Human Resource Manager

Role & responsibilities

Dulhani Ethnic LLP is opening a large-format, four-floor women's and men's ethnic wear flagship in Kolhapur, and is hiring an HR Manager to join before launch and set up the people function from scratch. Reporting directly to the founders and working closely with the Chief Store Manager, you will own hiring, HR operations, payroll, compliance and employee relations for the store. Before launch, you will plan manpower and run high-volume hiring of 70+ people, including floor managers, section heads, sales staff, cashiers, alterations, VM, housekeeping and security, on a tight launch timeline. Alongside that, you will build the HR foundation: offer and appointment letters, HR policies, the employee handbook, leave and attendance rules, and 7-day retail shift rosters, all set up and run on the HRMS. Each day you will monitor attendance and late-marks, manage the hiring pipeline from sourcing and screening through interviews and joining formalities, onboard and induct new joiners, handle staff grievances and discipline, and coordinate with floor managers on staffing gaps and shift changes. Every week and month you will process payroll inputs; calculate sales-staff incentives with the Store Manager; ensure PF, ESIC, PT, LWF and Shops & Establishments Act compliance with up-to-date statutory registers; run KRA-based performance reviews; plan product, grooming and customer-service training with section heads; and track and control attrition, especially ahead of the wedding and festive seasons. Experience in retail, especially ethnic or apparel retail, is strongly preferred, and so is having staffed a new store launch or a team of 70+ frontline employees. You should have hands-on command of an HRMS, payroll and Excel, fluent Marathi and Hindi with good written English, and the drive to build systems from the ground up.

Preferred candidate profile

5 to 10 years of HR experience, including at least 2 years as an HR generalist in retail, hospitality or another frontline-heavy business, ideally in apparel or ethnic wear retail. They have done bulk hiring for store-level roles, ideally staffing 70+ people, and have local sourcing networks in Kolhapur and western Maharashtra. They have handled payroll and Maharashtra statutory compliance (PF, ESIC, PT, LWF) themselves and are comfortable on an HRMS and Excel. They speak Marathi and Hindi fluently with good written English. Candidates already in Kolhapur or western Maharashtra, or willing to relocate, are preferred.