HR Manager - Standalone

Excellent opportunity, Permanent HR Manager (Standalone Role)Location: Bedfordshire (5 days on-site)Role Overview As HR Manager, you will take full ownership of the employee life cycle from attraction to exit, within a fast-paced commercial manufacturing environment. This is a standalone role, offering the autonomy to shape and deliver a high-impact people agenda.Acting as a trusted advisor to leaders, you’ll combine strategic thinking with hands-on delivery to build organisational capability, enhance engagement, and support business growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with leadership to develop and deliver a people strategy aligned to business goals
• Build strong, trusted relationships with senior stakeholders and managers across the organisation
• Lead end-to-end recruitment, developing robust talent pipelines and succession plans
• Drive performance and development, including performance management, training, and career progression initiatives
• Provide expert HR advice on employee relations, using a pragmatic and commercially focused approach
• Support organisational design and change, improving structure, engagement, and effectiveness
• Develop and maintain HR policies in line with best practice and evolving employment law
• Champion employee wellbeing, engagement, and recognition initiatives
• Oversee HR systems and data, ensuring accuracy, GDPR compliance, and meaningful reporting
• Deliver onboarding and HR inductions, creating a strong employee experience from day one
• Manage HR metrics and casework, providing insights for decision-making and audit readiness
• Continuously improve HR processes, modernising and streamlining operations
• Support benefits administration and partner with Finance to review offerings annually

About You

• A commercially minded HR Manager /HR BP, ideally with experience in manufacturing or a fast-paced blue-collar environment
• Proven ability to operate in a standalone HR role, managing both strategic and operational priorities
• Strong generalist HR expertise across the full employee life cycle
• Confident influencer with the ability to coach and challenge leaders
• Ideally qualified to level 5 of the CIPD or above or equivalent.

Why Join Us? This is a fantastic opportunity to own and shape the HR function within a dynamic, on-site manufacturing environment. You’ll have real autonomy, visibility, and the chance to make a tangible impact on the success of the business.

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