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Human Resources Business Partner
Are you ready to take ownership of a pivotal HR role that will shape the people strategy for an entire site and make a tangible impact on the business?

Can you envision yourself thriving in a collaborative, on-site role, leading a team, and aligning HR initiatives with both site and regional priorities?

MacGregor Black are partnering with a FMCG Manufacturing Business on the search for a HR Business Partner. This is a permanent role based in Cumbria.

This position plays a vital role in our enhanced HR business partnering model. Your primary focus will be to provide HR leadership and business partnering expertise at the Carlisle site. By working closely with the site leadership team, management, and the broader UK&I HR function, you’ll ensure HR initiatives align with site-specific goals and regional HR priorities.

As an integral member of the site leadership team, you’ll build strong, credible relationships while helping to set direction, shape strategy, and develop the site’s people-focused plans.

Own the HR agenda for site in line with agreed functional agendas
Work in partnership with senior leaders and senior managers on establishing and implementing solutions that support the ongoing development of leadership capability and provide mentorship support to the wider management team on people related matters
Work with leadership teams to identify key areas impacting upon business performance such as functional capability or engagement levels
Provide the vital link to other teams within the wider HR function as required, including Recruitment, Central Engagement, Central L&D, Employee Relations, Occupational Health & Wellbeing, HR Shared Services
Drive forward & manage the creation of site people plans that are fully aligned to site strategic priorities and wider HR priorities, ensuring full integration of the HR agenda for the site, including engagement and site driven L&D priorities
Build solid relationships with site trade union teams that champion positive employee relations across the site and partner with the Factory General Manager on ongoing engagement with the site trade unions
Lead resolution of sophisticated function or site wide employee relations matters (including site wide), in partnership with site senior management and apply employment law expertise to situations which require a balanced risk assessment
Maintain close links with other HR Business Partners across the UK&I to ensure consistency of HR practices
Partner with the Site Lead on creation of future facing site change plans including organisation design, planning (including impact assessment, risk assessment and mitigation planning) and implementation of changes, and wider team member engagement of proposals
As required lead UK wide Supply Chain HR people initiatives as part of role SC wide change projects, align and coordinate the activities of other members of the HRBP team in these
Deputise for Head of SC HR, assuming an active role with the UK HRLT as required

Previous experience of working in a fast moving HR environment with strong and associated understanding of interconnections / drivers of Employee Engagement / Employee Life Cycle
A track record in leading people / organisational change from development to implementation
Experience of having developed people plans linked to strategy in collaboration with senior management
A background of having experience of key employee relations matters – D&G, Absence Management disputes
Experience of working closely with site Trade Unions or representatives on employee relations matters
Passion and drive to empower and engage colleagues to make a real difference to the business
Strong planning, project management and organisational skills, with the ability to work flexibly to ensure the efficient and successful delivery of the site people plan