Senior HR Business Partner – Manufacturing
Reckitt
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Kingston upon Hull • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Senior
About the role
- Partner with the Factory Director and leadership team to align HR strategy with business objectives
- Provide insights on workforce planning, talent development, and organisational design
- Lead employee relations strategy, ensuring compliance with UK employment law and Reckitt policies
- Build strong relationships with trade unions and employee representatives
- Drive initiatives to enhance employee engagement, wellbeing, and inclusion
- Identify critical skills gaps and implement learning & development programs
- Support succession planning and leadership development for site managers and supervisors
- Champion diversity and inclusion across the Hull site
- Embed Reckitt’s performance culture through coaching, feedback, and recognition programs
- Support managers in driving accountability and high performance
- Oversee HR processes including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and reward
- Ensure compliance with health & safety, labour laws, and ethical standards
- Lead HR projects and continuous improvement initiatives at the site.
Requirements
- Proven HR leadership experience in a manufacturing or supply chain environment
- Strong knowledge of UK employment law and industrial relations
- Experience working with trade unions and employee representatives
- Track record of delivering HR strategy that drives business performance
- Excellent stakeholder management, influencing, and coaching skills
- Outstanding ability to lead change and instill passion within diverse teams
- Strong business acumen, value creation, OE, enterprise leadership, and experience in driving learning & development talent management engagement, compliance and DEI agenda
- Digital fluency and adeptness in leveraging data to inform compelling stories and strategies
- Creativity in addressing complex HR challenges with thoughtful and innovative solutions
- Skilled in various HR facets such as employee engagement, employment law, and people analytics
Benefits
- Parental benefits
- Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health
- Life insurance for all employees globally
- Opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes
- Short-term incentives to recognize, appreciate and reward your work
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
HR leadershipworkforce planningtalent developmentorganisational designemployee relationscompliancerecruitmentonboardingperformance managementpeople analytics
Soft skills
stakeholder managementinfluencingcoachingchange leadershippassion instillationbusiness acumencreativityrelationship buildingaccountabilityhigh performance