HR Partner; Commercial

HR Partner Opportunity – based in West Lothian.

Are you an experienced HR professional, looking to bring heart, soul, hustle and a whole lot of fun and experience to helping shape our business across our commercial and central support services teams?

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Setting the Scene

Ian Macleod Distillers Ltd… ‘An international, entrepreneurial, brand-led, successful, sustainable, and respected, family business’

We are Ian Macleod Distillers (IMD), a fourth-generation family owned and managed whisky and spirits business operating across the UK and internationally. We are producers of multi award winning premium whisky and gin with many other whiskies and spirits as part of our portfolio. Crafting Spirits With Passion, is what we do best… not only are we producers of exquisite brands, but we are also distributors and suppliers in B2B and B2C channels.

We are a brand led, successful family business with our spirits (people and brands), at our very core. Driven by passion, enthusiasm and solid business values, we are now expanding our B2C offering and continuing to invest in each of our brand homes as our brands continue to evolve and grow.

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Our Opportunity

Here in Ian Macleod Distillers, we believe that in the right environment, people can and do thrive. It is a simple and straightforward belief. Through curiosity, clarity, and connection, it is all about working ‘in good company’.

As our business continues to evolve in scale and complexity, we are now looking for an HR Partner to join our small team. The role will suit someone who brings strong commercial understanding and business acumen. The role will support a number of our commercial teams across sales, brands, and central support services, helping to shape and deliver our business agenda and our people plans that are aligned, agile, and ambitious.

We are specifically looking for an experienced HR professional who has breadth and depth of HR experience related to scoping out, setting up and managing a variety of governance models such as Employer of Records (EoR), registered offices and subsidiaries.

This is a visible and hands-on role. Working alongside department leaders, the role of HRP (commercial) will support and enable leaders, encouraging ongoing passion and energy around performance and culture. The HRP will have a part to play in the development and refinement of people strategies alignment to department needs and overall business ambition. The significance of the role will be to support the business right size and scale internationally, combined with actively hiring well, embedding succession planning, and contributing to the growth of both individual and team capabilities and strengths, navigating change, and building strong, healthy and engaged departments and overall working environments.

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What the role looks like

You will work as a true partner to the department leadership teams – trusted, proactive, and always aligned to the commercial goals. Your days will be a blend of strategic thinking and significant practical outputs and actions, including:

• Governance & Structure: Scoping out and embedding different governance and contractual engagement models across various international markets, making sure opportunities are contractually and legally compliant, commercially viable, financially sound and right sized.
• Recruitment & Talent:
  Planning ahead, advising on the best approach, proactively headhunting, reducing reliance on agencies, talent mapping and shaping compelling, values-led hiring and retention campaigns.
• Learning & Development:
  Identifying needs, building internal capability, and supporting succession plans that are authentic and culturally aligned.
• Employee Relations & Change:
  Coaching managers, supporting fair and confident decision-making, and helping teams through periods of growth and transition.
• Engagement, Culture & Reward:
  Creating an environment within key departments where people feel empowered and inspired. Owning the engagement…