HR Partner – Strategic Business Development and Central Functions

Job Title: HR Partner – Strategic Business Development and Central Functions

Location: Redruth, Cornwall, United Kingdom, TR15

Location Type: Hybrid (2 Office /3 Home)

Salary Package: £45k-50k + Corporate Package

Website: https://www.wmfts.com/en/

Group: https://www.spiraxgroup.com/

Watson-Marlow is an industry-leading technology organisation dedicated to engineering fluid management solutions for the life science and process industries. We help our customers to supply critical products and services that range from fresh drinking water and therapeutic medicines to food products and paper. Through our solutions we help companies to be more efficient, sustainable and profitable.

Job Summary:

At Watson Marlow, we believe that people are the heart of our success. We’re proud of our inclusive, values-led culture and our commitment to supporting employees in every stage of their journey. As we continue to grow and evolve, we’re looking for a passionate and strategic HR Business Partner.

You will have the chance to influence the future of a critical and complex function within our business. You’ll be a trusted advisor, a change champion, and a culture builder, helping to shape a workplace where people flourish and performance excels. You’ll partner closely with senior leaders and managers to drive people strategies that align with our business goals. You’ll bring insight, empathy, and expertise to every conversation—whether you’re coaching a leader, navigating change, or designing initiatives that foster engagement and inclusion.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic HR Partnership: Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, providing insight and challenge to support strategic decision-making. Build strong, collaborative relationships across the function to understand business needs and deliver impactful people solutions.
• HR Expertise: Provide proactive, practical HR advice on a wide range of topics including performance, development, and employee relations. Ensure consistency and compliance with employment law, HR policies, and best practices.
• Change & Transformation: Lead and support change initiatives that enhance agility, resilience, and high performance. Act as a change agent, helping teams navigate transformation with clarity and confidence.
• Leadership Development: Coach and support leaders to grow their capability and confidence. Design and deliver tailored development initiatives that empower managers to lead with purpose and authenticity.
• Talent & Succession Planning: Partner with leaders to identify and develop future talent. Drive structured succession planning and capability-building strategies.
• Data-Driven Insights: Use people data and analytics to identify trends, predict challenges, and inform strategic decisions.
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Champion inclusive practices and foster a culture where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported.
• Employee Engagement & Wellbeing: Design and implement initiatives that enhance engagement, wellbeing, and the overall employee experience.
• Collaboration with Group & CoEs: Align with Spirax Group and Watson-Marlow Centres of Excellence to ensure consistency and leverage shared expertise.

Skills/Experience:

• Proven experience as a HR Business Partner
• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practices
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills, with the ability to build trust at all levels
• A proactive, solutions-focused mindset with a passion for people and performance
• Experience supporting change and transformation in a complex environment
• CIPD qualification (Level 5 or above) or equivalent experience

At Watson-Marlow, we believe in taking care of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package, including:

• A competitive salary
• Flexible working arrangements
• A generous holiday allowance
• Three days’ paid volunteering leave
• Life assurance
• Additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group

We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.

We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working.

We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include

• Gender-neutral parental leave
• 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave
• Paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse
• Menopause-friendly workplace principles and more

Learn more at spiraxgroup.com/inclusion.

We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

If you require accommodations during the application process, please let us know.

Company Overview

At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, part of Spirax Group, we are driven by innovation and are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is empowered to make a difference. As a world leader in manufacturing peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies for the life sciences and process industries, we offer a wide range of products, including tubing, specialised filling systems and products for single-use applications.

Our shared Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 116 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!

Our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.