People Partner

People Partner

Location: Staffordshire
Salary: £45,000 - £48,000 (DOE) Benefits
Job Type: Full Time | Permanent

An established and growing logistics and supply chain business is seeking an experienced and commercially focused People Partner to support operational sites across the region.

This is a hands-on HR role working closely with operational leaders within fast-paced transport, warehousing and logistics environments. You will play a key role in supporting managers, driving employee engagement, improving people performance and ensuring HR best practice across multiple sites.

The successful candidate will be a confident HR professional with strong employee relations experience, excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to operate effectively within a dynamic operational environment.

Key Responsibilities

Employee Relations

• Independently manage a range of employee relations matters including disciplinaries, grievances, absence management, performance and conduct issues.
• Support managers with investigations, hearings and outcome management.
• Provide practical and commercially focused HR advice in line with employment legislation and company policy.
• Maintain accurate HR documentation and case records.

HR Business Partnering

• Partner with operational managers across logistics, warehousing and transport functions.
• Support leadership teams in driving engagement, performance and accountability.
• Coach and develop managers on people management and leadership capability.
• Identify workforce risks including absence, turnover and capability concerns.
• Support organisational change and workforce planning activities.

Compliance & HR Processes

• Ensure compliance with UK employment law and HR best practice.
• Support HR policy development and implementation.
• Assist with audits, investigations and operational compliance activities.
• Work collaboratively with payroll and operational teams to support accurate employee data and payroll processing.

Learning & Development

• Support and deliver Learning & Development initiatives across operational teams.
• Conduct training needs analysis and support management development programmes.
• Assist with apprenticeship, graduate and emerging talent initiatives.
• Deliver training workshops and support continuous improvement activities.

Recruitment & Employee Engagement

• Support recruitment and onboarding activities for operational roles.
• Assist with employee engagement initiatives and retention strategies.
• Promote a positive and inclusive working culture across all sites.

About You

• Previous experience within a HR Generalist, HR Business Partner or People Partner role.
• Strong employee relations experience with the confidence to manage cases independently.
• Experience supporting multi-site operational environments, ideally within logistics, transport, warehousing or supply chain.
• Strong understanding of UK employment legislation and HR best practice.
• Experience coaching and supporting managers.
• CIPD Level 5 qualified or equivalent experience.
• Strong communication, organisation and stakeholder management skills.
• Commercially aware with a practical and solutions-focused approach.

What's on Offer

• Opportunity to join a growing and people-focused business.
• Varied and commercially impactful HR role.
• Exposure to operational leadership teams across multiple sites.
• Supportive and collaborative working environment.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.

If you are an experienced HR professional who enjoys working closely with operational teams and making a genuine impact within a fast-paced business, we would love to hear from you.

About Cast UK

Cast UK is a leading executive consultancy, providing national recruitment solutions to both clients and candidates. Specialising in Business Change & Transformation, HR, Procurement, Buying, Supply Chain, and Logistics, each member of our specialist team has a professional background specific to their recruiting sector. With this unique insight and knowledge, our consultants are able to place individuals from trainee through to main board. For more information on Cast UK and a complete list of all of our current vacancies, please visit www.castuk.com

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