Human Resources Specialist

Role Objective – Head Business HR:

drive sustainable business performance through a strong people strategy

bridge business outcomes and people capability

Roles and Responsibilities:

Strategic Workforce Planning & Business Alignment

• Drive

  workforce planning

  aligned with:

Capacity expansion and new plant / project ramp-ups

Greenfield and brownfield initiatives

Automation, digitization, and technology adoption

• Balance

  cost, productivity, and capability

  while planning manpower across plants and zones.
• Forecast future skill requirements and proactively build talent pipelines.

Talent & Capability Management

• Lead

  end-to-end talent strategy

  covering leadership hiring, critical technical roles, and succession planning.
• Build

  capability frameworks

  for shop-floor, engineers, supervisors, and leadership levels.
• Strengthen

  internal talent movement and career progression

  across plants and regions.
• Drive

  learning interventions

  linked to manufacturing excellence, leadership readiness, and future skills.

Performance & Productivity Enablement

• Embed a performance-driven culture through robust PMS linked to productivity, quality, cost, delivery, and safety.
• Partner with operations to improve manpower efficiency, output per employee, and shift productivity.
• Support Lean, TPM, Six Sigma, and CI initiatives through people and capability levers.
• Drive accountability at all levels through goal alignment and outcome ownership

Attrition Management & Employee Lifecycle

• Analyze and manage

  attrition trends across plants, zones, and critical roles

  .
• Design targeted

  retention strategies

  for high performers, key technical talent, and leadership roles.
• Strengthen employee lifecycle practices from

  onboarding to career growth and engagement

  .

Culture, Engagement & Values

• Build and sustain a

  strong manufacturing culture

  rooted in safety, discipline, ownership, and continuous improvement.
• Drive

  employee engagement frameworks

  tailored for shop-floor, technical, and managerial populations.
• Champion organizational

  values, leadership behaviors, and ethical practices

  across all locations.
• Support change management during growth, restructuring, or transformation initiatives.

Industrial Relations, Compliance & Governance

• Provide strategic leadership on

  industrial relations, union management, and dispute resolution

  .
• Lead wage negotiations, long-term settlements, and maintain

  stable IR climate

  across plants.
• Ensure

  100% statutory compliance

  across central and state labor laws in multiple zones.
• Strengthen

  HR governance, audits, policies, SOPs, and risk management

  frameworks.

Commercial Acumen & HR Metrics

• Drive HR decisions with a

  strong understanding of P&L, manpower cost, and productivity impact

  .
• Use

  HR analytics and dashboards

  to track attrition, cost, engagement, and performance.
• Enable data-driven decision-making for business and people outcomes

Candidate Criteria:

• 18–25 years

  of HR experience in manufacturing / industrial organizations
• Experience from well-established (30+ years), process-driven companies with strong HR systems and governance
• Proven

  multi-plant

  and

  Pan-India HR

  leadership exposure in growing / scaling organizations
• Strong capability in

  HR strategy formulation

  and execution aligned to business growth
• Experience supporting capacity expansion, n

  ew plants/projects, and automation initiatives

• Expertise in strategic workforce planning across multiple locations
• Hands-on exposure to talent &

  capability management, succession planning

  , and leadership development
• Strong experience in performance, productivity, and attrition management
• Proven industrial relations and statutory compliance experience across multiple states
• High commercial acumen with understanding of manpower cost, productivity, and P&L impact
• Ability to partner with CXOs, Plant Heads, and zonal leadership across a complex, multi-location setup