The appointment
What the business needed.
The brief
A heavily regulated pharmaceutical business needed a specialist HR Business Partner for industrial and employer relations. It was going through organisational restructuring, and workforce expectations were changing.
What made it hard
Restructuring in a unionised, regulated business puts production at risk if relations break down. The brief needed direct experience with unions, employment compliance and workforce negotiations, and the judgment to advise senior leaders while those negotiations were under way.
Who we found
A specialist HR Business Partner with industrial relations experience, comfortable at the negotiating table and with compliance questions in a regulated industry.
What changed
The appointment helped keep continuity during the restructuring. The HRBP introduced ways to deal with workforce issues earlier, reduced risk and advised senior leaders through people-related negotiations while protecting operational output.
Role focus
What the role covered.
HR Business Partner
Industrial Relations
Confidentiality
A note on confidentiality.
We only share client and candidate names with their permission. Each overview covers the completed appointment. Responsibilities in the brief describe what the person was hired to do.
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