HR Business Partner

Want a role where you can truly shape culture, capability and ways of working?

Here at GXO, we have an exciting opportunity for an HR Business Partner to join our public & industrial business unit, supporting a growing and strategically important BU operating across land, air and sea defence sites throughout the UK.

This is a high-impact role where you’ll help build and embed HR foundations, lead through change and partner closely with senior operational leaders to deliver a joined‑up, future‑focused people strategy.

You will act as a trusted adviser, coach and influencer, supporting complex, unionised warehouse operations while developing a high-performing HR team and helping shape the next phase of growth for the contract.

This role offers the chance to make your stamp at an early stage of the business unit’s HR journey, shaping structure, capability, values and ways of working while operating at the heart of a critical national contract. You’ll need to be comfortable working independently, travelling nationwide, and navigating a demanding, highly compliant environment.

This is a full-time permanent position.

You’ll be working Monday to Friday, 09:00 till 17:00 with a requirement to regularly travel throughout the UK. However, some flexibility is required, this is logistics after all!

Pay, benefits and more:

We’re looking to offer a competitive salary plus the option of a company car or car allowance and 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays). Your benefits package includes a company sponsored pension scheme and private medical cover.

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Partnering with senior operational leaders to deliver a coherent people plan aligned to the Defence contract’s operational agenda
• Leading and developing a team of HR Managers and Advisors, building capability through coaching, mentoring and support
• Driving and embedding GXO HR programmes such as performance management, engagement, talent and succession planning, recognition and learning & development
• Managing organisation design activity and people-related change as GXO integration progresses across sites
• Providing insight through people data and MI to inform decision-making, while ensuring consistent application of policies, compliance standards and employee relations best practice

What you need to succeed at GXO:

• CIPD Level 7 qualification with strong, up-to-date employment law knowledge, including experience of disciplinary, grievance, TUPE and change scenarios. BPSS and SC clearance will be required for this role.
• Proven experience operating as a senior HR leader in a large, multi-site, unionised environment, ideally within logistics, manufacturing or a highly compliant sector
• Confidence leading complex union relationships and negotiations at both local and national level
• A resilient, self-driven approach with the credibility to influence senior stakeholders and challenge constructively
• A passion for continuous improvement, cultural change and developing high-performing teams in fast-paced environments

We engineer faster, smarter, leaner supply chains.

GXO is a leading provider of cutting-edge supply chain solutions to the most successful companies in the world. We help our customers manage their goods most efficiently using our technology and services. Our greatest strength is our global team – energetic, innovative people of all experience levels and talents who make GXO a great place to work. GXO is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate, support and thrive on diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  We believe that diversity and inclusion in our business is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are an Armed Forces friendly organisation and Disability Confident Leader as part of the Disability Confident Scheme (GIS) and actively welcome applications from people with disabilities.

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