Senior HR Business Partner

Senior HR Business Partner
The Role
We are looking for a detail-orientated, commercial and proactive HR Business Partner with exceptional interpersonal and management skills. You’ll have the ability to work collaboratively with the UK People team, Unions, Occupational Health and your allocated business areas. Whilst it can be a demanding and fast paced environment, you’ll thrive on pressure and challenges, with ease and resilience. You’ll be forward thinking in terms of business partnering and be able to keep up with pace and change; taking a best practice, commercially minded approach.
As the Senior HR Business Partner, you will not only have your own partnering areas but will also provide line management oversight to a team of HR Business Partners and Assistant HR Business Partners (both remotely and on-site). Together, you will ensure the delivery of a consistent business partnering approach, promote the sharing of best practices, and optimize resource allocation across the organisation.
Responsibilities:
Provide guidance and support to stakeholders on a wide range of HR matters, including talent management, employee relations, performance management, and organizational design.
Lead, mentor, and coach a team of HR Business Partners and Assistant HR Business Partners, fostering their professional growth and promoting a culture of continuous learning and development.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and address HR challenges, proactively proposing innovative solutions to enhance organisational effectiveness.
Support with the drive on employee engagement initiatives, ensuring a positive and inclusive work environment that fosters employee morale, satisfaction, and retention.
Use HR metrics and analytics to measure the effectiveness of HR programs, identify trends, and provide insights to inform data-driven decision-making in relation to HR Partnering areas.
Collaborate with the HR leadership team to implement HR policies, procedures, and initiatives that promote a high-performance culture and align with legal requirements and best practices.
Stay abreast of industry trends, best practices, and regulatory changes, translating them into actionable strategies and initiatives to drive organisational success.
Foster effective relationships with external vendors, partners, and industry networks to leverage resources and stay ahead of emerging HR trends and practices.
Identify and address learning and development needs.
Experience and Skills:
You will be:
System-savvy
Able to build meaningful relationships
Able to maintain strict confidentially
Practical and logical; able to solve problems quickly and efficiently
A strong and effective communicator and influencer
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities with competing deadlines
You will have:
Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or CIPD Level or demonstrative experience
Proven work experience as a HR Business Partner or similar role within an operational environment
Demonstrated experience managing and developing HR teams, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.
Proven track record of successfully implementing HR strategies and initiatives that drive organisational growth and effectiveness.
Analytical mindset, with the ability to leverage HR metrics and data to drive insights and influence decision-making.
Experience working in a Unionised environment
An affirmed understanding regarding CIPD best practice and UK employment legislation
NOTE: Travel required across the UK as needed; including regular visits to our office in Southampton.
Compensation
DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market competitive compensation package.
About DP World
Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.
With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 103,000 employees spanning 75 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.
We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades. The DP World family comprises of syncreon, Imperial and P&O.
What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.
WE MAKE TRADE FLOW. TO CHANGE WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE
DP World is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). We strongly believe that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success and we make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We believe that employees are happiest when they’re empowered to be their true, authentic selves. So, please come as you are. We can’t wait to meet you.
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