Talent Acquisition Partner

About The Role

Bespak are looking for a Talent Acquisition Partner for a permanent role for the Holmes Chapel site, CW4 8BE
. The salary for this role is £49,000 to £60,000 plus a discretionary annual bonus. Other benefits you will receive are 25 days leave plus bank holidays, a generous 10% pension contribution, onsite free parking, and medical / dental / health / life insurance.

– Monday to Friday (8.30am to 9am start / 4.30pm - 5pm finish. 4pm finish on Friday possible) There is some flexibility on start and finish times.

As a Talent Acquisition Partner, within our fast-growing pharmaceutical CDMO, you will play a pivotal role in attracting, engaging, and selecting top talent across scientific, technical, operational, and corporate functions. You will serve as a strategic partner to hiring managers, ensuring a seamless, high-quality recruitment experience while upholding compliance standards in a regulated environment. This role combines hands‑on recruitment delivery with strategic process improvement, early careers development and supplier relationship management whilst being a key contributor to employer brand strength, data‑driven decision‑making, and long‑term organisational capability.

• Attracting, securing, and retaining specialist talent essential to operating in a regulated pharmaceutical/GMP environment
• Accountable for end‑to‑end recruitment delivery, ensuring quality, compliance, and an exceptional candidate and line manager experience
• Acting as a trusted partner to hiring managers and HR, providing market insight, recruitment best practice, and workforce planning support
• Building sustainable talent pipelines, including early careers and future skills development

• Proven experience delivering end‑to‑end recruitment, ideally within pharmaceutical, life sciences, or other highly regulated environments.
• Strong knowledge of technical and scientific talent markets.
• Experience using recruitment platforms and data to inform hiring decisions.
• Ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience managing recruitment agencies or preferred supplier lists (PSLs).
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and problem‑solving capability.

• Involvement in early careers, graduate, or apprenticeship programmes.
• Knowledge of recruitment compliance, including GDPR, right‑to‑work, and GMP‑regulated hiring.
• Professional certification or accreditation in Recruitment and/or HR.
• Experience interpreting psychometric or aptitude assessment outputs to support hiring decisions.

25 days annual holiday + bank holiday + Buy/Sell Scheme | A generous employer pension contribution | Private medical insurance | Private dental Insurance | Permanent Health Insurance | Group life insurance | Free will service | Active well‑being programme | Recognition awards | Free Parking

Bespak Holmes Chapel is an Investors in People silver award winner who employs over 300 people and are a pharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) that offers development and manufacturing solutions for a variety of medical products. Our products include medical devices such as pressurized metered dose inhalers (pMDI), soft mist inhalers (SMI), dry powder inhalers (DPI), nasal sprays and medical check valves.

Holmes Chapel is a beautiful village in Cheshire with excellent transport links via its railway station on the Crewe‑Manchester Line. The village has a population of nearly 7,000 and offers various amenities, including supermarkets, shops, restaurants, schools, and a GP practice.

As an ethical employer we align our BZero sustainability initiative to the SBTI certification which means we are on a road to carbon reduction targeting net zero and are proud to be ISO certified in 14001, 45001 and 13485.

A full job description can be downloaded on the application Screen.

Our core values are, Customer Focussed, Respectful, Collaborative, and Agile, these are woven into the fabric of our business and the values we measure ourselves by.

We are flexible. We…