Functionally: HR Leader - Industrial BU (BFL)

Operationally: Business Head

Team Size: 8-12 (HR & Admin)

Travel: ~15% within India

Industry Preference: Foundry / Heavy Engineering (preferred)

Responsibilities

Performance Management:

- Support to drive the performance appraisal process and provide conceptual and system administrative support and manage communication and required follow-ups.

- Work closely with business to enable them with end-to-end process

- C&B and retention proposals

- Align with overall guidelines issued at a group level

Audit and Compliance:

- Monitor all compliances under Factory's Act 1948 and other applicable statutory aspects

- Work with compliance and other HR vendors

- Manage compliance data, reports, and query resolution for audits

People Analytics & Digitization:

- Help to maintain HR databases accurately in HRMS tool

- Monitor and report all HR Employee lifecycle processes

- Publish periodic HR Dashboards

- Track and report all major HR metrics

- Employee data hygiene

Employee Engagement & L&D:

- Drive employee engagement at BU level with Action Planning

- Enhance EES on y-on-y basis

- Survey administration

- Periodic communication on joining announcements, circulars, etc.

- Execute end-to-end R&R process at BU level

Industrial Relations:

Developing and Implementing Policies:

- Creating and enforcing policies and procedures related to employee relations, labor relations, and workplace safety.

Conflict Resolution:

- Mediating disputes between employees and management, investigating and resolving grievances, and addressing employee complaints.

Labor Law Compliance:

- Ensuring the organization adheres to all relevant labor laws and regulations.

Negotiation and Collective Bargaining:

Representing the organization in negotiations with labor unions and facilitating collective bargaining agreements.

Employee Relations:

- Fostering positive relationships between employees and management, promoting employee engagement, and developing strategies to improve employee morale and productivity.

Communication:

- Facilitating communication between management and employees, ensuring clear and consistent messaging regarding workplace policies and procedures.

Training and Development:

- Developing and delivering training programs on labor relations topics, and providing guidance and support to management on employee relations issues.

Monitoring and Analysis:

- Tracking labor relations trends, identifying potential issues, and recommending solutions to management.

- Talent Management

- Talent retention of top 20% talent pool

- Work with leaders on Organisation Leadership Review at across levels for critical roles

- IDP for N-1/2/3 level talent

- Succession planning for key & business critical roles

Talent Acquisition:

- Hiring for specific verticals within BU with 30% utilisation

- Maintain high Quality of hire

- Introduce talent assessment methods and coach business leaders

- Ensure 100% manning for staff and contract workforce

- Managing and engaging manpower vendors

- Drive IJP and referral programs across organisation

- Work collaboratively with the team and with cross functional leaders

Candidate Profile:

Qualifications:

- MBA / MSW in HR from a reputed institute.

- Full-time education throughout.

Experience & Exposure Needed:

- Experience Required: 15-22 years total experience

- Minimum 8-10 years in core Industrial Relations

- Experience in multi-plant manufacturing

- Experience handling unions, negotiations & settlements is mandatory

- Strong HR leadership experience in manufacturing plants, preferably foundry / heavy engineering.

Proven experience handling:

- Union negotiations & settlements

- Collective Bargaining agreements

- Charter of Demands (COD)

- Wage bill analysis and manpower cost

- L&D exposure

- Engagement reports and NPS metrics

Skills Required:

- Strong analytical and strategic thinking capability.

- Excellent communication (Tamil mandatory).

- Strong understanding of labour laws and IR practices.

- People management and stakeholder influencing.

- Ethical, collaborative, and effective in a matrix organisation.

- Strong planning, organising, and decision-making ability.