People Partner

We are currently looking for a People Partner to join our People Team focusing on our Biggleswade and Hemel Contract Logistics sites.

The role will report into our UK People Director and will have a 1 site-based HR Advisor reporting into them.

The role will be based at our Biggleswade site with a requirement for regular travel to our site in Hemel, plus occasional travel to our other sites in Medway, Purfleet, Egham and Tamworth may be required.

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced HR professional, with a strong background in a People Partnering role to make a significant impact on our business.

You will be required to:

• Work as a trusted partner to the Site Management teams at both Biggleswade and Hemel sites, providing strategic and operational support to the business, whilst developing a first-class generalist HR service
• Support the business in developing and delivering strategic people plans
• Analyse HR data/metrics, trends and market analysis to inform decision making and recommend improvements/actions
• Assist with recruitment, selection and long-term resource planning
• Manage complex employee relations cases
• Drive a high-performance culture through effective performance and talent management processes
• Promote employee engagement and wellbeing initiatives
• Drive equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives
• Drive strategies to support the development, engagement and retention of our colleagues
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement HR Strategies to support our business objectives
• Ensure our HR practices are aligned with our business goals and values

About you:

• Proven generalist HR experience in a multi-site business
• You must have solid experience of new business implementations and change management, in a growth environment
• Strong understanding of TUPE legislation and be able to evidence previous experience of the effective management of end-to-end TUPE processes
• Be able to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of HR best practice and employment legislation
• Demonstrate success in a People Partnering role
• Experience of logistics or a similar environment
• Ideally CIPD qualified
• Demonstrate highly effective coaching and influencing skills
• Strong communication skills
• You must be commercially astute
• Ability to think strategically
• Experience of managing people