Talent Acquisition Partner

Bespak Limited; King's Lynn; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical company is seeking a Talent Acquisition Partner for their Holmes Chapel site. This permanent position offers a salary of £49,000 to £60,000 plus a discretionary bonus. Responsibilities include end-to-end recruitment delivery and stakeholder management. Applicants should have experience in regulated environments and strong organizational skills. Benefits include 25 holidays, a pension contribution, and private medical insurance, with flexible working options available.

Benefits

25 days annual holiday + bank holiday + Buy/Sell Scheme

A generous employer pension contribution

Private medical insurance

Free Parking

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering end-to-end recruitment, ideally in a regulated environment.
• Ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience interpreting psychometric or aptitude assessments.

Responsibilities

• Attracting, securing, and retaining specialist talent.
• Ensuring quality, compliance, and an exceptional candidate experience.
• Acting as a trusted partner to hiring managers.

Skills

End-to-end recruitment delivery

Strong knowledge of technical and scientific talent markets

Excellent organizational skills

Strong communication and negotiation skills

Education

Professional certification in Recruitment and/or HR

Tools

Recruitment platforms

Job description

Overview

Bespak are looking for a Talent Acquisition Partner for a permanent role for the Holmes Chapel site, CW4 8BE. The salary for this role is £49,000 to £60,000 plus a discretionary annual bonus. Other benefits you will receive are 25 days leave plus bank holidays, a generous 10% pension contribution, onsite free parking, and medical / dental / health / life insurance.

Working pattern

Days Working Pattern – Monday to Friday (8.30am to 9am start / 4.30pm - 5pm finish. 4pm finish on Friday possible). There is some flexibility on start and finish times.

Responsibilities

As a Talent Acquisition Partner, within our fast-growing pharmaceutical CDMO, you will play a pivotal role in attracting, engaging, and selecting top talent across scientific, technical, operational, and corporate functions. You will serve as a strategic partner to hiring managers, ensuring a seamless, high-quality recruitment experience while upholding compliance standards in a regulated environment. This role combines hands-on recruitment delivery with strategic process improvement, early careers development and supplier relationship management whilst being a key contributor to employer brand strength, data-driven decision-making, and long-term organisational capability.

As a Talent Acquisition Partner at Bespak, your duties will include:

• Attracting, securing, and retaining specialist talent essential to operating in a regulated pharmaceutical/GMP environment
• Accountable for end-to-end recruitment delivery, ensuring quality, compliance, and an exceptional candidate and line manager experience
• Acting as a trusted partner to hiring managers and HR, providing market insight, recruitment best practice, and workforce planning support
• Building sustainable talent pipelines, including early careers and future skills development

Key skills and experience

Essential

• Proven experience delivering end-to-end recruitment, ideally within pharmaceutical, life sciences, or other highly regulated environments.
• Strong knowledge of technical and scientific talent markets.
• Experience using recruitment platforms and data to inform hiring decisions.
• Ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
• Experience managing recruitment agencies or preferred supplier lists (PSLs).
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and problem-solving capability.

Desirable

• Involvement in early careers, graduate, or apprenticeship programmes.
• Knowledge of recruitment compliance, including GDPR, right-to-work, and GMP-regulated hiring.
• Professional certification or accreditation in Recruitment and/or HR.
• Experience interpreting psychometric or aptitude assessment outputs to support hiring decisions.

Benefits

• 25 days annual holiday + bank holiday + Buy/Sell Scheme
• A generous employer pension contribution
• Private medical insurance
• Private dental Insurance
• Permanent Health Insurance
• Group life insurance
• Free will service
• Active well-being programme
• Recognition awards
• Free Parking

Bespak Holmes Chapel is an Investors in People silver award winner who employs over 300 people and is a pharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) that offers development and manufacturing solutions for a variety of medical products. Our products include medical devices such as pressurized metered dose inhalers (pMDI), soft mist inhalers (SMI), dry powder inhalers (DPI), nasal sprays and medical check valves.

Holmes Chapel is a beautiful village in Cheshire with excellent transport links via its railway station on the Crewe-Manchester Line. The village has a population of nearly 7,000 and offers various amenities, including supermarkets, shops, restaurants, schools, and a GP practice.

As an ethical employer we align our BZero sustainability initiative to the SBTI certification which means we are on a road to carbon reduction targeting net zero and are proud to be ISO certified in 14001, 45001 and 13485.

A full job description can be downloaded on the application Screen.

Our core values are, Customer Focussed, Respectful, Collaborative, and Agile, these are woven into the fabric of our business and the values we measure ourselves by.

We are flexible. We understand that there is a life outside of work, so we aim to support you in attaining a happy work/life balance. To cater for employees’ individual circumstances, and where possible, we agree flexible working arrangements.

We value our inclusivity as we believe diversity should be embraced and celebrated. We live and work by these values and that’s what makes our company a great place to work.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. We will support you throughout the recruitment process with any adjustments you require therefore please contact the Recruitment Team if you require support.

We are working with our trusted recruitment partner, Kinetic PLC, to manage this recruitment process. A consultant from their team may screen your application and contact you directly on our behalf to progress your application.