Strategic HR Business Partner & Factory HR Leader

At Arabelle Solutions, part of EDF Group, we’re proud to design services and solutions that are generating power not just for today and tomorrow but for generations to come.
You’ll work alongside passionate bright minds. We offer a broad range of opportunities for those eager to build tomorrow’s world. We believe a supportive culture is key to reach common goals. Diversity and an inclusive mindset makes us and our business stronger.

• Define HR roadmap for the site to enable business growth in a sustainable, compliant, and safe manner. Promote a respectful, compliant, inclusive, and diverse workplace.

• Lead and provide HR support to multiple senior leaders and employees based out of Sanand Manufacturing facility. Be the first point of contact for Factory Staff Members, People Leaders on fundamental HR topics and complex issues. Ensure that all employee relations issues are properly identified, reported, investigated, and resolved.

• Provide dedicated guidance and coaching to multiple managers and employees with specific focus on employee advocacy/engagement, HR fundamentals and process training, employee relations management, performance management, compensation planning, career conversations, talent assessment and retention initiatives.

• Act as a coach for Factory Leadership team on key HR processes and advise on OD interventions/ Org Designs as necessary. Support and advise Factory Director on framing of Individual Development Plans for staff members. Be a trusted partner to the leadership team in driving cultural transformation for the site.

• Drive contemporary employee engagement initiatives with a purpose of building motivated, inclusive, and diverse workplace. Help manage the different engagement and employee welfare councils in building a great motivated workplace. Partner with India Communications Leader and Engagement teams in driving some of the initiatives.

• Challenge as well as provide advice and counsel managers & employees to ensure consistent application and integration of policies, procedures, and practices at 100% compliance to promote an ethical, fair, and compliant work environment.

• Represent and lead HR function in multiple statutory EHS, Quality and Labor and similar Audits, as necessary. Represent HR in Mission based teams in executing key projects. Own the labor and factory compliance. Liaison with statutory authorities and connect and influence as needed in closing the factory needs in compliant way.

• Strategize and lead independently Management-Union Negotiations and execute Long Term Settlements. Coach the Site IR Leader and be proactive in driving the Strategic IR agenda for site.

• Advice, counsel and lead on employee and unions relations. Advise management on legal/labor law/regulatory issues and risks management.

• Lead and develop key learning initiatives and workouts for Site Leadership and guide the HR Team on executing the planned Annual Training needs for the site. Define the overall site-specific learning process and identify key learning needs for the factory.

• Manage the overall headcount forecast and budget for the site, define the hiring plan accordingly and execute key leadership hirings as needed. Plan, prioritize and execute talent hiring as per plan partnering with Talent Acquisition and other business stake holders. Build retention and coaching plans for key talents.

• Lead the Campus Hiring Drives for the Trainees and prepare the development as well as assessment plans for the new hires.

• Be a trusted partner to Factory Director, India HR Leader and Global HRBP to execute business related specific HR strategies including high impact business related projects. Work on Global HR Projects in partnership with Global HRBPs.

Desired Characteristics & Behavioral/ Leadership Expectations

• Skilled influencer, able to communicate complex messages to others. Acts as a coach for Senior Staff members and HR Team. Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus. Uses persuasion skills required to influence others on complex topics.

• Uses judgment to make decisions or solve complex tasks or problems that impact the function. Takes new perspective on existing solutions. Uses technical experience and expertise for data analysis to support recommendations. Uses multiple internal and external sources outside of own function to arrive at decisions. Agile in closing topics.

• Capable of working in diverse team, in a cross cultural, matrix organization. Has executive presence, good articulation, and ability to build relationships with internal, external stakeholders including statutory authorities. Has excellent communication skills capable of conducting large group of audience at the factory.

• Uses strategic hat to visualize and develop long term HR Plans for the Plant. Challenges and develops data (KPI) driven decision making. Strong on lean, simplification, and productivity projects.

• Has Greenfield Project mindset and has relevant experience on massive expansion related hirings, related compliances, and lead HR Projects related to factory expansions.

• Brings in Project Management skills in handling factory ramp-up and special HR projects.

Required Qualifications

• MBA, MSW, PGDM (HR)/ MHRM with good academic record from an institute of good repute

• 15+ yrs of relevant experience in factory. Hands on experience in managing Industrial relations.

Join us and work with global teams to support global customers ! At Arabelle Solutions, we have team members of more than 49 nationalities spread across 16 countries.

At Arabelle Solutions, we know diversity makes teams and business stronger.