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HR Business Partner - Commercial

I am looking for a strongly commercial, HR professional to work for a business to business service company based in Slough.

The position will partner a challenging client group of 300 individuals, based across 4 sites (Buckinghamshire; Berkshire; London and West Sussex) requiring a broad range of experience, commercial acumen and strong influencing skills.

Following the appointment of a new Managing Director, my already very successful client is undergoing massive change to evolve from being a good organisation to a great one. A new Head of HR, joined last year at the same time in recognition of the fact that the company needed proactive, commercially focused Human Resources, rather than the tactical and reactive HR of previous years. In conjunction with major restructure of the commercial part of the business, the HR model has been transformed, with the introduction of Talent Management, Succession Planning, Leadership Development; Compensation and Benefits and 360 degree feedback. Having already benefited enormously from the new model, the demand from the business is enormous.

The role will operate as a member of the management team delivering an integrated, comprehensive and commercially focused HR service; influencing strategy whilst maintaining an independent organisational-wide corporate perspective on how HR can add-value to the organisation.
Manage talent and succession planning programmes
Assist with the development of reward and recognition strategies to help ensure they support the corporate business strategy
Actively provide a strategic and influential approach to all business change initiatives and act as project manager for all people related project work-streams
Influence and contribute to all aspects of resource planning and budgets ensuring balance between cost efficiencies, work requirements and optimum performance, and support the recruitment and selection process.
Provide coaching and feedback to line managers to assist them in maximising the performance potential and development of their staff
Act as advocate of the corporate values, culture and policies
Utilise all HR, employment legislation and commercial information to actively challenge and influence strategies, initiatives, planning processes as well as employee relations situations.
Influence and shape the change agenda within agreed corporate guidelines
Encourage continuous performance improvement
First class interpersonal skills with the ability to influence both inside and outside the organisation
Strong drive to achieve with a proven ability to deliver results
High level of commercial awareness essential to supporting the business needs
Experience of working in a commercial customer facing business to business environment
Degree calibre with CIPD preferred
Experience of working in a change-focused environment
Project management experience.
Demonstrates resilience when faced with challenging situations
Ability to remain independent when providing advice
Essential requirement to travel to other locations
Ability to critically analyse information, recommend pragmatic solutions and commercially focused decisions
Able to operate within a matrix style organisation

Please include current salary details (basic, bonus plus any benefits) when applying