HR Business Partner
Job description
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We are seeking an experienced HR Business Partner to join a leading automated logistics equipment provider. This is an opportunity to join a business where people are central to delivering complex, high-tech solutions across a growing UK operation.
With continued UK expansion, they are looking for a confident HR Business Partner to support multiple sites. This is a highly influential role where you will work closely with senior leaders, shape people strategy, and support a fast-paced, evolving workforce.
The opportunity
As an HR Business Partner, you will act as a trusted advisor to managers across the UK, providing expert HR guidance and helping to build strong leadership capability.
This role is varied and hands-on, covering employee relations, recruitment, change management and workforce analytics. You will also support HR projects and contribute to new site developments as the business grows.
What’s in it for you?
- c£45,000 salary
- Performance-related bonus, pension and benefits
- Supportive, people-focused culture with a flat structure
- Ongoing training and development
- Stable, well-established, future-focused organisation
What you’ll be doing as HR Business Partner
- Partnering with managers to provide consistent HR advice and coaching
- Supporting leadership development and challenging where appropriate
- Managing the full employee lifecycle (recruitment, onboarding, HR admin)
- Handling employee relations cases (disciplinary, grievance, absence, performance)
- Supporting investigations and ensuring fair resolution of issues
- Using HR data and metrics to support decision-making
- Supporting HR projects across UK operations and new site launches
- Building strong relationships across multiple locations
This role involves regular UK travel and occasional international travel so flexibility is required.
What we’re looking for in an HR Business Partner
- HR Business Partner or Senior HR Advisor experience
- A degree in HR, Business or similar (or equivalent experience)
- Minimum CIPD Level 5, ideally level 7
- Strong UK employment law and employee relations knowledge
- Experience managing complex ER cases
- Strong HR data and analytical capability
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- HR systems experience (SAP SuccessFactors desirable)
Interested in this role?
If you’re looking for a role where you can genuinely influence people strategy and join a growing, forward-thinking organisation, we’d love to hear from you.Top of Form
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⭐ Highlight your CIPD Level 5 or 7 qualification prominently as this is explicitly required for the role
📊 Quantify your employee relations experience: 'Resolved 25+ complex ER cases including disciplinary and grievance procedures'
🌐 Emphasise multi-site HR support experience as this role covers multiple UK locations with travel requirements
🎯 Showcase SAP SuccessFactors experience if you have it, as it's specifically mentioned as desirable
🤝 Demonstrate your business partnering approach with senior leaders and how you've influenced people strategy
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- •Managed 30+ complex employee relations cases annually including disciplinary and grievance procedures, achieving 95% resolution rate within policy timescales
- •Supported leadership development programmes across 4 UK sites, improving manager capability scores by 28% through targeted coaching interventions
- •Led HR systems implementation using SAP SuccessFactors for 250+ employees, reducing onboarding time from 5 to 2 days
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Ruth Wagstaff Recruitment's HR Business Partner role with the automated logistics provider immediately caught my attention, particularly the opportunity to shape people strategy across multiple UK sites while supporting rapid business expansion. My CIPD Level 5 qualification and extensive employee relations experience align perfectly with your requirements for managing complex ER cases and supporting senior leadership.
My background in multi-site HR operations and workforce analytics would enable me to hit the ground running in this influential role, supporting both established operations and new site launches.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How would you use workforce analytics to support strategic decision-making?
- ›Describe your experience with SAP SuccessFactors or similar HR systems
- ›How do you ensure compliance with UK employment law in complex ER cases?
- ›What metrics would you track to measure HR effectiveness across multiple sites?
- ›How would you approach implementing HR processes at a new site launch?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to challenge senior leadership on an HR matter
- ›Describe a complex employee relations case you managed and the outcome
- ›How do you build relationships when supporting multiple locations remotely?
- ›Give an example of how you've influenced people strategy in a previous role
- ›Tell me about a time you had to manage change across different teams or sites
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to challenge senior leadership on an HR matter
Describe a complex employee relations case you managed and the outcome