Senior Lead - Plant HR (10-15 yrs)

Role Name: Plant HR Head

Functional Reporting to: HR Director

Administrative Reporting to: Plant Head

Experience Requirements:

- 10+ years of well-rounded HR & IR experience managing plant and site locations, including manufacturing sites with a workforce of 200+.

- Expertise in complex liasoning with unions, employee relations, external stakeholders, and local authorities.

- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with strong multitasking skills.

- Solid grounding in legal aspects of site management, vendor management.

- Proficient in technology usage, including Excel, presentations, whitepapers, and HR reporting software.

Key Competencies:

- Decision Making & Problem Solving: Ability to make informed decisions based on facts, knowledge, and experience, considering multiple viable alternatives.

- Change Management: Proactive in continuously improving work practices and processes.

- Integrity & Empathy: Communicates authentically with high integrity and empathy.

- Influencing Skills: Understands situations from multiple perspectives and influences various stakeholders in a matrix structure.

- Stakeholder Management: Skilled in navigating a matrix reporting structure to manage relationships and achieve common goals.

- Collaboration Skills: Works closely across plants and with the HQ HR team, demonstrating strong engagement.

Qualifications & Skills:

Education: Bachelor's/Master's degree in HR, Industrial Relations, or MSW.

Key Responsibilities:

1) Health & Safety:

- Drive and support behavioral transformation to achieve "Target Zero" safety incidents.

- Role model safety behaviors and manage safety awards programs.

- Support cultural transformation initiatives in safety, teamwork, and people management.

2. Business Partnering:

- Collaborate with the Plant Head and Management Team to deliver plant strategy and performance.

- Provide coaching and consulting on HR & IR issues.

- Ensure job descriptions are updated and acknowledged by employees.

- Build technical and leadership capabilities for Managers, Supervisors, and Technicians.

- Oversee end-to-end performance appraisal processes.

- Develop and implement engagement surveys and execute action plans.

- Optimize workforce deployment, including contract labor.

- Partner with Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, Total Rewards, and HR Services to meet hiring, training, and employee experience goals.

3. Industrial Relations:

- Execute employee & industrial relations strategies in collaboration with HRD.

- Manage union relations, local stakeholders, and government/community relationships.

- Handle and prevent labour strikes, site disruptions, and manage long-term wage settlements.

- Oversee disciplinary processes and ensure compliance with labor laws.

- Ensure smooth end-to-end contract labor management.

4. Compliance Management:

- Act as a role model for ABC and Code of Conduct policies.

- Ensure compliance with all HR and statutory requirements.

- Liaison with labor authorities and local administration to maintain regulatory compliance.

- Collaborate with HQ for audits and ensure zero compliance risk.

- Manage POSH complaints, facilitate POSH training, and ensure yearly audits.

- Engage and educate vendors on compliance requirements through audits.

5. HR Operations:

- Oversee workforce planning based on production schedules.

- Identify and implement cost-saving opportunities across HR and administrative expenses.

- Manage employee well-being practices, including transport, canteen, and OHS facilities.