Group Head - Human Resources - FMCG/Logistics/Manufacturing
One World HR · Mumbai · onsite · Posted 1d ago
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About this role
Job Title: Group Head - Human Resources
Location: Andheri East, Mumbai
Reporting To: CEO
Company's Overview:
It is India's leading technology-driven integrated agricultural value-chain platform. They provide comprehensive solutions across warehousing, procurement, collateral management, and Agri-finance, creating value for farmers, Agri-enterprises, and the ecosystem at large. Their mission is to modernize Indian agriculture through scalable, intelligent, and digitally-enabled interventions. The company is now entering its next phase - an ambitious IPO journey and institutional scale-up.
About the Role:
The Group Head - Human Resources will be a strategic and hands-on leader responsible for building and institutionalising the end-to-end HR ecosystem. The role will focus on creating scalable people practices, managing a large blue-collar workforce, strengthening industrial relations, and shaping a strong performance-driven culture aligned with the Group's growth agenda.
Key Responsibilities:
1. HR Strategy & Ecosystem Building:
- Design and implement comprehensive HR policies, processes, SOPs, organisation structures, role clarity, and governance frameworks across group entities.
- Institutionalise best-in-class HR practices suitable for a rapidly scaling agribusiness.
2. Workforce Planning & Talent Management:
- Lead manpower planning across corporate, plant, warehouse, and field operations with a significant blue-collar workforce.
- Ensure optimal workforce mix, productivity benchmarks, succession planning, and talent pipelines.
3. Learning & Development:
- Conceptualise and drive L&D strategy across levels, including leadership development, functional capability building, and shop-floor/frontline skill enhancement.
- Build structured learning journeys and training calendars aligned with business priorities.
4. Industrial Relations & Employee Relations:
- Manage industrial relations across manufacturing and operational locations, including unions, negotiations, dispute resolution, and grievance handling.
- Foster a stable, compliant, and harmonious work environment.
5. Culture & Organisation Development:
- Drive culture building initiatives aligned with the Group's values, ethics, and long-term vision.
- Lead engagement, performance management, and change management initiatives.
6. Statutory Compliance & Governance:
- Ensure end-to-end compliance with labour laws, statutory requirements, and regulatory frameworks across geographies.
- Act as the custodian of ethical practices, governance, and internal controls related to people processes.
7. HR Operations & Systems:
- Oversee the complete employee lifecycle from hire to retire.
- Implement and optimise HRMS, MIS, dashboards, and analytics to enable data-driven decision-making.
- Strengthen operational efficiency, accuracy, and scalability of HR systems.
Key Traits & Competencies:
- High integrity, strong ethical foundation, and maturity to work directly with the Promoter.
- Strategic thinker with strong execution capability.
- Deep understanding of blue-collar workforce dynamics and IR environments.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills.
- Hands-on, resilient, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial setup.
Preferred Background:
- 15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, preferably in agriculture, food, FMCG, manufacturing, logistics, or infrastructure-led businesses.
- Proven experience in setting up HR frameworks from the ground up.
- Exposure to multi-location operations and large workforce environments.
- MBA/PG in HR from a reputed institute.
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