HR Business Partner
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Position Overview & Specifications
About the Role:
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced HR professional to work with a global team of smart and ambitious people. The role will provide effective business partnering to a broad array of leadership teams and key stakeholders and will initially support our Commercial Teams delivery of a broad range of HR activities. The successful candidate will report to the Sr HRBP UK & I Region.
As a HR Business partner, you will join a team of HRBPs providing strategic people insight and acumen to the UK & I Commercial leadership team, aiding the delivery of company objectives. The HR Business Partner will guide, mentor, and challenge business leaders and be a consultant on people initiatives supporting the Sr HRBP in the development and delivery of Xylemβs HR strategy and agenda to realise the companyβs vision and mission.
Essential Duties/Principal Responsibilities:
- Ensure HR partnership to the UK & Ireland: develop, manage, coordinate, and administer a variety of programs and activities covering multiple HR activities.
- Provide HR solutions support, process knowledge, advice and consultation to line management. Provide tools and information to support effective delivery of HR services and processes.
- Conduct and coordinate multiple HR projects.
- Gather and analyze HR and client feedback and diagnoses business / people issues to collaborate with local management in developing and implementing solutions.
- Support organization design, people development and change management focused on development and implementation of activities against business strategy.
- Provide support, coaching and challenge to deliver actions thatβll drive people and organisation performance, including development of their own leadership.
- Champion employees appraisal process.
- Participate in designing, delivering and implementing training and development programs. Cooperate with external consulting companies. Organize local trainings; optimize investment (including optimal use of Government funds).
- Work in partnership towards with our TA Team and local agencies (applicant flow, pre-employment, interviews, on-boarding for personnel, students, and temporary employees).
- Recruit the best talents and organize for them the needed induction plan.
- Manage the annual salary review process and collaborate with payroll to ensure the correct information about salary or benefit changes. Administers workers compensation and all related documentation.
- Supports the performance review program.
- Maintains Database for personnel transactions such as hires, promotions, transfers, performance reviews, terminations, and employee statistics for government reporting.
- Collaborate with ESH to insure the legal requirements in terms of trainings and medical programs
- Facilitates client compliance with HR policy and coaches clients on Xylem values and behaviors as required.
Xylem |ΛzΔ«lΙm|
1) The tissue in plants that brings water upward from the roots;
2) a leading global water technology company.
Xylem, a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the worldβs most challenging water issues, is the leading global provider of efficient, innovative and sustainable water technologies improving the way water is used, managed, conserved and re-used. Our international team is unified in a common purpose: creating advanced technology and other trusted solutions to solve the worldβs water challenges. We are committed to creating an organization of inclusion and diversity, where everyone feels involved, respected, valued and connected, and where everyone is free to bring their authentic selves and ideas.
If you are excited and passionate about helping us #letssolvewater, we want to hear from you! For more information, please visit us at www.xylem.com.
We Offer You More Than Just βA Jobβ
Professional Development β To advance the capabilities of our people, we offer a wide variety of experiences to support our employeesβ professional growth and continuous learning.- Total Rewards β We offer comprehensive programs for compensation, benefits, recognition, learning and development, work-life integration and corporate citizenship.
- Watermark β Watermark is our corporate social responsibility program working to provide education and access to safe water to ensure healthy lives, gender equality, and resilient communities. Employees have the opportunity to learn and volunteer on various water-related projects.
- Employee Networks β Our Employee Networks provide a professional, supportive network for employees from diverse backgrounds, including Womenβs, LGBT+ and Allies, Veteranβs, People of Color and Allies, Emerging Leaders, and Working Parents Networks.
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (Β£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Machinery Manufacturing
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for HR Business Partner roles across Xylem's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Machinery Manufacturing.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked Salary Disclosed on Application bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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