HR Business Partner

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 would be a great role for someone with a couple years of experience within a Business Partner / People Partner role, or alternatively an excellent opportunity for an experienced HR Advisor who is looking to take the next step in their career towards a HR Business Partner role.

Salary: £35,000 - £50,000 dependent on experience

Working Hours: 8.15am – 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.

Full-time, permanent opportunity

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.
• Take a hands-on approach to developing manager capability.
• Apply external trends and insights to continuously improve HR tools and practices.

Essential Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

• CIPD Level 5 or Level 7, or alternatively currently studying CIPD Level 5 or Level 7
• Experience within a HR BP role, or alternatively experience at a HR Advisor level looking for the next step in their career
• 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

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.