Senior HR Business Partner (Manufacturing)

Location: Trafford Park Factory, Manchester, United Kingdom; site-based, normally four to five days per week. Regular visibility across the manufacturing site is required, with occasional UK or international travel.

Company

hirify.global is a global tea business producing brands including Lipton, Pukka, Tazo, T2, Lyons and PG Tips.

What you will do

• Partner with the Site Director and operational leaders to align the people agenda with site strategy, performance and transformation goals.
• Develop workforce, organisation, capability, culture and engagement plans using people data and external insight.
• Lead employee and industrial relations, including trade union relationships, collective consultation, negotiation and annual pay reviews.
• Manage complex employee relations matters, including absence, disciplinary and grievance cases, with fair and legally compliant outcomes.
• Lead workforce planning, organisational change, talent and succession initiatives, while coaching leaders on performance and inclusive leadership.
• Collaborate with P&O Centres of Excellence and contribute to UKI and global projects.

Requirements

• Significant HR Business Partner experience in a complex manufacturing, industrial or production environment.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law, employee relations, collective consultation and industrial relations.
• Experience partnering with recognised trade unions and employee representatives.
• Hands-on experience with collective pay negotiations, annual pay reviews, organisational change and business transformation.
• Ability to coach, influence and constructively challenge senior leaders while moving between strategy and delivery.
• Fluent business English and the ability to work safely in a manufacturing environment while following site safety, hygiene and operational requirements.

Nice to have

• Experience in FMCG, continuous improvement or operational excellence.
• Exposure to automation, site expansion, culture transformation or regional and global P&O projects.
• CIPD qualification or equivalent professional experience; Chartered CIPD status is desirable.
• Additional languages.

Culture & Benefits

• Senior, influential role with direct access to the Site Director and site leadership team.
• Ownership of a broad people agenda in a lean organisation where contribution is visible.
• Opportunity to shape culture, capability and transformation at a manufacturing site supporting iconic tea brands.
• Exposure to UKI and global P&O initiatives with support from experienced colleagues and Centres of Excellence.
• Commitment to equity, inclusion and diversity, with reasonable adjustments available.

Hiring process

• The process usually includes two to three stages, depending on seniority.
• CVs are generally reviewed within two weeks.