Interim Human Resources Business Partner
Are you ready to step into a true business partnering role — one where you’ll shape culture, influence leaders, and drive people strategy on the ground?
Can you balance hands-on HR delivery with strategic thinking in a fast-paced, evolving manufacturing environment?
Do you have the confidence to challenge senior stakeholders and the empathy to support and develop a growing HR team?
MacGregor Black are partnering with a Global Manufacturing FMCG business on the search for a Interim HR Business Partner. This role is based in West Midlands.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the first point of escalation for complex ER cases, providing expert, pragmatic advice and ensuring compliance with company policy and employment law.
- Mentor and develop two onsite HR Advisors, building their confidence and professional capability.
- Partner with site leadership to influence people decisions, challenge constructively, and shape a positive, high-performance culture.
- Ensure HR policies, processes, and practices are consistent, compliant, and commercially aligned.
- Support the HR Manager with all aspects of HR delivery for a headcount of approximately 650 colleagues across a busy manufacturing site.
- Lead or contribute to initiatives that drive employee engagement, talent development, workforce planning, and retention.
- Provide credible HR leadership in a fast-paced, sometimes ambiguous environment, ensuring HR delivers real business value.
What are we looking for?
- Bring broad HR generalist experience, ideally from a manufacturing, FMCG, or fast-moving operational setting.
- Have strong employee relations expertise, able to manage complex cases with confidence and balance.
- Demonstrate credibility and resilience when partnering with senior stakeholders — comfortable challenging, influencing, and shaping decisions.
- Thrive in a dynamic, high-volume environment, where structure and processes are evolving.
- Enjoy developing others, with proven experience supporting or leading a small HR team.
Contact Alice Redmond for more information today.
Salary £45k plus benefits
