Exciting Career Opportunity: HR Business Lead – South Region
Are you ready to take the next step in your HR career? Join Linde Material Handling, a global leader in forklift trucks and warehouse equipment, and become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence.
About the Role;
The HR Business Lead plays a pivotal role in delivering the people strategy, aligned to business priorities across functional areas and Regional Business Units.
This position is responsible for translating strategic objectives into effective, day-to-day HR delivery.
You will act as a trusted partner to the business, shaping the people agenda, championing employee engagement, and driving a high-performance culture across your region.
We are committed to supporting our colleagues both professionally and personally. Our offering includes:
Flexible working Hybrid and adaptable arrangements to support work-life balance
Financial benefits Competitive salary, salary sacrifice pension scheme, life assurance, and employee discount vouchers
Generous leave 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
We are seeking a strong HR generalist with a proven ability to partner with senior stakeholders and influence at all levels:
CIPD Level 5 qualification (or equivalent experience)
Experience within a sales, service, or engineering environment
Strong knowledge of employee relations and employment law, including trade unions
Excellent interpersonal, influencing, and communication skills
Strategic mindset with strong delivery focus and critical thinking ability
Confidence to manage upwards and challenge constructively
Continuous improvement mindset and experience enhancing processes
Strong systems knowledge (Workday, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)
Ability to manage workload independently and make sound decisions
Commercial awareness and ability to see the wider business context
Strong teamplayer with ambition and drive to succeed
Willingness to travel across the region
Bring yourexpertise, enthusiasm, and commitment—we’llprovide the support and opportunities to help you thrive.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
Linde Material Handling is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, religion, or sexual orientation.
If yourequireany adjustments during the application or interview process, please let us know.
Please note: All candidates must have the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship or relocation supportat this time
Ready to Apply?
Take the next step in your career and apply today.

Are looking to make your move? Then you’ve come to the right place! We are the KION Group, and the world of supply chain solutions is our home. KION is shaping world trade – globally, regionally, locally. We ensure that supply chains reach their full potential: fast, efficient, smart, sustainable and reliable.
Our 42,000 employees make a real difference, helping us to become who we are today: The Supply Chain Solutions Company. Our people’s passion is innovating, automating, and orchestrating solutions for our customers’ supply chains.
Would you like to be part of our international team? We can offer you interesting jobs and exciting career opportunities in an innovative, rapidly-growing, and forward-looking industry.
With us, you benefit from numerous development opportunities in a global group, including the possibility of working at one of our locations abroad on a temporary basis. Regardless of which of our sites you work at, the KION values—integrity, collaboration, courage, and excellence—shape how we act and how we work with colleagues, managers, customers, suppliers, and applicants both at home and abroad.
KION is the architect of global, regional and local supply chains. Our brands are well established:
Dematic is the global leader in intelligent supply chain and automation solutions. The Linde Material Handling and STILL brands serve the premium and higher value segments of the industrial truck market. Baoli focuses on industrial trucks in the lower value and economy segments.
As a provider of comprehensive supply chain solutions with a worldwide service network, KION has a global presence and a regional focus on the needs of its customers. KION brands keep the world moving.
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