HR Business Partner, EMEA

Job Title: HR Business Partner, EMEA

Location: Europe

Location Type: Remote

Website: https://www.wmfts.com/en/

Group: https://www.spiraxgroup.com/

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is part of Spirax Group, a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

When you join us, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit our website to learn more.

Job Summary:

As one of two HR Partners supporting the EMEA region, you will play a pivotal role in delivering expert HR support, advice, and interventions to your designated stakeholder groups across EMEA. As one of two HR Partners supporting the complex EMEA region, this role operates in a matrix environment, partnering with senior leaders across multiple countries and functions, balancing operational delivery with strategic contribution. In collaboration with the Head of HR for EMEA, you will support key organisational priorities, including talent management, leadership development, and change initiatives. This is a dynamic role requiring strong business acumen, excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to adapt to evolving organisational needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• HR Partnership
• Provide proactive HR advice and guidance to managers, including senior leaders, to support effective people management and organisational performance.
• Leadership and Development
• Build management and leadership capability through regular engagement, coaching, and tailored development initiatives.
• Change and Transformation
• Act as a change agent by driving continuous improvement, supporting organisational transformation, and embedding a culture of agility and resilience.
• Talent and Succession Planning
• Support the identification, development, and retention of talent through structured succession planning and capability-building initiatives. Reviewing, aligning and embedding reward and compensation structures in line with Group processes and strategies to attract, retain and motivate talent.
• Data-Driven Decision Making
• Analyse workforce and organisational data to identify trends, predict challenges, and provide actionable insights to inform strategic decisions.
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Promote and implement initiatives that foster an inclusive workplace culture, ensuring all employees feel valued and supported.
• Employee Engagement and Wellbeing
• Partner with stakeholders to design and implement programmes that drive engagement and prioritise employee wellbeing.
• Policy and Compliance
• Provide guidance on HR policies, employment law, and best practices to ensure compliance and consistency across all people-related activities.
• HR Projects and Initiatives
• Contribute to HR improvement projects and initiatives, ensuring delivery aligns with business goals and enhances organisational effectiveness.
• Alignment with Group Principles
• Maintain strong connections with Spirax Group and Watson-Marlow Centres of Excellence (CoE) to adopt Group-wide principles and practices, promoting consistency and standardisation across processes and initiatives.

Skills/Experience:

• Experience operating as a trusted HR partner in a matrixed organisation, influencing senior stakeholders without direct authority.
• Experience executing and embedding people strategy in partnership with business leaders.
• Demonstrated experience supporting organisational change across multiple teams or geographies, balancing pace with risk and compliance.
• Experience contributing to talent and succession planning in partnership with business leaders, rather than owning it in isolation.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate people strategy into practical, executable actions.
• Commitment to promoting equity, inclusion and fair decision‑making through everyday people processes.
• Proven experience advising managers on a range of employee relations matters through to resolution.
• Strong working knowledge of UK employment law, with exposure to EMEA contexts viewed as advantageous.
• Experience operating across multiple countries or regions (EMEA experience advantageous but not essential).
• High attention to detail, with confidence working with HR data, spreadsheets and reports (Excel / Microsoft tools essential).
• Experience using HR systems (HRIS) and managing employee data accurately in line with data protection requirements.
• Ability to balance pace with accuracy in a fast‑moving, ambiguous environment
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively and pragmatically.

At Watson-Marlow, we believe in taking care of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package, including:

• A competitive salary
• Flexible working arrangements
• A generous holiday allowance
• Three days’ paid volunteering leave
• Additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group

We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything else that makes us human and unique.

We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we will always consider requests for flexible working.

We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so we have introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group Inclusion Commitments. These include

• Gender-neutral parental leave
• 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave
• Paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss or domestic abuse
• Menopause-friendly workplace principles and more

Learn more at spiraxgroup.com/inclusion.

We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. If you would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in our application form.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

If you require accommodations during the application process, please let us know.

Company Overview

At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, part of Spirax Group, we are driven by innovation and are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is empowered to make a difference. As a world leader in manufacturing peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies for the life sciences and process industries, we offer a wide range of products, including tubing, specialised filling systems and products for single-use applications.

Our shared Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholders as we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Our technologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 116 countries, we provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beans to mobile phones!

Our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions and inspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to make their difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers, our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environment where everyone feels included.