HR Business Partner

Location: Split across Coppice and Sirane manufacturing sites (with occasional home working where business needs allow)
Contract: Full-Time | Permanent
Salary: Circa £55,000 per annum

Help Shape the Future of People at Coppice

At Coppice, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As a growing manufacturing group, we’re committed to building high-performing teams, developing great leaders, and creating an environment where our colleagues can thrive.

We’re now looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to support our Coppice and Sirane manufacturing sites. This is an exciting opportunity to join a business that is evolving, where you’ll play a key role in influencing operational performance, strengthening leadership capability, and helping shape the future of HR across the Group.

If you’re a commercially minded HR professional who enjoys partnering with leaders, solving complex people challenges, and making a tangible impact in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, we’d love to hear from you.

A Day in the Life and the Impact You’ll Make

As HR Business Partner, you’ll be the trusted HR advisor to the leadership teams across both manufacturing sites, providing hands-on operational support while influencing strategic people decisions.

From coaching managers through complex employee relations matters to supporting workforce planning, driving engagement, embedding new HR systems, and helping shape organisational change, you’ll ensure our people strategy supports operational excellence and long-term business success.

Working closely with site leaders and the wider Group HR team, you’ll help build capable leaders, improve workforce stability, and create an environment where colleagues can perform at their best.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Partner with site leadership teams to deliver commercially focused HR support aligned with operational objectives.
• Lead on employee relations matters, providing expert advice on absence, performance, disciplinary, grievance, and employment legislation.
• Support workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding, and succession planning to ensure the business has the capability it needs.
• Coach and develop managers, building confidence and consistency in people management and performance.
• Support the implementation, management, and continuous improvement of HR systems, ensuring accurate people data and meaningful reporting.
• Drive employee engagement, organisational change, and continuous improvement initiatives across both sites.
• Collaborate with Group HR colleagues to develop consistent HR practices while recognising local operational requirements.

About You

We’re looking for an experienced HR professional who thrives in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and enjoys partnering with operational leaders to deliver practical, commercially focused people solutions.

You’ll be a confident HR Business Partner with strong employee relations expertise, capable of influencing at all levels while balancing strategic thinking with a hands-on approach.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in a senior generalist HR or HR Business Partner role within manufacturing, FMCG, or another operational environment.
• Strong knowledge of UK employment legislation and extensive employee relations experience.
• Experience partnering with senior operational leaders and influencing business decisions.
• Demonstrable success supporting workforce planning, recruitment, performance management, absence management, and organisational capability.
• Experience coaching and developing managers to strengthen people leadership capability.
• Strong HRIS and HR systems experience, with confidence using people data to support decision-making.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills.
• A pragmatic, commercially focused approach with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.

Desirable

• CIPD Level 7 qualified or working towards qualification.
• Experience supporting multiple manufacturing sites.
• Experience implementing or improving HR systems and processes.
• Exposure to organisational change, restructures, acquisitions, or business integration projects.

Why Join Coppice?

At Coppice, we work as one team, grounded in integrity, accountability, and continuous improvement. We believe in giving our people the opportunity to influence, improve, and make a genuine difference.

This role offers the opportunity to:

• Become a trusted member of two Site Leadership Teams.
• Influence operational and strategic people decisions across multiple manufacturing sites.
• Help shape and embed new HR systems and processes as the Group continues to grow.
• Support exciting organisational change and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Join a collaborative business where your expertise and ideas will be valued.

Our Culture

Innovation, sustainability, quality, and customer focus are at the centre of everything we do. We encourage open communication, practical problem-solving, and taking ownership to deliver outstanding outcomes for our colleagues and customers alike.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and able to succeed. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and are dedicated to ensuring our recruitment process is accessible to everyone.

Ready to Make an Impact?

If you’re looking for an opportunity to combine strategic business partnering with hands-on operational HR in a growing manufacturing business, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today and help shape the future of people at Coppice!

No agencies please.