subject Matter Expert.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Analytical skills

Influencing skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR or equivalent experience

CIPD Qualified

Master’s degree or MBA in HR

Tools

MS Office

HR Information Systems

Job description

Senior HR Business Partner, Amazon Logistics - PXT team

Job ID: 3001432 | Amazon UK Services Ltd.

At Amazon, we believe that every day is still day one. Today is that day for you. We are looking for an exceptionally talented, bright and driven individual to join our Human Resources team as a Senior HR Business Partner covering a number of sites on the South West Coast. The Senior HR Business Partner will be an advisor to senior Operations leaders, utilizing their strong HR experience and expertise. You will have a client partnership with the Senior Regional Manager in Operations responsible for all of the South West Coast and will be expected to travel. You will develop and execute business strategies focused on talent management, organizational effectiveness, workforce planning and employee engagement. As a natural culture steward, you will partner with internal stakeholders to integrate Amazon’s peculiar culture into the employee experience. In addition, you will put in place standard processes and policies enabled by standard work and help guide the organization through change by being champions of Change Management.

Key job responsibilities
- Lead a team of HR professionals through 'hands-on' leadership at site level, including coaching and developing across the area
- Drive Associate engagement strategy across the area for HR and Operations
- Act as an Employee Relations Subject Matter Expert, by monitoring associate sentiment mechanisms to drive effective engagement
- Manage ER case work working with internal and external stakeholders
- Create people-centric plans to meet business needs through succession planning and organisational design
- Facilitate and manage the quarterly talent review process
- Draw insights from data to improve processes, employee engagement and policy alignment across the business
- Play an active role as part of the HR Regional leadership team
· Take ownership of highly ambiguous and complex HR projects with UKI impact. Leading change initiatives at scale.
Responsible for implementing new tools and technology that drive efficiency


A day in the life
A typical day in this role involves providing strategic and tactical leadership direction, executing on people initiatives, providing internal customer support, advising and coaching employees and leaders through development and performance matters, and driving HR functional excellence and process improvement. This role operates with autonomy and requires discretion and a hands-on approach to monitor the "pulse" of the employees to ensure a high level of engagement. The Sr. HRBP routinely partners with leaders at multiple levels of the organization to develop forward-looking strategies and goals focused on the employee experience and operational objectives.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- A Bachelor’s degree in an HR related field or equivalent through experience
- Experience as an HR Business Partner in a fast-paced distribution or manufacturing environment
- Knowledge of external practices, trends and tools used in HR
- Experience with MS Office tools and HR Information Systems
- Strong communication skills in both written and verbal form
- Ability to use analytical and experiential data for decision making
- Influencing skills
- Full UK Driving licence

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- A Master’s degree or MBA in an HR related field
- CIPD Qualified

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