Associate HR Business Partner

Overview

As an Associate HR Business Partner, you will lead and support HR projects across UK sites to drive growth and transformation. You’ll partner with operational leaders to translate business priorities into practical people initiatives, shaping performance and culture. The role focuses on change programmes, TUPE transfers, and continuous improvement to raise efficiency and employee experience. You will work across Slough, Corby, and Birmingham, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver measurable impact. This is a hands-on opportunity to influence people strategy in a dynamic logistics environment.

Pay / Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (option to purchase up to 5 extra days)
• pension contribution
• life assurance policy (4 x salary)
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Discount Scheme
• Free Parking

Responsibilities

• Lead and support diverse HR projects that align with business objectives and timelines
• Support business transformation programmes and organizational change, including restructures
• Identify and implement improvements to HR processes, policies, and ways of working
• Collaborate with HR leadership to translate priorities into practical people initiatives
• Build strong stakeholder relationships, guiding senior managers on people-related projects
• Drive employee engagement initiatives to improve retention and culture
• Contribute to workforce planning, talent development, and succession planning
• Utilize HR data and metrics to measure project success and inform decisions
• Coordinate cross-site efforts to ensure consistent HR implementation across sites

Key requirements

• Experience in HR roles focused on projects and change initiatives (HR Advisor/Senior HR Advisor/HR Project Specialist/HR Business Partner)
• Demonstrable delivery of HR projects or business improvement initiatives
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law, especially TUPE and organizational change
• Experience influencing managers and senior leaders across multiple stakeholders
• Excellent organisational and project coordination skills with multiple priorities
• Proactive, solutions-focused, commercially aware approach
• Strong analytical skills to interpret HR data and identify improvements
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills across all levels
• UK driving licence and willingness to travel between sites

• proactive
• solutions-focused
• commercially aware
• HR data analysis and reporting
• project management and coordination
• stakeholder management

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