Group Talent Acquisition Business Partner

Group Talent Acquisition Business Partner

Reference:

COPAGTA120626

Industry Sector:

Human Resources

Location (nearest Town/City):

Job Type:

Permanent

AgencyName:

Tribepost

Contact:

Coppice Alupack Ltd

Email:

Location: Bridgend, South Wales (Primarily On Site with Travel Across Group Locations)
Salary: Circa £50,000 per annum, plus benefits (dependent on experience)
Contract: Full time, permanent

The Role

The Group Talent Acquisition Business Partner will be responsible for developing, implementing, and leading a Group wide Talent Acquisition strategy that supports Coppice Group's continued growth and long term business objectives.

Operating across multiple businesses within the Group, the role will establish scalable recruitment processes, strengthen employer branding, reduce reliance on external agencies, and build sustainable talent pipelines across operational, technical, professional, and leadership functions.

Acting as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, the postholder will combine strategic thinking with hands on delivery to ensure the Group attracts, engages, and retains high quality talent.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a Group wide Talent Acquisition strategy aligned to business growth plans and workforce requirements.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve recruitment frameworks, processes, and governance.
• Establish best practice recruitment standards across all Group businesses.
• Support workforce planning activities and future talent requirements.
• Strengthen and promote the Group's employer brand to improve attraction and candidate engagement.

Recruitment Delivery

• Lead end to end recruitment activity across a broad range of operational, technical, professional, and leadership roles.
• Manage recruitment campaigns from vacancy briefing through to offer and onboarding.
• Drive direct sourcing initiatives and reduce dependency on external recruitment agencies.
• Develop innovative attraction strategies to engage passive and active candidates.
• Ensure a positive and professional candidate experience throughout the recruitment process.

Stakeholder Partnership

• Build strong relationships with senior leaders, hiring managers, and key stakeholders across the Group.
• Provide expert advice on recruitment strategy, market conditions, talent availability, and role design.
• Support and challenge hiring managers to improve recruitment outcomes and accountability.
• Facilitate effective recruitment planning and decision making.
• Develop and maintain talent pipelines for critical and hard to fill positions.
• Undertake talent mapping and succession focused recruitment activities.
• Monitor labour market trends and provide salary benchmarking and competitor intelligence.
• Identify emerging recruitment challenges and recommend proactive solutions.
• Develop and monitor recruitment KPIs including time to hire, quality of hire, cost per hire, and source effectiveness.
• Produce regular recruitment reports and management information for senior leadership.
• Utilise recruitment data and insights to improve performance and inform decision making.
• Support the implementation and optimisation of recruitment technologies and applicant tracking systems.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across recruitment processes and systems.

Compliance & Governance

• Ensure recruitment activities comply with employment legislation, GDPR, and internal policies.
• Promote fair, inclusive, and equitable recruitment practices.
• Maintain accurate recruitment records and reporting documentation.
• Ensure consistency and compliance across all Group recruitment activities.

Success Measures

• Reduced agency spend across the Group.
• Improved time to hire and quality of hire metrics.
• Increased direct sourcing capability.
• Strong talent pipelines established for critical roles.
• Positive hiring manager and candidate feedback.
• Consistent recruitment processes adopted across all businesses.
• Delivery of recruitment activity aligned to business growth plans.
• Enhanced employer brand visibility and candidate attraction.

Person Specification

• Proven experience managing end to end recruitment across multiple disciplines and seniority levels.
• Experience establishing, transforming, or enhancing Talent Acquisition functions.
• Experience operating within manufacturing, operational, engineering, logistics, packaging, or multi site environments.
• Strong direct sourcing, talent mapping, and candidate engagement expertise.
• Experience managing both strategic Talent Acquisition initiatives and hands on recruitment delivery.
• Experience using recruitment data, metrics, and reporting to drive performance improvements.
• Relevant recruitment, HR, business, or people management experience.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Excellent communication and relationship building abilities.
• Commercial awareness and understanding of workforce planning principles.
• Strong organisational and project management capabilities.
• Data driven approach to recruitment and decision making.
• Good understanding of UK employment legislation and recruitment best practice.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities within a fast paced environment.
• CIPD qualification or equivalent.
• Recruitment industry qualification or accreditation.
• Degree level qualification in Human Resources, Business, or a related discipline.
• Experience within a growing, acquisitive, or multi entity organisation.
• Exposure to both blue collar and white collar recruitment.
• Experience developing employer branding and attraction strategies.
• Experience implementing or optimising Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS).
• Demonstrable success reducing agency spend and improving recruitment efficiency.

Company Values

The successful candidate will demonstrate behaviours aligned to Coppice Group's values:

Additional Information

• Primarily based at the Bridgend site with travel required across Group locations.
• Full UK driving licence may be required.
• Occasional flexibility in working hours may be required to support business needs.