Job Req Number: 115910
Senior HR (P&O) Business Partner
Wythenshawe - will involve travel to other sites as required
Mon-Fri - 37.5 hours per week
What will you be doing?
- Build trusted relationships with senior leaders and managers, providing expert HR guidance to support business objectives and people priorities.
- Develop your team, ensuring the function delivers a high-quality, consistent and commercially focused service across the business.
- Support and oversee organisational initiatives including restructures, TUPE transfers, organisational change and integration activities to support business growth and transformation.
- Act as an escalation point for complex employee relations matters, ensuring risks are managed effectively and advice is aligned to employment law and company policy.
- Partner with leaders to identify workforce requirements, succession planning needs and development opportunities, supporting talent management, apprenticeships, early careers and leadership development initiatives.
- Represent the business in union consultations and employee forums where required.
- Own the development, implementation and continuous improvement of HR policies, procedures and practices.
- Champion a high-performance culture by supporting and developing managers to lead their teams effectively, including coordinating and delivering targeted training initiatives.
- Work closely with the Talent Acquisition Manager to oversee recruitment activity, ensuring alignment with workforce planning and business needs.
- Lead and support HR projects and people initiatives, including succession planning, engagement, employee experience and continuous improvement activities.
- Support the HR Senior Manager on strategic priorities and provide leadership support across the wider HR function where required.
About You
- Proven experience in an HR Manager or senior HR generalist role, ideally within a complex, multi-site or unionised environment.
- Strong track record of leading HR activity and delivering practical, business-focused people solutions.
- Sound knowledge of employment law, employee relations and HR best practice, with the ability to apply this confidently in a commercial environment.
- Experience supporting organisational change programmes including TUPE, restructures and business integration activities.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to build effective relationships at all levels, including trade unions and employee representatives.
- Commercially minded, with the ability to balance operational business priorities with people needs.
- Previous experience in a similar role – ideally CIPD Level 5 or Level 7 qualified (or equivalent).
- Customer-focused attitude with a high level of professionalism, discretion and attention to detail.
What can we offer you?
Competitive Salary Package and an opportunity to be a part of and grow within a driven and successful company, with a team of 160,000, operating in over 90 countries.
- Enhanced Annual Leave Entitlement from your start, which increases with length of service.
- Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme for Ultra-Low Emissions Cars
- Salary Sacrifice Cycle Scheme
- WeCare App, for support with physical and mental wellbeing, including access to GPs for you and your dependents.
- LifeWorks app for access to cashback and discounts on high street and online brands.
- Life Insurance and which includes access to expert probate support.
