HR Business Partner

JOB TITLE: HR Business Partner (with L&D Focus)
LOCATION: Newton Abbot
SALARY: £55,000 – £60,000 per annum
TERM: Full-Time, Permanent

We are seeking a commercially driven HR Business Partner with a strong Learning & Development mindset to join our team in Newton Abbot. This is a strategic people role where you will work closely with senior leadership to shape and deliver HR and capability-building initiatives that directly enable business performance. Prior experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment is desirable.

• Partner with senior leaders to provide expert HR guidance, acting as a strategic advisor across people, culture and capability.

• Design and lead the Learning & Development strategy, with a focus on capability uplift, leadership development and future skills planning.

• Drive high-impact organisational development and change management initiatives.

• Oversee employee relations, ensuring fair, commercially sound and legally compliant outcomes.

• Lead talent management and succession planning, identifying critical capabilities required for future growth.

• Strengthen recruitment, onboarding and retention processes with a development-led mindset to boost long-term engagement.

• Analyse HR and L&D data/metrics to support intelligent, evidence-based decision making.

• Ensure compliance with employment legislation and company policies.

• Champion a culture of continuous learning, inclusion and high performance across the workforce.

• Proven experience as an HR Business Partner, ideally in manufacturing or similar operational environments.

• Demonstrable experience designing or delivering Learning & Development initiatives (emerging leaders, technical capability, workforce development etc).

• Strong understanding of UK employment law and HR best practice.

• Excellent stakeholder influencing and relationship-building skills at leadership level.

• Experience coaching leaders and driving behavioural/cultural change.

• Commercially sharp, proactive and solutions-focused.

• CIPD Level 5 or above desirable.

If you're a progressive HR professional with a passion for building capability and driving sustainable performance through people, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today!