HR Business Partner

JOB DESCRIPTION: Abbott At Abbott, diverse ideas, perspectives, and expertise allow us to create the life-changing solutions that help people live healthier lives. In 196 countries and with businesses spanning nutrition, diagnostics, medical devices, and branded generic pharmaceuticals, Abbott offers you enormous opportunities to explore your interests and help you achieve your career and personal goals.

The Opportunity

We are currently looking for an HR Business Partner based in our Dundee site to join our Business Human Resources department. As an HR Business Partner (HRBP) in a dynamic manufacturing environment, you will act as a strategic partner to multiple internal client groups, supporting the full employee lifecycle. You will work closely with leaders across all levels to drive people strategies that enhance employee relations, performance, talent management, employee engagement, and compliance across the organisation.

What You’ll Do

• Business Partnering: Build strong relationships with managers across multiple departments and support business. Provide expert HR advice aligned to business goals and divisional/corporate objectives. Recommend and implement HR interventions that support business strategy and organisational effectiveness. Share data, insights, and information to support decision-making and problem-solving.
• Employee Lifecycle Management: Oversee all stages of the employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, compensation & benefits, development, performance management, employee relations, and offboarding. Support workforce planning, talent management review, and succession planning strategies. Ensure a positive and consistent employee experience throughout the employee lifecycle.
• Employee Relations: Manage complex employee relations cases ensuring compliance with UK employment law and company policies. Coach and support line managers in managing people topics effectively and consistently. Partner with Talent Acquisition, Compensation & Benefits, and other HR functions to attract, develop, and retain diverse talent.
• Talent & Development: Identify training and development needs and support the implementation of learning and development initiatives in partnership with the Learning & Development and Talent teams. Promote internal mobility and career development opportunities through the management of career pathways. Support initiatives that enhance employee development and organisational capability.
• Change Management: Partner with business leaders to support organisational change initiatives, including restructures and cultural transformation programmes. Lead or contribute to UK and regional HR projects and continuous improvement initiatives. Prepare and analyse data to support business cases and proposed organisational changes.
• Data & Compliance: Analyse HR metrics and people data to inform decision-making and identify key workforce trends. Ensure HR practices comply with relevant legal and regulatory requirements, including GDPR and health & safety standards. Maintain accurate HR records and support compliance with internal policies and procedures.

Required Qualifications & Skills

Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practices. CIPD Level 5 qualified. Demonstrated ability to manage multiple stakeholders and priorities. HR acumen including experience to talent management, performance management, organisational design, development, employee relations, and compensation. Excellent interpersonal, influencing and problem-solving skills.

Working at Abbott

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
• A defined contribution pension scheme.
• Private healthcare.

The base pay for this position is N/A. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY: HR Consultant

DIVISION: CHR Corporate Human Resources

LOCATION: United Kingdom > Dundee : 17 Luna Place

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT: Standard

TRAVEL: Yes, 5 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions — across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health. The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges. We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings.

An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

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