Recruitment Business Partner

Recruitment Business Partner

Hybrid | 2 days per week onsite in Milton Keynes | Permanent

Be the trusted recruitment partner behind a high-volume workforce programme

Are you a recruitment professional who thrives on building strong stakeholder relationships, influencing hiring decisions and delivering results in a fast-paced environment?

We're looking for a Recruitment Business Partner to join our team, supporting a major UK client programme. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys working consultatively with stakeholders, managing supplier partnerships and driving workforce planning activity at scale. The role combines operational delivery with strategic influence, making it ideal for someone who operates beyond transactional recruitment and is true business partner.

What you'll be doing

As a Recruitment Business Partner, you'll take ownership of recruitment delivery across a high-volume hiring programme, working closely with hiring managers, suppliers and internal delivery teams to ensure hiring demands are met efficiently and effectively.

• Building trusted relationships with stakeholders and becoming their go-to recruitment advisor.

• Managing and developing supplier partnerships to drive quality, performance and delivery.

• Supporting workforce planning and forecasting activities to ensure future hiring requirements are met.

• Overseeing high-volume recruitment pipelines and ensuring recruitment activity remains on track.

• Providing market insight, recruitment expertise and recommendations to support hiring decisions.

• Driving governance, compliance and risk management across recruitment activity.

• Identifying opportunities to enhance recruitment services and improve customer outcomes.

• Championing innovation and technology to continuously improve ways of working.

What we're looking for

We're interested in speaking with experienced recruitment professionals ideally from MSP, RPO, workforce solutions backgrounds who can demonstrate strong stakeholder and supplier management skills.

• Experience managing recruitment activity within a high-volume environment.

• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.

• Knowledge of contingent workforce programmes.

• VMS platforms such as Fieldglass experience desirable

• Experience managing supplier relationships.

• Workforce planning, forecasting or recruitment planning experience.

• A consultative approach with the ability to provide recruitment and workforce insights.

• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.

• You’ll want to be seen as a trusted business partner and builds credibility quickly

• Is naturally curious and always looking for ways to improve processes.

• Thinks commercially and strategically, not just operationally.

• A proactive mindset with a passion for continuous improvement and change.

Why join us?

Alongside the opportunity to help shape and support a high-profile high impact programme, you’ll benefit from a flexible rewards package and at Lorien (part of Impellam/Headfirst Group) you'll join a collaborative and supportive team where you'll be empowered to make an impact.

Impellam Group is one of the world’s leading workforce and STEM talent solution providers, operating across nearly 80 countries. With an innovative, people-first culture, Impellam delivers inclusive, future-focused workforce solutions that help organisations secure mission-critical skills and achieve long-term growth.