Lead People Partner
CV-LibraryWisbech, CambridgeshirecontractPosted: 7 May 2026
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Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.
As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.
Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.
Please note: This role is a 12-month fixed-term contract.
What you'll be doing
As a Senior People Partner, you will be the lead HR team at our Wisbech manufacturing site, acting as a trusted adviser to site leadership and driving a people agenda that genuinely moves the dial on performance, engagement and capability.
You will partner closely with the Site General Manager and senior operational leaders, building the kind of relationship that means people come to you before problems escalate. You'll oversee the employee relations caseload, bringing consistency and rigour to every case. The bigger ambition, though, is to build productive, forward-thinking partnerships with trade union representatives that get ahead of issues rather than just responding to them.
You'll lead and develop the on-site people team, setting high standards and building capability across the function. Working with our wider HR team, you'll drive talent, succession and engagement activity that aligns with the direction of the business and has real local impact.
As Greencore and Bakkavor continue to build one business together, our sites are at the heart of that transformation.
You'll be a guide, partner and occasional challenger to site leadership-ensuring Wisbech moves in step with the direction of the wider business.
What we're looking for
A senior HR professional who's earned credibility the hard way in complex, fast-paced operational environments where the pace is relentless and the stakes are real. You'll ideally have:
CIPD qualification (MCIPD/FCIPD) and a substantial track record in operational HR
A proven senior HR/people partnering background in a multisite or complex, high change operational environment
A genuine track record in employee relations, including building productive, trust-based relationships with trade unions and colleague representatives
The commercial instincts to read data, understand what it's telling you, and turn insight into action
Credibility and confidence with senior operational leaders, both on site and in central teams
Experience leading and developing a small people team, with high standards and the coaching instinct to bring others with you
Comfortable operating through change and ambiguity, seeing it as an opportunity rather than an obstacleWhat you'll get in return
Competitive salary and job-related benefits
Matched company pension contributions
Life insurance up to 4x salary
Company share save scheme
Greencore Qualifications
Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
Enhanced parental leave and menopause policiesThroughout your time at Greencore, you'll be supported with on-the-job development and the chance to leave a lasting impact on site capability and compliance.
If you're looking for a role where you can roll up your sleeves, take ownership and help shape a stronger future, join us and grow with Greencore
Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.
As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.
Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.
Please note: This role is a 12-month fixed-term contract.
What you'll be doing
As a Senior People Partner, you will be the lead HR team at our Wisbech manufacturing site, acting as a trusted adviser to site leadership and driving a people agenda that genuinely moves the dial on performance, engagement and capability.
You will partner closely with the Site General Manager and senior operational leaders, building the kind of relationship that means people come to you before problems escalate. You'll oversee the employee relations caseload, bringing consistency and rigour to every case. The bigger ambition, though, is to build productive, forward-thinking partnerships with trade union representatives that get ahead of issues rather than just responding to them.
You'll lead and develop the on-site people team, setting high standards and building capability across the function. Working with our wider HR team, you'll drive talent, succession and engagement activity that aligns with the direction of the business and has real local impact.
As Greencore and Bakkavor continue to build one business together, our sites are at the heart of that transformation.
You'll be a guide, partner and occasional challenger to site leadership-ensuring Wisbech moves in step with the direction of the wider business.
What we're looking for
A senior HR professional who's earned credibility the hard way in complex, fast-paced operational environments where the pace is relentless and the stakes are real. You'll ideally have:
CIPD qualification (MCIPD/FCIPD) and a substantial track record in operational HR
A proven senior HR/people partnering background in a multisite or complex, high change operational environment
A genuine track record in employee relations, including building productive, trust-based relationships with trade unions and colleague representatives
The commercial instincts to read data, understand what it's telling you, and turn insight into action
Credibility and confidence with senior operational leaders, both on site and in central teams
Experience leading and developing a small people team, with high standards and the coaching instinct to bring others with you
Comfortable operating through change and ambiguity, seeing it as an opportunity rather than an obstacleWhat you'll get in return
Competitive salary and job-related benefits
Matched company pension contributions
Life insurance up to 4x salary
Company share save scheme
Greencore Qualifications
Exclusive Greencore employee discount platform
Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
Enhanced parental leave and menopause policiesThroughout your time at Greencore, you'll be supported with on-the-job development and the chance to leave a lasting impact on site capability and compliance.
If you're looking for a role where you can roll up your sleeves, take ownership and help shape a stronger future, join us and grow with Greencore