Head - Manufacturing HR

Head - Manufacturing HR

Location: Bangalore

Reporting to: Group CHRO

Team: ~15

Role Summary

The Head - Manufacturing HR will lead the overall HR, Industrial Relations, employee relations and statutory compliance agenda across 5-6 manufacturing plants. The role will provide strategic leadership to Plant HR teams while partnering with Plant Heads and the Group CHRO on workforce strategy, productivity and organisational effectiveness.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead HR and Industrial Relations across 5-6 plants and manage a team of ~10 HR professionals.

- Own union management, collective bargaining, long-term wage settlements, bonus settlements, strikes, lockouts and industrial disputes.

- Ensure compliance with Labour Laws, Labour Codes, PF, ESIC, Professional Tax, Gratuity, Bonus and other statutory requirements.

- Oversee labour/civil litigation, disciplinary matters, grievances and shop-floor employee relations.

- Drive workforce productivity, manpower planning, upskilling and reskilling of the manufacturing workforce.

- Partner with business leadership on labour cost, organisation effectiveness and workforce transformation.

- Oversee Corporate Office Administration at Bangalore.

- Build consistent HR governance and processes across all manufacturing locations.

Candidate Profile

- 15-25 years of HR experience, preferably in consumer/FMCG/consumer durables or large-scale manufacturing.

- Strong experience in unionised manufacturing environments and multi-plant HR leadership.

- Deep expertise in IR, labour laws, wage settlements and labour litigation.

- Strong knowledge of the new Labour Codes and statutory compliance.

- Strategic mindset with strong negotiation, stakeholder management and shop-floor orientation.

- Experience in workforce capability building, productivity improvement and change management.

Qualification: MBA/PGDM - HR / MSW, with LLB preferred.

Age: Up to 48years.