Talent Acquisition Partner

Location: Hybrid / Preston, UK
job type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and subsector: People & Talent Recruitment / Talent Acquisition
Annual Salary range: from £38,000.00 to £45,000.00

We're Hiring for a Talent Acquisition Partner at GBA Logistics

Location: Preston / Warrington (potential for hybrid working)

Are you a commercially minded Talent Acquisition professional who can partner with leaders, proactively source top talent, and build future ready talent pipelines that support business growth? If so, we'd love to hear from you!

The Role

In this newly created position, you will act as a trusted partner to leaders to understand and service both their current and future talent requirements, building and maintaining a strong employer brand in order to attract and select high quality candidates for our office based roles to support business requirements. You will play a key role in developing and continuously improving our recruitment and selection processes and tools, and will build and maintain a talent pool to support our future growth.

What We Offer

• Holiday loyalty scheme
• Inclusive culture with employee resource groups
• Company Health Care Scheme
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Package

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with senior leaders and hiring managers to understand their growth plans and capability requirements, translating these into structured hiring plans and talent pipelines to support future growth
• Provide regular insights on external market conditions and salary benchmarking to support hiring decisions
• Manage the end to end recruitment lifecycle for office based roles, ensuring that high quality candidates are hired in line with business timeframe requirements
• Identify and engage passive candidates via a variety of tools in order to build strong relationships with potential future hires and reduce agency reliance
• Develop and maintain talent pools aligned to business requirements to support business growth plans
• Maintain and continuously enhance effective selection processes and testing methods to ensure that hiring managers have a range of appropriate tools with which to assess candidate suitability for roles
• Coach and advise hiring manager and HR teams on recruitment best practice to ensure compliance with the recruitment process
• Drive an engaging and professional candidate experience throughout the recruitment process
• Ensure all recruitment activity complies with Company policies and UK employment legislation
• Continuously review and enhance the recruitment process and attraction strategies, identifying opportunities in order continuously improve employer branding via a range of initiatives

About You

• Proven experience in an internal recruitment or talent acquisition role (essential)
• Demonstrable experience of direct sourcing and headhunting passive candidates (essential)
• Experience recruiting for office-based or professional roles (essential)
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing capability (essential)
• Ability to manage multiple vacancies within a fast paced environment (essential)
• Good understanding of recruitment best practice and selection methodologies (essential)
• Experience using applicant tracking systems (ATS) or HR systems (desirable)
• Knowledge of UK employment legislation relevant to recruitment (desirable)
• Experience with LinkedIn Recruiter and market mapping techniques (desirable)
• Experience in implementing assessment tools or frameworks (desirable)

About Us

GBA Logistics is a trusted provider of end to end supply chain solutions, delivering reliable freight, warehousing, and distribution services across multiple industries and countries. Backed by smart technology and a skilled team, we prioritise speed, transparency, and customer satisfaction-every step of the way. We're committed to operational excellence, sustainability, and creating an inclusive workplace where people thrive.

We are an equal opportunities employer. Our people have made us the success that we are today and are the key to our continued growth moving forwards. We recognise the unique and valuable contributions that arise from a diverse and inclusive workforce built up from people with different backgrounds, cultures, experiences, and skillsets, that when combined together, help our business to thrive.

Our recruitment process is fair and equitable to ensure that all candidates are duly considered and supported. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please email our Recruitment Team via .

Applications close on 26/06/2026.