Position Title: Head HR, Certification & Process Management
Location: Sonepat, Haryana, India (Head Office and Plant Operations)
P&L Responsibility: Responsible for optimizing HR, certification, and administrative costs while enhancing workforce and process efficiency. P&L Responsibility: Responsible for optimizing HR, certification, and administrative costs while enhancing workforce and process efficiency.
Position Overview
The Head HR, Certification & Process Management will be a pivotal member of leadership team, responsible for driving organizational development, certification excellence, and operational efficiency across its plants and farms. This role will design and implement forward-looking HR policies, oversee 63+ plant audits and certifications annually, manage talent acquisition and retention, and ensure cost-optimized administration and security across locations.
The incumbent will play a strategic role in aligning people, processes, and compliance to enable the companys export-led growth while tackling challenges such as managing large-scale certifications, building empowered teams at plant level, and reducing overall operational costs by 20% (compared to 2023 benchmarks).
Key Responsibilities
Human Capital Strategy & Execution
- Lead workforce planning, talent acquisition, and induction to ensure optimal staffing aligned with approved cost structures.
- Drive organizational development through performance management systems (PMS), succession planning, and incentive-based reward practices.
- Design and implement employee-friendly, transparent, and performance-driven HR policies.
Certification & Compliance Leadership
- Oversee 63+ audits and certifications annually, ensuring minimal disruption and optimized scheduling (consolidating audits into one quarter where possible).
- Build strong, capable teams at each location to independently manage audits and certifications.
- Expand engagement with certification agencies to reduce dependency on single bodies.
Cost Optimization & Process Excellence
- Reduce operational, audit, and administrative costs by 20% over 2023 benchmarks.
- Implement best practices for minimizing employee turnover, optimizing plant security, and controlling TA/DA, pantry, and related costs.
- Champion inter-departmental coordination via structured business review meetings across export, production, PPC, shipping, and quality teams.
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