Head HR

Job Purpose:

To lead and deliver Strategic HR Industrial Relations and Administration for the Plant (Manufacturing Cluster) by building a high performance compliant and engaged workforce aligned with business priorities and World Class Manufacturing (WCM) principles. The role drives effective workforce planning talent acquisition capability development and retention while embedding robust HR systems and harmonious industrial relations to support productivity excellence cost discipline safety and sustainable business performance.

Outcomes:

• Strategic HR Initiatives: Drive workforce productivity and operational excellence by embedding World Class Manufacturing (WCM) people centric practices leveraging best in class benchmarks to ensure right sized multi skilled and highly productive manpower aligned with business volumes cost targets and operational needs.
• Succession Planning: Identify develop and ensure ready successors for critical roles top talent positions and anticipated retirements to ensure business continuity.
• Talent Management:

Ensure 100% on time completion of the Performance Management cycle.

Improve Year on Year Employee Engagement score by 2 3%.

• Cost & Budget Management: Ensure strict adherence to approved HR and administrative budgets with effective cost controls and variance management.
• Employee Relations & Compliance:

IR Stability: Zero man days lost due to industrial relations issues (measured by IR incidents resulting in LOP).

Statutory Compliance: Achieve 100% statutory and labour law compliance with zero audit non conformances.

Wage Settlements: Conclude Long Term Settlements (LTS) before expiry of existing agreements.

Grievance Management: Reduce the number of employee grievances and disciplinary cases; ensure grievance acknowledgment and response within 36 hours.

• Safety Discipline & WCM Culture:
  Strengthen shop floor discipline safety awareness and employee ownership through TQM standard work and leadership role modelling contributing to zero incidents.

Key Accountability

Major Activities/ Tasks

Capability Building & Leadership Development

• Own competency architecture (technical behavioural leadership) aligned to manufacturing roles
• Conduct periodic skill and capability assessments and address gaps through targeted interventions
• Lead Training Needs Analysis (TNA) and ensure disciplined execution and effectiveness review of training plans
• Drive succession planning and career progression for critical manufacturing and leadership roles
• Lead mentor and develop HR teams across units

Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning

• Lead strategic workforce planning for management non management and contractual manpower based on production volumes and productivity norms
• Ensure right sizing and availability of future ready skills aligned to business demand
• Own competency based talent acquisition with adherence to quality cost diversity and timelines
• Strengthen hiring governance and right first time hiring outcomes.

HR Strategy & Business Alignment

• Translate business and manufacturing priorities into plant level HR strategies and execution roadmaps
• Align performance management systems with productivity cost quality safety and engagement goals
• Drive change management initiatives to support cultural transformation and mindset shifts
• Execute employee engagement action plans to achieve measurable improvement in engagement scores
• Build a listening organization through structured communication and feedback mechanisms.

HR Operations & Process Excellence

• Standardize strengthen and digitize HR processes to improve efficiency and employee experience
• Ensure HR data integrity governance and timely MIS reporting
• Ensure strict adherence to HR IR and administrative policies and procedures

Statutory Compliance and Governance

• Ensure 100% compliance with all applicable Central and State labour laws
• Ensure timely filing of statutory returns under relevant Labour Acts and Rules
• Act as primary interface with labour authorities inspectors and external auditors ensuring zero non conformances

Employee Relations and & Industrial Relations

• Develop and execute a proactive IR strategy to maintain harmonious industrial relations
• Drive regular transparent and trust based union engagement mechanisms.
• Lead wage negotiations and Long Term Settlements (LTS) to ensure stability and productivity
• Promote a high performance culture among unionized employees
• Ensure full compliance with Contract Labour and allied laws through periodic reviews

Safety & WCM Culture

• Champion safety as a core value and reinforce adherence to safety standards and statutory requirements
• Drive shop floor discipline standard work and employee ownership aligned to WCM principles
• Reinforce behaviours aligned to SQCDME (Safety Quality Cost Delivery Morale Environment)

Administration & Facilities Management

• Ensure smooth functioning of plant facilities and administrative services
• Exercise strict budgetary control and drive cost optimization
• Oversee vendor management and ensure SLA compliance
• Drive digitization and continuous improvement of administrative processes

Security and

Transport

Management

• Ensure robust plant security systems SOPs and compliance
• Prevent theft pilferage and unauthorized access through effective access control and surveillance
• Conduct periodic security risk assessments and implement mitigation actions