Human Resources Business Partner

Company: Technical Network Recruitment
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Job Description:

Job Description

HR Business Partner

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Location: Multi site UK

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Salary: £60,000–£65,000

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Excellent Benefits

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Working Pattern: Hybrid / multi-site

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The Opportunity is with a leading global logistics and supply chain organisation is looking to appoint an experienced and commercially minded HR Business Partner to support its Contract Logistics operation.

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This is a strategic HRBP position, working closely with senior operational leaders across a significant multi-site business. The successful candidate will provide insight, challenge and commercially focus HR solutions that support both people and business performance.

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This is an excellent opportunity for an HR professional who wants to move beyond traditional HR partnering and have a genuine influence on commercial performance, organisational design, growth and change.

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The Role

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As HR Business Partner, you will:

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  • Partner with senior operational leaders to deliver the people strategy across Contract Logistics.
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  • Provide strategic HR advice, coaching and constructive challenge to managers and leadership teams.
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  • Take ownership of key people projects, including organisational change, restructures and new business mobilisation.
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  • Support talent management, succession planning and the development of internal and external talent pipelines.
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  • Build strong relationships with Trade Unions and local colleague representative groups.
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  • Manage and support complex employee and industrial relations matters.
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  • Use HR data and metrics to identify trends, risks and opportunities across the operation.
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  • Work collaboratively with HR Centres of Excellence and Shared Services.
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  • Support new business tenders, contract renewals and business development activity.
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  • Work directly with customers where required, including presenting and supporting the HR proposition during tenders and renewals.
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  • Challenge organisational design and people decisions to ensure they support operational performance and profitability.
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  • Lead people workstreams through periods of business change and continuous improvement.
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About You:

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We're looking for an experienced HR professional who can operate confidently at a strategic level.

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You'll ideally bring:

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  • Proven HR Business Partner experience within a complex, multi site, fast-paced organisation.
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  • 3PL, contract logistics, manufacturing, FMCG, transport, warehousing experience.
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  • Proven experience working with recognised Trade Unions.
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  • Experience supporting tenders, contract mobilisation, contract renewals or customer-facing business development.
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  • Strong commercial acumen and an understanding of how people decisions impact business performance and P&L.
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  • Significant experience supporting operational or blue-collar workforces.
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  • Strong employee relations and industrial relations experience.
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  • Experience of organisational change, restructuring and ideally TUPE.
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  • Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge senior leaders constructively.
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  • Experience working across multiple sites or a geographically dispersed workforce.
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  • Strong talent management and succession planning experience.
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  • Excellent communication, presentation and relationship-building skills.
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  • The confidence to operate directly with customers and commercial stakeholders.
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You'll be:

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  • Commercially focused rather than purely HR-led. Understand how HR has an impact on the bottom line.
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  • Strategic and proactive, with the ability to see the bigger picture.
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  • Comfortable operating in a challenging and fast-moving environment.
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  • Confident enough to challenge senior operational stakeholders.
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  • Credible with both frontline operational teams and senior leadership.
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  • Comfortable working autonomously across multiple locations.
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  • Passionate about using HR to improve business performance.
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  • A strong communicator who can build trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
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If you're an experienced HRBP looking for a role where you can genuinely influence commercial performance, organisational design, growth and change, we'd be interested in hearing from you.

Posted: August 23rd, 2026