Senior HR Business Partner – Midlands & North Location: Sheffield Stratton HR are a team with a passion for delivering first class HR Consultancy Service to our clients. We provide HR support across talent acquisition, performance management, employee relations, reward, org design and L&D for a number of clients. Our team members thrive working in an environment that is solution driven and ever-changing, where no two days are the same. We’re looking to grow our team, to complement the HR team for our client in the vehicle repair industry. ABL 1 Touch was established in 1994 and is a private equity backed vehicle repair business renown as a leader in its field. Working in partnership with insurance companies to deliver high quality repair services to their customers and with sites spread across the UK. The Senior HR Business Partner will ensure successful alignment of people plans to drive business performance across their region. In addition, you will line manage 2 HR Business Partners to ensure they do the same. You will support in the coaching and development of managers, working collaboratively with them to ensure they can perform to their best potential and deliver a positive employee experience. Strong communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment are key to success This role covers a number of sites across the Midlands and North and travel will be required on average 3 – 4 days per week. What you will be doing: Day to day line management of 2 HR Business partners, acting as the point of escalation for complex ER and ensuring sharing of knowledge, ideas and consistent delivery of agreed actions Proactively deliver the people plans for your region, with a focus on reward, recognition, engagement and retention Support employee engagement by supporting managers with engagement planning and engagement initiatives Challenge and coach line managers to help identify and address people issues and support in the development of appropriate solutions, ensuring managers are effective people managers Provide guidance on the pragmatic application of people policies and processes to drive consistency in people decisions across the business Support and advise on employee relations processes, ensuring they are managed with appropriate levels of risk, applying commercial acumen to decision making Identify gaps and challenges across sites, developing plans to address, ensuring HR best practice and alignment with wider business strategy and growth Provide content and assessment expertise through the recruitment process (for APM and PM roles) to ensure a positive candidate experience and a right first time hiring approach Identify training needs within your region and ensure these are considered as part of wider training plans Develop and deliver bite size training on people matters to improve subject matter expertise across teams Work as part of the wider HR team to improve key people measures, reducing absence, improving retention and employee engagement Being a role model and advocate for core values, behaviours, safety and quality through the delivery of the people plans Maintain industry knowledge awareness to understand threats and opportunities that could impact the business / your region What skills and experience do you need to be successful: You will be degree level or CIPD qualified, with a good understanding of employment law and its practical and commercial application Experience working in a multisite, fast paced, target focused environment that is very operational by nature i.e. manufacturing, FMCG, transport / logistics, retail Confident with highly developed interpersonal skills with the ability to be assertive and take the lead where necessary Ability to use HR data, metrics, and evidence to inform and drive decision making and change across your business areas Experience of coaching and support people managers with varying levels of experience and capability Good influencing skills and confident working with middle and senior management Highly organised with the ability to work under pressure and to deadlines Strong work ethic and self starter, able to work on own initiative and prioritise the right things Exceptional communication skills both written and verbal Process oriented and able to work in a methodical manner, ideally with experience improving process and methods Good MS office skills with the ability to present information in various ways Full UK driving licence, own car and ability to travel (UK) What you get in return: Performance related bonus 25 days holiday plus bank holidays Life assurance x 4 Medicash healthcare cash plan Auto enrolment pension Regular team social activities