Human Resources Business Partner in Birmingham

HydraForce, operating from our purpose-built facility in Birmingham, UK, is a global designer and manufacturer of motion control systems and the world’s leading manufacturer of hydraulic cartridge valves and custom hydraulic integrated circuits, as well as electronic controls for a variety of off-highway industries. Bosch Rexroth and HydraForce bring together two world-class leaders in hydraulic motion control. By combining our strengths, we have broadened our hydraulics offering to deliver the world’s highest quality hydraulic control solutions to more OEMs across the globe.

As an experienced HR Business Partner, you will be the contact person for our managers and employees in all HR-related and labour law issues, both operationally and strategically. Proactively manage and resolve employee relations concerns, ensuring all processes (identification, reporting, investigation, resolution) align with legal and internal standards. Partner with the business on organisation design and re-design activity to improve business performance. Implement, and continuously optimise HR processes and diversity initiatives, ensuring alignment with best practices and maximum efficiency.

Review and analyse data to identify trends and recommend solutions to improve employee performance, retention, and employee engagement, presenting patterns and insight to business stakeholders on a weekly basis, along with proposed solutions and action where required. Manage the entire employee journey to recruit exceptional individuals and foster a culture of retention for our invaluable workforce. Broad experience in all aspects of an HR Business Partnering including reward, employee relations, talent, succession planning, restructuring and leadership.

Foster close working relationships with Business Unit Managers to ensure that HR activity is effectively managed. Provide coaching and training to line managers in all matters relating to employee relations. Manage the exit interview process ensuring relevant information is communicated and fed back to Managers if appropriate. Assist with the recruitment and onboarding of new employees to meet business needs if required, measure and report on HR issues, opportunities, development plans and achievements, providing metrics within agreed formats and timescales.

Ensure the company complies with additional associated legislation including (but not limited to) Data Protection, Health and Safety and Immigration requirements. Partner with Business Leaders to establish training and development needs. Facilitate training sessions, workshops, and webinars for employees, ensuring that training sessions are engaging and meet learning objectives, adapting training methods to suit diverse learning styles. Support the rollout and development of integration initiatives, for example, performance management, wellbeing, cultural improvement.

Qualifications:

• CIPD Level 5
• Proven track record designing and developing divisional people plans, including talent management, change management, succession planning, workforce planning, retention and engagement etc.
• Proven track record of successfully managing a diverse workload with the ability to work independently and autonomously.
• Computer literate, with sound knowledge of Microsoft packages and SAP systems.

Additional Information:

We offer a wide variety of interesting and challenging tasks. Flexible work-time options, benefits and services, employee discounts, various sports and health opportunities, on-site parking, room for creativity. You will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK, as we are unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants would not be provided with a Skilled Worker visa for this role and will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK. We are unable to provide visa sponsorship beyond the program.