Senior HR Business Partner
🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 21 March 2026
LOCATION
March, Cambridgeshire
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Human Resources
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SKILLS
HR Business Partner
Workforce Planning
Employee Relations
Organisational Change
Performance Management
Talent Development
Leadership Capability
FULL DESCRIPTION
We are seeking a commercially astute Senior HR Business Partner to lead the people agenda across two operational manufacturing sites within a fast-paced production environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with senior site leadership teams to shape and deliver people strategies that directly support operational performance, productivity, and growth across two manufacturing sites.
- Translate group people strategy into site-level execution through effective workforce planning, organisational design, and capability development in collaboration with the People Centre of Excellence.
- Lead strategic workforce and succession planning to ensure the development and retention of critical talent and future capability across the sites.
- Provide expert, risk-based guidance on complex employee relations, employment legislation, and organisational change, supporting confident and compliant decision-making within a unionised or highly regulated operational environment.
- Drive a consistent and effective HR operating model across both sites, embedding governance, compliance, and best practice across all people processes.
- Lead, coach, and develop an HR Business Partner, building capability and ensuring strong HR delivery across day-to-day operational activity.
- Influence and support the implementation of performance management, talent development, and leadership capability initiatives in partnership with the wider HR team.
- Utilise people data, operational metrics, and insight to inform strategic decision-making, identify trends, and continuously improve the effectiveness of the people agenda.
About You
- CIPD qualified or equivalent experience.
- Significant HR Business Partner experience within a manufacturing, food production, FMCG, or operational environment.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and partner effectively with senior operational leaders.
- Strong commercial acumen with a clear understanding of the challenges within a production environment.
- Extensive experience managing complex employee relations issues and supporting organisational change.
- A pragmatic, solutions-focused approach with the ability to balance strategic thinking with operational delivery.
- Strong interpersonal, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.
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