Talent Acquisition Partner

Greencore Group; Leeds; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Holidays

Matched pension

Life insurance 4x salary

Share save scheme

Greencore Qualifications

Employee discount

Wellbeing platform

Enhanced parental leave policy

Menopause policy

Job summary

Greencore seeks an experienced Talent Acquisition Partner to join our team after our recent integration with Bakkavor. You will partner with senior leaders and HR colleagues across IT, Central Technical & Central Engineering to shape recruitment strategies and build proactive talent pipelines.

This role goes beyond filling vacancies; you’ll use market insight and data to influence decisions, run end-to-end recruitment, and deliver an exceptional candidate and hiring manager experience across a

Qualifications

• Experience operating as a Talent Acquisition Partner / Business Partner in a complex, matrix or multi-site organisation.
• Exceptional business partnering and influencing skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and translate requirements into effective talent solutions.
• Strong commercial and organisational awareness, connecting TA activity to wider business outcomes.
• Experience using talent market intelligence, recruitment data and insight to influence decisions and shape recruitment strategy.
• Expertise across attraction, sourcing and talent pooling, including market mapping and headhunting.
• Highly organised and analytical, capable of managing competing priorities with quality and pace.
• Proactive, curious and adaptable; able to work autonomously and take ownership.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with senior leaders, hiring managers and HR colleagues, becoming a credible TA Business Partner.
• Partner with the business beyond vacancies to translate requirements into proactive TA strategies.
• Lead talent and vacancy planning discussions and advise on best approaches to attract and secure talent.
• Run intake and discovery sessions to understand real business requirements and success profiles.
• Influence stakeholders using recruitment expertise, labour market intelligence and data.
• Develop and deliver targeted sourcing and attraction strategies, including headhunting and campaigns.
• Advise on talent availability, competitor activity, salary expectations and market trends.
• Own end-to-end recruitment across a broad range of roles, balancing strategic partnering with delivery.
• Use TA data to identify trends, risks and opportunities and translate into actions.
• Build proactive talent pipelines for current and future needs.

Skills

Talent acquisition partner

Stakeholder management

Sourcing strategy

Market intelligence

Data-driven recruitment

Commercial awareness

Multi-site collaboration

Executive influencing

Job description

Why Greencore?

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

We’re looking for an experienced Talent Acquisition Partner to join our team and build strong, strategic partnerships across the business.

This is a role for someone who sees Talent Acquisition as more than filling vacancies. You’ll work alongside your business area(s) to understand their business strategy, workforce challenges and future talent needs, using your TA expertise, market insight and data to shape the right recruitment and talent solutions.

You’ll be a trusted adviser to your business area (IT, Central Technical & Central Engineering) building credibility, influencing decisions, challenging constructively and bringing an informed external talent market perspective to the table.

What you’ll be doing

• Build trusted relationships with senior leaders, hiring managers and HR colleagues, becoming a credible Talent Acquisition Business Partner who understands the priorities, challenges and future talent needs of your client group.
• Partner with the business beyond individual vacancies, understanding organisational and workforce plans and translating business requirements into proactive Talent Acquisition strategies.
• Lead effective talent and vacancy planning conversations, challenging assumptions and advising on the best approach to attract, assess and secure the talent the business needs.
• Run structured intake and discovery sessions, going beyond the job description to understand the real business requirement, critical capabilities, success profile and available talent market.
• Influence and constructively challenge stakeholders using recruitment expertise, labour market intelligence and data, providing an informed perspective to support better talent decisions.
• Develop and deliver targeted sourcing and attraction strategies, including direct sourcing, market mapping, headhunting, talent pools, campaigns and appropriate use of external partners on our PSL.
• Provide advice on talent availability, competitor activity, salary expectations and market trends, helping stakeholders understand the implications of their requirements.
• Act as a Talent Acquisition subject matter expert, advising on recruitment best practice, technology, assessment, legislation and responsible resourcing.
• Own and/or facilitate end-to-end recruitment across a broad range of roles, balancing strategic partnering with hands-on delivery and ensuring an excellent candidate and hiring manager experience.
• Use TA data and insight to identify trends, risks and opportunities, turning recruitment information into meaningful recommendations and actions for your stakeholders.
• Build proactive talent pipelines for current and future needs, ensuring the business has access to the talent and skills required as it evolves.

What we’re looking for

We’re proud to be recognised in the Gender Equity Measure Top 100 for our commitment to gender equality.

• Proven experience operating as a Talent Acquisition Partner / Business Partner within a complex, matrix or multi-site organisation, with the credibility to operate confidently with senior stakeholders.
• Exceptional business partnering and influencing skills, with a proven ability to build trusted relationships, understand business priorities, challenge constructively and translate requirements into effective talent solutions.
• Strong commercial and organisational awareness, with the ability to connect Talent Acquisition activity to wider business outcomes.
• Experience using talent market intelligence, recruitment data and insight to influence decisions and shape recruitment strategy.
• Strong expertise across attraction, sourcing and talent pooling, including market mapping, headhunting, proactive search and passive candidate engagement.
• Highly organised and analytical, able to manage competing priorities while maintaining quality, pace and attention to detail.
• Proactive, curious and adaptable, with the confidence to work autonomously, take ownership and identify opportunities to improve how the business attracts and secures talent.

What you’ll get in return

• Competitive salary and job related benefits
• Holidays
• Competitive matched pension contributions
• Life insurance up to 4x salary
• Company shares save scheme
• Greencore Qualifications
• Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
• Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
• Enhanced parental leave and menopause policies

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career.

We reserve the right to close this advertisement before the stated closing date.