Senior HR Business Partner

CEVA Logistics provides global supply chain solutions to connect people, products, and providers all around the world. Present in 170+ countries and with more than 110,000 employees spread over 1,500 sites, we are proud to be a Top 5 global 3PL.

We believe that our employees are the key to our success. We want to engage and empower our diverse, global team to co-create value with our customers through our solutions in contract logistics and air, ocean, ground, and finished vehicle transport. That is why CEVA Logistics offers a dynamic and exceptional work environment that fosters personal growth, innovation, and continuous improvement.

At CEVA Logistics, we Rise in Motion.  Your career is always on the move, growing as fast and as far as your ambition takes you. Join a global team of nearly 200 nationalities, shaping the future of global trade, moving essential goods, forging new paths, and pushing boundaries to serve an ever-changing world. The pace is fast, the challenges are real, but the rewards are greater: growth, purpose, and the chance to make a meaningful impact. This is more than a job. It’s a journey on which you rise. 

YOUR ROLE

We are looking for an experienced Senior HR Business Partner to provide influential HR partnering, coaching and expertise to Business Unit Directors and their Senior Leadership Teams within our Contract Logistics Product Line.

This is an opportunity to play a key strategic role within the business, based at our Head Office in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, shaping the people agenda and delivering HR solutions that support both our people and commercial performance.

Working collaboratively with the HR Centres of Excellence, you will balance strategic people priorities with commercial business needs, providing credible HR leadership across operating locations and sectors.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?

• Drive the implementation of the HR strategy across the business and play an active role within the leadership team, contributing to the overall People Plan.
• Provide strategic leadership on the people aspects of business plans, organisational issues and business priorities.
• Build strong, trusted relationships with senior stakeholders, Business Unit Directors, customers and HR colleagues.
• Support renewals, organic growth, new business tenders and bid management, from RFQ through to customer presentation.
• Manage the commercial people implications of new business activity and project manage new business wins from a people perspective.
• Deliver HR solutions that enhance commercial performance, ensuring the commercial impact of decisions is considered.
• Lead on talent identification and development, building internal and external talent pipelines.
• Build strong relationships with Trade Unions and local colleague committees, supporting communication and engagement.
• Lead collective bargaining and industrial relations activity, including complex industrial relations situations.
• Provide leadership on employee performance and development, identifying opportunities and understanding the commercial impact on the business.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We are looking for an experienced HR professional who can establish credibility, influence at senior levels and provide constructive challenge.

You'll bring:

• Experience working as a Senior HR Lead or Senior HR Business Partner.
• Strong commercial and business acumen, ideally within a fast-paced logistics environment.
• In-depth knowledge of employment legislation, particularly TUPE regulations.
• Proven experience of leading complex industrial relations situations with senior union officials.
• Experience of the tender management process from beginning to end.
• Strong project and change management experience, with the ability to lead complex change across HR and business teams.

WHAT DO WE HAVE TO OFFER?

• Experience delivering WMS and/or OMS implementation projects.
• Strong knowledge of logistics and supply chain operations.
• Proven experience configuring and implementing Manhattan Active WMS.
• Experience working within a 3PL or contract logistics environment.
• Strong business analysis and requirements gathering capabilities.

ABOUT TOMORROW

We value your professional and personal growth. That’s why we share plenty of career opportunities for you to thrive within CEVA. Join CEVA for a challenging career.

CEVA Logistics UK&I is committed to attracting, acquiring and retaining the best possible candidates  in an equal and inclusive way that is consistent with employment legislation and best practice. We aim to select the best available person for  every vacancy irrespective of age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, political beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment and marital or civil partnership status.
Please note that candidates will be subject to the necessary right to work checks for the UK and Ireland. IND1