Mpeople Recruitment are seeking a HR Business Partner for our client that are a well-established and reputable local manufacturing company in the Oldham area. This is a full-time, permanent role and is 100% office-based.
- Salary: £40,000 - £50,000 dependent on experience
- Working Hours: 8.45am – 4.30pm Monday to Friday. Some flexibility with start and finish time.
- Benefits: 25 days plus bank holidays (plus option to buy and sell holidays), plus a long list of employee benefits such as life assurance, private healthcare plans, a low cost onsite gym etc.
Working closely with leaders across the organisation, this role delivers a proactive HR partnering service, supporting all aspects of the employee lifecycle and driving effective people solutions.
Key responsibilities:
- Partner with leaders to align people plans with business priorities.
- Act as a trusted advisor on talent, leadership, performance, and organisational design.
- Use people data to identify trends and drive performance and engagement improvements.
- Deliver practical, cost-effective, and compliant solutions to complex people challenges.
- Build strong relationships to support, coach, and develop leaders.
- Support and improve HR policies, processes, and best practices.
- Lead talent reviews and succession planning with learning and development.
- Act as a key HR contact, providing high-quality support to managers and leaders.
- Collaborate with site HR teams to proactively resolve people matters.
- Provide expert guidance on employee relations, including investigations and case management.
- Drive engagement, wellbeing, and DEI (diversity, equality and inclusion) initiatives.
- Lead performance management cycles, ensuring consistency and continuous improvement.
- Work cross-site to deliver key performance and talent projects.
- Take a hands-on approach to developing manager capability.
- Apply external trends and insights to continuously improve HR tools and practices.
- Support regional and global HR projects as required.
Essential Skills, Knowledge & Experience:
- CIPD Level 5 (or equivalent) or above
- Proven experience in an HR Business Partner role
- Strong influencing skills with the ability to gain buy-in at all levels, including senior stakeholders
- Experience supporting organisational change initiatives
- Ability to build effective, trusted relationships across the business
- Capable of operating strategically and representing HR internally and externally
- Skilled in managing multiple priorities, projects, and deadlines within a generalist HR function
- Solid experience handling complex employee relations cases with good employment law knowledge
- Able to identify key people risks, implications, and opportunities for improvement
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
Desirable Skills, Knowledge & Experience:
- Experience within a manufacturing or industrial environment
- Exposure to partnering with international or European teams
- Experience operating in a unionised setting
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to adapt style and tone
- Confident in constructively challenging stakeholders and influencing change
- Promotes a positive, proactive culture across teams
- Acts as a credible role model, building strong stakeholder relationships
Please note that Mpeople Recruitment cannot always respond to all applicants due to the high volume of CV's received on a daily basis. Should you not receive a response within 5 working days please accept this as not been successful. Mpeople wish you all the best in your job search.
