Plant HR Manager - Shanthi Gears Limited - Coimbatore

1. Industrial Relations (IR) & Employee Relations (ER)

• Lead IR strategy for the BU with strong stakeholder management.
• Maintain harmonious industrial relations across plants.
• Handle union negotiations, settlements, and statutory compliance.
• Act as the primary interface between management and union representatives.
• Ensure timely resolution of grievances and disciplinary cases.
• Ensure adherence to labor laws and government regulations.

2. Plant HR Management

• Oversee HR operations across all manufacturing units.
• Drive manpower planning, recruitment, onboarding & training for plant operations.
• Enhance shop-floor engagement, productivity, and workforce capability building.
• Implement HR governance, safety culture, and compliance processes.

3. Corporate HR & HR Strategy

• Lead HR policy formulation, implementation, and standardization across BU.
• Partner with BU leadership to design HR strategies linked to business goals.
• Drive HR transformation initiatives aligned with Murugappa Group standards.

4. Performance Management System (PMS)

• Lead KRA setting, goal alignment, and performance review processes.
• Strengthen performance culture and capability development for leaders.
• Drive interventions to identify and develop high performers.

5. Talent Management & Organizational Development

• Drive talent acquisition, retention, succession planning, and leadership development.
• Introduce OD frameworks to improve organizational effectiveness and culture.
• Anchor learning & development programs to enhance employee capability.
• Lead change management initiatives for growth and digital transformation.

6. HR Analytics, Budgeting & Compliance

• Oversee HR metrics, dashboards, budgeting, and cost optimization.
• Ensure statutory and legal compliance across plants and corporate functions.
• Provide data-driven insights to leadership to support strategic decisions.

7. Stakeholder Management

• Partner with BU Head, Corporate HR, and Group leadership teams.
• Act as a trusted HR advisor to senior management and plant leaders.
• Build culture, engagement, and leadership alignment across the BU.

8. Safety, Welfare & CSR Coordination

• Partner with the EHS team to ensure a safe and compliant workplace.
• Oversee employee welfare initiatives such as canteen, transport, medical, and housing (if applicable).
• Support CSR initiatives connected to the plant

Qualifications & Experience

• MBA/MSW in HR or IR

  from a reputed institution.

• 15+ years of experience

  in HR within industrial equipment, machinery, engineering, heavy manufacturing, or automotive sectors.
• Strong expertise in

  Industrial Relations

  , union handling, and plant HR.
• Exposure to a multi-unit HR leadership role preferred.
• Proven experience in OD, PMS, Talent Management & corporate HR strategy.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and people management skills.

Key Competencies

• Strong IR & ER expertise
• Leadership & stakeholder management
• Strategic HR planning
• Plant HR operations
• Organizational development
• Problem-solving & decision-making
• High emotional intelligence
• Change management