Head of People Business Partnering
Job Title: Head of People Business Partnering
Location: Based from Milton Keynes (HQ) with National Travel required
Salary: Starting from £75,000+ car, plus an excellent benefits package including:
- Hybrid working
- Enhanced parental leave
- Eligibility to annual bonus scheme
- Access to a fantastic loan car scheme
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Competitive pension
- 4x basic salary life assurance
As Head of People Business Partnering, you will play a pivotal role in supporting our Retail workshops and regional teams throughout the UK. Leading the team of People Business Partners, you will drive a consistent, commercially focused and service-oriented People partnering approach.
You will be at the heart of our People strategy, working to build leadership capability and deliver strategic People initiatives across talent, performance, skills, engagement, inclusion, organisational design and change.
A passion for people, development and strategy are all essential.
In this role, you will:
- Be responsible for developing and deploying the People Strategy throughout our organisation
- Nurture, coach and develop a geographically dispersed team of People Business Partners, covering multiple UK sites and business units.
- Partner with senior stakeholders to drive organisational design, workforce planning and business transformation initiatives.
- Use people data and operational insights to influence decision-making, improve workforce performance and identify future capability needs.
- Oversee talent, succession and performance management initiatives to strengthen capability and critical talent pipelines.
- Oversee complex employee relations matters, ensuring compliance, consistency and positive employee outcomes.
- Drive employee engagement, wellbeing, inclusion and culture initiatives that support a high-performing and customer-focused environment.
- Partner with Reward, Finance and People Development teams on reward strategy, skills development and workforce optimisation.
- Committed to driving an inclusive, healthy working environment across workshop, customer‑facing and office‑based teams.
- Support the delivery of strategic people projects and change programmes aligned to organisational priorities.
About you:
- Strategic & commercial mindset - able to link people initiatives to operational and financial outcomes (e.g. reduced downtime, improved CSI/NPS, retention of critical skills).
- Remote leadership - skilled in leading, building trust and driving performance to a geographically dispersed People team.
- Influencing & stakeholder management - credible with senior leaders and branch managers; able to challenge constructively and shape decisions through data and insight.
- Change & transformation - strong track record overseeing people aspects of change in operational environments (e.g. new systems, process changes, restructuring).
- Data‑driven - comfortable using people and operational data to identify risks/opportunities and measure impact.
- Employment law & ER - detailed knowledge of UK employment law and good practice, including experience with union/employee representative environments (where applicable).
- Excellent Communicator – interpersonal skills, clear, pragmatic communication style; able to engage with a range of audiences.
- Qualified - CIPD Level 7 (or equivalent) preferred with proven People Business Partnering leadership.
If you’re interested in this role we’d love to hear from you.
Closing date: 22nd May 2026
Interview dates: 3rd June 2026
Next steps:
- If you like the sound of this position, please apply today.
- Your application will be reviewed by the hiring manager or a member of the Scania Recruitment Team.
- If you are successful at this stage, you will be invited to have a conversation and discuss the role further.
We understand that every candidate is unique, and we strive to accommodate your needs. If you require any adjustments during the application process, please reach out to our Recruitment Team, we’ll be happy to discuss these with you.
Working for Scania is not just about the job. It’s about you too, and this is where the company goes the extra mile and provides an industry leading employment package. We offer an excellent benefits package which includes a pension scheme, complementary life insurance, financial incentive schemes and discounts on major retail outlets including groceries.
At Scania we invest considerably in colleague development, and you can expect to receive comprehensive training and career progression not only in the UK but throughout our Global organisation.
We have a strong and supportive culture, where each individual is seen, respected and has the potential to contribute. We trust each other to act and make decisions, and we believe in a more flexible future workplace based on individual needs. For us, diversity and inclusion is a strategic necessity. By having colleagues with the widest possible range of skills, knowledge, backgrounds, and experiences, we ensure we have the right people and together with an inclusive corporate culture, this drives our business forward. We want our colleagues to feel proud and happy to work for us, no matter where they are from or who they are, and we strive to achieve an inclusive and family-friendly environment for everyone.
Scania is dedicated to delivering exceptional products and services to our customers and the successful candidate will reflect our core values; CUSTOMER FIRST, RESPECT, ELIMINATION OF WASTE, RESPONSIBILITY and TEAM SPIRIT in all we do.
Milton Keynes, GB, MK15 8HB Eurocentral, GB, ML1 4ZA
