HR Business Partner FTC

HR Business Partner – Bury (9-months FTC)

Are you ready to step into an integral role at the heart of our Operations? L'Oréal's Bury site is seeking a dedicated HR Business Partner to join our DC Management team. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of our DC’s, champion our people agenda, and drive organisational excellence within a vibrant, fast‑paced environment.

As our HR Business Partner, no two days will be exactly alike. You will build strong relationships with internal managers and employees, ensure legal security and compliance with HR processes, and act as a business strategic partner outlining HR challenges and projects. You’ll take the lead in recruiting a strong and diverse pipeline of junior talent, co‑design and deliver operations‑specific training plans, manage payroll revisions, track headcount and payroll costs, keep organisational charts updated, and work closely with the HR Shared Service team.

You will also lead the site Mancom team, align strategy, celebrate successes, foster continuous feedback, drive HR KPIs, strengthen L'Oréal’s image, promote diversity, and uphold our Group's values.

• You are a results‑driven HR professional with a passion for people and an ability to navigate complexity.
• You possess a solution‑oriented mindset, thrive on accuracy at pace, and handle ambiguity comfortably. Ideally you have previous HR experience in an operational setting, strong knowledge of recruitment, selection, change management, and organisational design.
• You have strong planning and organisational skills, able to re‑prioritise and adapt to changing deadlines.
• Your ability to engage and positively influence stakeholders, and manage upwards, is key.
• You are a natural leader who can inspire, motivate, coach, and develop people.
• You are proficient with MS Office and ideally CIPD qualified or hold an equivalent qualification.
• You show ambition, think big, proactive, and committed to exceptional performance.
• Your judgement balances operational and strategic thinking, manages confrontation, and cuts through ambiguity.
• You demonstrate resilience, maintain a positive outlook, exhibit empathy, and build trustful relationships.
• You have learning agility: self‑motivated, curious, and open to experimenting and learning from every experience.

Our industry‑leading benefits package includes money‑saving offers, free mortgage advice, share options, enhanced pension plan, up to 60% off iconic brands, private medical and dental insurance, discounted gym memberships, onsite mental health support, enhanced family leave, and up to 4 weeks paid fertility leave. L'Oréal also provides learning opportunities through leadership programmes and expert talks.

L'Oréal is present in 150 markets on five continents. For more than a century, L'Oréal has devoted itself to "Create beauty that moves the world". We solve complex challenges at scale and are committed to diversity and inclusion.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and offer an interview to applicants with a disability or long‑term condition who meet the minimum criteria. We welcome difference, celebrate diversity, and are committed to an inclusive environment.

We are an equal opportunity employer. L'Oréal is a Disability Confident Employer, a diverse organisation, and we value all employees equally.