HR Manager__Swedish-owned company

Main duties/responsibilities

• Ensure that all central and state labour regulations (Factories Act, Shops & Establishments Act, Contract Labour Act, Bonus Act, PF/ESI, etc.) are updated, communicated, and rigorously followed across the company.
• Proactively identify and mitigate any potential labourrelated risks through regular compliance audits and policy reviews.
• Establish and maintain healthy, transparent, and constructive employment relationships between management and employees.
• Oversee the endtoend payroll process, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant salary disbursement, statutory deductions, and tax filings.
• Provide comprehensive HR analytics including labour cost reports, headcount trends, attrition analysis, and productivity metrics to support management decisionmaking.
• Continuously review and optimize the Compensation & Benefits (C&B) structure to ensure market competitiveness and internal equity.
• Drive the design and implementation of robust performance management systems (goal setting, midyear reviews, annual appraisals) to link individual performance with organisational objectives.
• Ensure that performance management is fair, transparent, and effectively differentiates high performers, thereby building a highefficiency workforce.
• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle from manpower planning, sourcing, interviewing, to offer management to ensure all positions are filled within defined timelines and with the right talent.
• Partner with department heads to understand their staffing needs and proactively build a talent pipeline for critical and niche roles.
• Identify highpotential employees through systematic assessment and performance data, and develop individual development plans to prepare them for future leadership roles.
• Build a sustainable talent pool and succession pipeline to support the companys longterm growth and expansion plans.
• Conduct periodic training needs analysis (TNA) across functions, identifying skill gaps in technical, behavioural, and leadership domains.
• Develop and execute annual training plans within approved budgets, covering internal and external programmes, onthejob training, and elearning modules.
• Evaluate training effectiveness and ensure that all learning initiatives directly contribute to employee capability enhancement and business results.
• Take full ownership of all administrative functions, including but not limited to: staff canteen, housekeeping and cleaning, transport and vehicle management, security guard services, and CCTV surveillance.
• Ensure that all employees enjoy a safe, hygienic, and wellmaintained work environment that supports productivity and wellbeing.
• Act as a trusted advisor and mediator in resolving employee grievances, disciplinary issues, and workplace conflicts, fostering a climate of mutual trust and respect.
• Support the Plant Manager in shaping and nurturing a healthy, positive, efficient, and harmonious company culture that reflects the organisation’s core values.
• Actively participate in all internal and external audits (statutory, ISO, customer, or corporate) related to HR and administrative processes.
• Ensure that all HR systems, policies, and records are effectively implemented, maintained, and continuously improved to meet audit requirements and industry best practices.

Experience and knowledge required for the role

• MBA, Post-graduation in HR with minimum of 10-12 years of experience
• Familiar with theoretical knowledge and practical understanding of labor law.
• Good Communication Skills and people skills
• Working experience in 500+ employees MNC.