Chief People Officer jobs in United Kingdom

Are you an experienced HR professional who thrives in fast-paced operational environments?

This role offers the chance to shape people strategy across multiple sites and partner directly with leaders to help teams perform at their best.

As a HR Business Partner, you ll support operational leadership teams to deliver a people agenda that drives performance, capability, and engagement. You ll provide expert guidance across all areas of HR while fostering a safe, inclusive, high-performing culture.

• Partner with site leaders to deliver people plans aligned to operational priorities.
• Coach and support managers to strengthen leadership capability.
• Lead on organisational design, workforce planning and change programmes.
• Oversee talent management, succession planning and skills development.
• Work with L&D partners to ensure training aligns to operational needs.
• Champion engagement, inclusion, safety and continuous improvement.
• Manage complex ER cases (including up to tribunal) and support industrial relations, including union engagement and collective consultations.
• Use people data to inform decisions and improve workforce performance.
• Ensure consistent, compliant HR practice and contribute to UK-wide HR projects.

• Strong HR Generalist experience within operational, manufacturing or distribution environments.
• Experience working with both unionised and non-unionised teams.
• Confidence managing complex ER matters and leading consultation on working practices.
• Broad HR expertise across talent, engagement, wellbeing and performance.
• Analytical, organised and able to work at pace across multiple priorities.
• CIPD qualified (or equivalent) with flexibility to travel across the region and occasionally UK-wide.
• A collaborative, resilient style with a commitment to safety, integrity and continuous improvement.

• Influence people strategy across multiple sites.
• Work in a supportive, close-knit HR team.
• A varied, hands‑on role with real scope to drive positive change.

If you are interested in this HR Business Partner position and feel your experience matches the criteria, then please apply now for immediate consideration or for more information please contact Kerry Norman.

Medlock Partners are a professional services recruitment specialist operating across the UK. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances, including minorities and those with disabilities. Please note our advertisements use years' experience and salary levels purely as a guide. We are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role. If you do not hear from us within 48 hours please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.