HR Advisor

Why Greencore?
Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we're one of the UK's leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make every day taste better.
As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we're proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.
Our Warrington site is also known as the Italian centre of excellence. Recent expansion and investment make this site a state-of-the-art manufacturing unit! We produce high-quality Italian ready meals for both Tesco and Co-op.
This is a 6 month fixed-term contract and will be a site-based role (5-days per week onsite at our office in WA1 4SF
).
What you'll be doing

Provide expert HR advice to line managers and colleagues across a diverse range of employee relations cases
Manage and support complex disciplinary, grievance, performance and absence matters from start to finish
Coach and partner with line managers to improve consistency and confidence in applying HR policies
Support and deliver line manager development sessions and operational HR training
Play an active role in engagement, wellbeing, and colleague relations across the site
Support the delivery of site HR processes, including onboarding, policy governance, and absence management
Act as a trusted HR point of contact in a fast-paced, hands-on food manufacturing environment

What we're looking for
Essential:

Strong generalist HR experience, ideally in a fast-paced manufacturing or FMCG environment
Proven track record managing varied and sometimes challenging ER casework
Confident in advising, coaching and influencing line managers at all levels
Hands-on and proactive approach with a practical understanding of HR policy application
Comfortable delivering training to operational managers and supporting L&D initiatives
Able to build strong, respectful relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders
Able to work onsite in Warrington (WA1 4SF
) five days per week.

Desirable:

CIPD Level 3 qualified (or working towards)
Previous exposure to unionised environments

At Greencore we put our people at the core. We celebrate their differences and help everyone to be themselves ether we make every day taste better.
What you'll get in return

25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Pension up to 8% matched
Life insurance up to 4x salary
Company share save scheme
Greencore Qualifications
Exclusive employee discount platform
Access to our full Wellbeing Centre resources

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on-the-job training and development opportunities to further your career.
If this sounds like you, join us and grow with Greencore, and be a part of driving our future success