Senior Human Resources Business Partner

Henderson Brown Recruitment; Colne; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Bonus (20%)

Enhanced pension

Job summary

Henderson Brown Recruitment is representing a Senior HR Business Partner for a leading food manufacturing site in Cambridgeshire. The role combines hands-on HR delivery with strategic people planning in a fast-paced operation.

You'll work closely with senior leaders, manage complex ER issues, and drive initiatives to improve engagement and performance. The package includes £50,000-£60,000 salary, £6,000 car allowance, a 20% bonus and enhanced pension.

Qualifications

• Significant HRBP/generalist HR experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong ER case management capability and advisory skills.
• Ability to translate KPI data into action and inform people decisions.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex ER casework across disciplinary, grievance, absence and performance matters.
• Coach managers to own people issues and have difficult conversations.
• Use KPI data and analytics to identify risks, trends and improvement opportunities.
• Support organisational design, workforce planning and change activity.
• Drive employee engagement, retention, and site culture initiatives.
• Provide practical, commercial HR advice aligned to operational performance.

Skills

HRBP experience

ER case management

People analytics

Organisational design

Employee engagement

Stakeholder management

Education

CIPD Level 5

Job description

Senior HR Business Partner

A senior site HR opportunity for someone who enjoys complex ER, operational pace and building a more proactive people agenda.

The Opportunity

We're working with a leading food manufacturing business looking to appoint a Senior HR Business Partner into a key site-based role.

This is a broad, visible HRBP position where you'll work closely with senior leaders and managers across a fast-paced operational environment. The role will suit someone who enjoys being close to the business, understands the realities of manufacturing, and can balance hands-on HR delivery with more strategic people planning.

Cambridgeshire

4 days on site

£50,000-£60,000 DOE + £6,000 car allowance + 20% bonus + enhanced pension

Key Responsibilities

• Managing complex ER casework across disciplinary, grievance, absence, capability, conduct and performance matters.
• Coaching managers to take more ownership of people issues and build confidence in difficult conversations.
• Using KPI data, HR analytics and people trends to identify risks, themes and opportunities for improvement.
• Supporting organisational design, workforce planning and change activity across operational teams.
• Driving employee engagement, retention, communication and site culture initiatives.
• Providing practical, commercial HR advice that supports operational performance, not HR in isolation.

What We're Looking For

You'll need strong generalist HR experience, ideally gained in FMCG, food manufacturing, manufacturing, logistics, warehousing or another complex operational environment.

The role would suit someone who has:

• Significant HRBP, Senior HRBP or equivalent generalist HR experience.
• Strong complex ER case management capability.
• Confidence advising, supporting and challenging managers.
• A clear understanding of people KPI data, analytics and how to translate insight into action.Experience supporting organisational design, employee engagement and proactive people planning.
• CIPD Level 5 or equivalent experience.You don't need to come from food manufacturing specifically, but you do need to understand pace, complexity, operational pressure and the importance of being visible on site.

Why Join?

This is a strong opportunity for an HR professional who wants real influence in a site environment.

You’ll be joining a business with scale, pace and complexity, where HR has a genuine role to play in improving capability, engagement, consistency and performance. It is a good fit for someone who enjoys being close to operations and wants to help managers make better people decisions before issues become bigger problems.

The package is also strong for the level, with a £50,000-£60,000 salary range, £6,000 car allowance, 20% bonus and enhanced pension.