Manufacturing Role Overview:

As the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) based in Pune, you will serve as the strategic architect of our organizational culture and human capital roadmap. In this executive capacity, you will partner directly with the CEO and the Board of Directors to align talent initiatives with long-term business objectives, ensuring that our workforce remains a competitive advantage in a rapidly evolving market. Your day-to-day will involve steering high-level organizational design, driving large-scale change management, and fostering a high-performance environment across all business units. By bridging the gap between operational needs and employee aspirations, you will directly influence our market reputation, retention of top-tier talent, and overall bottom-line growth.

Key Responsibilities:

- Design and execute comprehensive human capital strategies that support aggressive business scaling and operational excellence across the organization.

- Lead the transformation of organizational culture by implementing robust leadership development programs that prepare the next generation of management for future challenges.

- Oversee the end-to-end talent lifecycle, including executive recruitment, performance management, and succession planning to ensure leadership continuity and high-impact output.

- Partner with the finance and operations leadership teams to optimize workforce costs and productivity metrics, ensuring HR initiatives deliver measurable ROI.

- Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives to build a global-minded, collaborative, and innovative workplace that attracts the best industry talent.

- Manage complex employee relations and industrial relations matters in the Pune region, ensuring full compliance with statutory requirements while maintaining a positive and transparent work environment.

Required Skillset:

- Demonstrated expertise in strategic workforce planning and organizational development, with a proven track record of scaling teams in high-growth environments.

- Exceptional stakeholder management abilities, characterized by the capacity to influence C-suite peers and build consensus across diverse functional departments.

- Strong analytical acumen to translate complex people data into actionable business insights that drive organizational efficiency.

- Superior communication and negotiation skills, essential for navigating sensitive organizational changes and representing the company's values to external stakeholders.

- A postgraduate degree in Human Resources or an MBA from a premier business school, providing a strong foundation in management principles.

- High adaptability to an on-site work environment in Pune, with the ability to lead in-person teams while maintaining a flexible approach to global business demands.

- A minimum of 15 - 25 years of progressive HR leadership experience, with a significant portion spent in senior management roles within large, complex Manufacturing organizations.