People Business Partner (HME & Fleet)

About us

Halfords is on a journey - building the future of motoring and cycling and looking for people who want to help shape what comes place forcocreators: people who want to make a real impact take ownership and be part of somethingthatsstill evolving.

As the UKs leading retailer of motoring and cycling productsweresupported by one of the countrys largest independent vehicle servicingmaintenanceand repair networks through Halfords Autocentres. This breadth gives us a strong stable foundation - and the freedom to keep innovating and growing.

That means real variety for our colleagues along with the opportunity to learn stretch and develop as the business moves forward. Whatever your roleyoullbe part of a team focused on delivering exceptional service - using yourexpertiseto solve problems guide customers and help keep the nation moving with confidence.

About the role

As a People Business Partner you will work closely with the Halfords Mobile Experts (HME) and Fleet leadership teams acting as a trusted advisor and strategic partner across ourestate. Your role will be pivotal in aligning teams to the wider visionsupporting incolleague retention driving cost efficiencies and ensuring consistency across all hubs. This is an exciting period of transformation for HME as we pilotat homeservicing for customers.

Operating at the heart of theHME and Fleetoperation you will connect the realities ofworking within HME and Fleetwith strategic people solutions acting as a conduit into our People Centres of Excellence. As a custodian of culture you will coach and challenge leaders embed strong leadership standards and ensure our people approach maximises capability capacity and productivitydelivering measurable impact for colleagues customers and commercial performance.

This field-based role will provide people partnershiptohubs across the UK.

Key responsibilities

• Partner withleadership teamsto translate strategy into practical future-focused people plans that drive performance capability and productivity.

• Act as a trusted advisor and coach to leaders building leadership capability and accountability while fostering an inclusive engaged high-performance culture.

• Lead workforce planning and talent initiatives across the estate to ensurehubsare structured and resourced to deliver commercial and customer outcomes.

• Use people datainsights and retail performance metrics to shape targeted interventions that improve colleague experience retention and results.

• Enable and embed people change acrossthe estate supporting leaders to implement new ways of working behaviours and capability aligned to strategic priorities.

• Act as the key interface betweenHME and Fleetteams and People Centres of Excellence ensuring joined-up practical and scalable people solutions.

• Identifyleadership and capability gaps within retail driving succession planning pipelining and development interventions in partnership withCoEs.

• Champion colleague experience wellbeing and Diversity Inclusion & Equality across stores ensuring sustainable improvements that support performance and representation.

About you

• A proventrack recordas a HR/People Business Partner within fast-paced field-basedor operational environments ideally retail hospitality or customer-facing sectors.

• Strong experience partnering withleadership teams with credibility and impact in a frontline commercial setting.

• Clear commercial mindset with evidence of using people levers to drive retail performance productivity engagement and customer outcomes.

• Experience designing and delivering people plans at scale working in partnership with Centres of Excellence and leading delivery through cross-functional teams.

• Demonstrated success leading people and organisational change in complex high-volume environments balancing pace with sustainable outcomes.

• Highly developed influencing coaching and relationship-building skills with a data-led and pragmatic approach and the resilience tooperatein a dynamic retail environment.

• Experience managing / leading and implementing change andprojectbasedwork.

Reward &benefits

• A fair and competitive salary evaluated against market datacompany carannual discretionary bonus schemepension life assurance25days annual leave plus bank holidays and enhanced family leave.

• Commitment and dedication to your ongoing personal and professional development. We help you to own and grow your potential so you can be at your best in your current role and to support your future career aspirations.

• This is a field-based rolesupportingyour designated region you will be onsite / in the field circa 3 days per week.

• You will have access to a wealth of employee discounts across the Halfords suiteof products and services.

• Wellbeing and inclusion are at the heart of our colleague experience. We offer resources andongoingsupport to enhance your wellbeing at work andactive Colleague Networks supporting inclusion initiatives across Halfords.

Not sure you meet all the criteriaWedencourage you to take the wheel and apply anyway! At Halfords we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for our equal opportunities employer and proud to welcome applications from all backgrounds and embrace diversity within our one Halfords Family.