HR Manager (multi site)

Are you looking for a HR role where you can shape the culture to success? Are you a leader who can deliver a high-impact, compliant HR service while partnering with operational teams and Trade Unions to drive engagement and performance? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where you can lead teams, manage complex employee relations, and drive people-focused change across multiple sites? If so, join us as HR Manager covering multi sites.

As our HR Manager, you will be people-focused covering two contracts within GXO. This opportunity will support our contracts at East Midlands Gateway and our Nestle Purina contract at Hams Hall, Coleshill. Reporting to the HR Business Partner, you’ll provide our site leadership teams with support and guidance in relation to all HR related topics.

You will provide a professional service covering all aspects of employee relations and industrial relations, with a focus on continuous improvement, to ensure that all contract objectives are achieved and maintained through the performance of our people. You’ll lead a team of 8 direct colleagues and will work closely with the site leadership team, ensuring consistent people support and engagement across diverse contracts.

This is a full time, permanent opportunity with core working hours of Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:00 (flexibility required for business needs). The role will require regular travel across the sites.

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a salary of up to £55,000 per annum, plus a role-based company car and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes flexible dental insurance plans, a company sponsored pension scheme, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll also have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more!

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Lead delivery of a high-quality, end-to-end HR service across multiple sites, ensuring compliance with policies, procedures, and legislation
• Partner with operational leaders and Trade Unions, building strong relationships and driving engagement, wellbeing, and performance
• Manage and develop a multidisciplinary HR team
• Provide expert guidance on employee relations, including complex cases, absence management, disciplinary processes, and change initiatives (e.g. restructures, TUPE)
• Drive people strategy and continuous improvement, including recruitment, talent development, engagement surveys, HR reporting/KPIs, and process enhancements

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• CIPD Level 5+ (or equivalent) with strong, up-to-date employment law expertise, including handling complex ER cases and providing strategic HR guidance
• Proven HR leader with multi-site experience, confident using people data and KPIs (e.g. attrition, absence) to drive performance and decision-making
• Strong relationship builder with a passion for employee engagement, wellbeing, and inclusion, delivering impactful people initiatives

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.