HR Business Partner

Are you an experienced senior HR leader who thrives in a fast-paced, complex environment and can truly influence at scale? Ready to take on a high-profile role where you’ll shape and deliver people strategy across multiple sites? Do you want to make a real impact on performance, engagement, and culture?

We are currently looking for a Senior HR Business Partner to join a large, unionised operation supporting multiple sites across the UK, within a major retail customer environment. In this role, you’ll act as a true strategic partner to the Senior Operations Director and wider leadership team, with accountability for delivering a high-impact people strategy across a complex and evolving contract.

You’ll lead a team of HR professionals and be responsible for driving a consistent, commercially focused HR framework across all areas of the business - ensuring alignment with wider organisational priorities while tailoring delivery to meet the demands of a fast paced retail operation.

This is a full-time, permanent position working Monday to Friday; however, flexibility is required due to the multi-site and operational nature of the role, including travel across the UK.

Pay, benefits and more:

You’ll be paid a salary of £75,000 - £80,000 per annum, dependent upon experience. You’ll also receive 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), as well as the option to buy additional days so you can enjoy a positive work-life balance. Your benefits package includes a company car or car allowance of £595 per calendar month, a company-sponsored pension scheme, private medical and dental insurance, a 24/7 online GP service, life assurance and a fully comprehensive employee assistance programme. You’ll have access to our MyBenefits platform offering a variety of high street discounts, a cycle to work scheme, cashback cards, a saving scheme and much more. You’ll also have access to our GXO University, which provides you with the opportunity to learn new skills and gain qualifications at a pace that you’re comfortable with. There’s also our continued focus on internal promotions, over 55% last year!

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Work closely with senior internal and external stakeholders to integrate HR practices, drive the engagement agenda, and champion large-scale people-related change and organisational design
• Act as a confidant, influencer and enabler to the Senior Operations Director and leadership team, enabling evidenced, commercial people decisions
• Lead and develop the HR team to deliver a high-quality, consistent advisory service, acting as a mentor, coach and escalation point
• Facilitate and drive key programmes across the colleague lifecycle, including talent development, succession planning, engagement and retention
• Use data and insight to shape strategy, improve performance and inform business decision-making
• Build strong employee relations frameworks, including effective engagement with Trade Unions across a multi-site environment

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• Proven experience operating as a HR Business Partner or equivalent within a large, multi-site, unionised environment (e.g. retail, logistics or supply chain)
• Strong leadership experience, including managing and developing HR teams
• Demonstrable ability to influence, challenge and partner with senior stakeholders
• Experience delivering large-scale change, transformation and organisational design initiatives
• Data-driven mindset with the ability to translate insight into action
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage at all levels

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains. #LI-CM1GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.