Senior People Business Partner

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Human Resources Team at Sunbelt Rentals UK as a Senior People Business Partner.

It will be your role to facilitate and lead the delivery of strategic and operational People initiatives and projects within a specified region/business area(s) aligned to the company strategy and objectives. You'll ensure that our people are highly engaged, high performing and working collaboratively to help the Company to deliver its goals. 

We are looking for someone who has a passion for HR with proven experience of developing and delivering a people plan that enables a high performance culture. You'll have the credibility to build strong relationships with senior stakeholders in a multi-site environment and a collaborative approach to working closely with the wider HR Team and Finance colleagues. 

Based from home, the geographical area you will predominantly cover is the South Region, however you will also partner with some of our Nationwide Teams.

What can we offer you in return? You’ll be joining a highly successful FTSE100 company, the UK’s largest equipment rental provider.  We provide an Industry leading flexible rewards package including generous holiday allowance (with the opportunity to buy and sell annual leave), life assurance, retail discount scheme, employee recognition awards and a great Company pension scheme. Other benefits will depend on your job role and may include company car and private medical insurance.

If you join the team we’ll provide you with everything you need and ensure you are equipped for success. We’ll talk to you about your training and personal development needs and what you’d like to do to further your career and support your future aspirations. 

To succeed as an Senior HR Business Partner you will bring the following skill-set and behaviours:

• Relevant HR qualifications (CIPD, or equivalent) 
• Proven experience in HR business partnering including experience influencing senior management and critical stakeholders
• Experience in leading organisations through significant change, including a sound understanding of HR legal compliance requirements
• A Generalist background with experience in reward, employee relations, communications, talent and development, resourcing, organisation design and development, cultural change programmes
• Experience of creating project proposals through to successful implementation and delivery of change programmes
• Experience of working alongside Finance in order to understand and challenge the operational P&L
• Experience of successfully working independently with limited day to day support
• Thorough knowledge of employment law including experience of employment tribunals
• Experience of TUPE transfers, mergers, acquisitions and organisational change
• Driving licence essential

Competencies and capabilities you will bring to the role: 

• Business acumen – the ability to utilise insights of organisation’s business environment to improve the impact of HR
• Awareness of company business model, HR model and strategy
• Commercially aware – understands financial data and P&L 
• Excellent organisational skills
• Confident decision maker and calculated risk taker
• Effective communicator and presenter – verbal and written, succinct and persuasive
• Ability to influence at senior levels, constructively challenging assumptions, behaviours and ways of working
• Negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Ability to understand and resolve complex business problems
• Project management skills
• Ability to collect and analyse data/information on which to diagnose and recommend potential solutions
• Facilitator of change
• Customer focus – ability to see issues from customers’ perspective, engages customer (stakeholder) in the development of solutions
• Coaching skills at a senior level
• High performance standards for self and others
• Ability to adapt to rapidly changing priorities

The role will predominantly be field based and you will be expected to hold a driving licence as frequent travel is required, which will involve overnight stays.

Why Sunbelt?

Whether it's construction sites, energy projects, government initiatives, or unforgettable events, Sunbelt Rentals deliver the equipment and expertise to move every industry forward. With our ambition to an employer of choice this makes Sunbelt Rentals an ideal destination for your next career move. 

We are committed to the fair treatment of our staff, potential staff, and users of our services, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, responsibilities for dependants, age, physical/mental disability, or offending background.

Having a criminal record will not automatically bar an individual from working with us. We judge each case on its own merits, taking into account the relevance of the conviction to the role, the circumstances, and the time passed since the offence.