Head - Employee Relations - Batteries Business

Industry - Manufacturing

Job Description - The Head - Employee Relations will be responsible for building, stabilizing, and governing industrial relations across a large, multi-plant battery manufacturing ecosystem.

Client Details

The company is a conglomerate and is a large organization with a strong presence across multiple industries .

Description

1. Industrial & Employee Relations Leadership

- Own end-to-end ER strategy for the entire site (7-8 plants, thousands of employees).

- Establish a stable, long-term industrial relations framework aligned to business growth.

- Lead union engagement, negotiations, and settlements (wage agreements, charters, productivity deals).

- Proactively manage employee sentiment, grievances, and dispute resolution.

2. Union & Workforce Management

- Act as the single point of leadership interface with recognized unions, workers' committees, and external labor bodies.

- Drive constructive engagement models (joint forums, consultative committees).

- Handle collective bargaining, wage revisions, and productivity-linked agreements.

- Prepare and manage strike prevention, contingency planning, and crisis response

3. Compliance & Statutory Governance

Ensure 100% compliance with central and state labor laws, including:

- Industrial Disputes Act

- Factories Act

- Contract Labour Act

- Standing Orders

- Social security & wage codes

- Manage inspections, audits, and interactions with labor departments and statutory authorities.

- Oversee contract labor governance across all plants and vendors.

4. Multi-Plant ER Governance

- Create common ER policies, SOPs, and playbooks across all plants while respecting local nuances.

- Standardize disciplinary processes, misconduct handling, and domestic inquiries.

- Mentor and develop plant-level ER teams to ensure consistency and maturity.

- Drive early warning systems for ER risks across units.

5. Productivity, Culture & Change Enablement

- Partner with Operations and Manufacturing leadership to:

- Support new plant commissioning and manpower ramp-up

- Enable shift changes, automation, new skill deployment

- Drive behavioral and cultural alignment in a high-discipline, safety-critical battery environment.

Support change programs related to:

- Digitization

- Workforce restructuring

- Contractor rationalization

6. Crisis & Risk Management

Lead ER response during:

- Workforce unrest

- Safety incidents with ER implications

- Regulatory or political escalations

- Build scenario-based contingency plans to protect operations and brand reputation.

- Act as a trusted advisor to site leadership during sensitive situations.

Profile

A successful Head - Employee Relations should have:

- A strong educational background in Human Resources or a related field.

- Extensive knowledge of labour laws and regulations in India.

- Proven experience in employee relations within the Energy & Natural Resources sector.

- Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities.

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively.

- Capability to handle sensitive situations with professionalism and discretion.

Job Offer

- Opportunities for career growth within a large organization

- A supportive and professional work environment in Gujarat

This is a great opportunity for a motivated professional to lead employee relations in the batteries business. If you are ready to take the next step in your career, we encourage you to apply!

To apply online please click the 'Apply' button below. For a confidential discussion about this role please contact Alok Kumar on +91 22 6903 6652.

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