HR Head (Chemical)

Job Summary Responsibilities

• Strategic HR Leadership: Develop and execute HR strategy aligned with business goals, manufacturing scale-up plans, and the Company's vision as a listod entity.
• Partner with the MD, CFO, Plant Hoad, and functional heads on manpower planning, organization dcsign, and succession planning.
• Present HR scorecards, IR status, and compliance dashboards to the Managerment.
• Dive HR digitization (HRMS, attendance, payroll, compliance automation).
• Industrial Relations (IR) Maintain healthy industrial relations across the plant, with workmen, supervisors, and contract labour, wages management.
• Build a proactive grievance redressal mechanism and prevent unrest, slowdowns, or stoppages.
• Statutory Regulatory Compliance Ensure 100% compliance with all applicable central and Gujarat-state labour, industrial, and chemical sector regulations, including:
• Factories Act, 1948 and Gujarat Factories Rules
• Contract Labour (Regulation Abolition) Act, 1970 and rules-registration of principal employer, vendor
• licenses, muster, wage compliance for ~50 contract workers
• EPF MP Act, ESI Act, Payment of Gratuity Act, Payment of Bonus Act, Paymernt of Wages Act, Minimum
• Wages Act (Gujarat notifications), Equal Remuneration Act
• Maternity Benefit Act; Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (POSH) Act - constitute and run the Internat Committee
• Apprentices Act and NAPS/NATS engagement
• Shops Establishments Act (Gujarat)
• Labour welfare fund, Professional Tax (Gujarat)
• Coordinate with EHS on Factories Act safety provisions, hazardous process rules, occupational health, and onsite emergency plans.
• Listed Company / Governance Obligations Ensure HR-related disclosures in the Annual Report, BRSR (Business Responsibility Sustainability Report)- workforce data, complaints, training hours, gender diversity, wage ratios, human rights, etc.
• Support the NRC on KMP/Senior Management remuneration policy, ESOP administration (if applicablc), and performance evaluation framework.
• Comply with SEBI LODR Regulation 17/ 19 HR-linked requirements and Companies Act, 2013 provisions on KMP, related party HR transactions, and CSR linkage.
• Maintain insider trading code awareness within HR and orient new joiners on the Code of Conduct.
• Talent Acquisition Workforce Management Lead end-to-end recruitment for plant, RD, QC/QA, EHS, sales, and corporate functions.
• Succession Plarnning for identified critical roles.
• Manage manpower budgeting for 67 payroll staff + 11 payroll workers + ~50 contract workers; optimize COSt per employee and contract-to-permanent ratio.
• Build a vendor management framework for manpower contractors - due diligence, license verification, statutory remittance audits, and ethical labour practices.
• Payrol, Compensation Benefits Own monthly payroll for ~78 on-roll personnel with full statutory accuracy (PE, ESI, PT, TDS, LWF). Design variable and pay, benchmark compensation structures for staff and workmen; manage annual increments, and long-term settlement payouts. Administer Gratuity, Superannuation, Group Mediclaim, GPA, and other benefits. Performance, Learning Culture
• Implement KRA/KPI-driven performance management for staff and skill-matrix-based assessment for workers.
• Drive training calendars covering technical, behavioural, safety (mandatory for chemical units), and POSH/Code of Conduct topics.
• Lead employee engagement, rewards recognition, and culture-building initiatives.
• Administration Welfare Oversee plant and office administration, security, canteen, transport, housekeeping, uniforms, and statutory welfare amenities under the Factories Ac;

Required Skills

• Strong negotiation, conflict-resolution, and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluent in Gujarati, Hindi, and English -essential for shop-floor and statutory interactions.
• High integrity, board-room maturity, and ability to operate in a promoter-driven listed company environment.
• Data-oriented, with the ability to present HR analytics to leadership.

Required Qualification Key Skills

• Strategic Hr Leadership
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