Plant HR Head

Job Purpose

To lead and manage all Human Resources, Industrial Relations, administration, and statutory compliance activities at the manufacturing plant. The role is responsible for ensuring adequate manpower availability, maintaining harmonious industrial relations, ensuring compliance with applicable labour laws, improving workforce productivity, and fostering a safe, disciplined, and performance-driven work culture.

Role & responsibilities

HR Operations and Manpower Planning

• Develop and implement plant-level HR strategies aligned with business and production objectives.
• Plan and ensure the availability of adequate manpower for production, maintenance, quality, logistics, and other functions.
• Manage recruitment, selection, onboarding, deployment, transfers, promotions, and separation processes.
• Prepare and monitor manpower budgets, employee costs, overtime, contract labour costs, and workforce productivity.

Industrial Relations and Employee Relations

• Maintain harmonious industrial relations with permanent workmen, contract labour and employee representatives.
• Handle grievances, disciplinary matters, domestic enquiries, misconduct cases, and workplace disputes in accordance with applicable law and company policy.
• Ensure effective communication between management and employees to maintain a positive industrial climate.
• Support management in managing absenteeism, indiscipline, attrition, and employee-related operational challenges.

Labour Law Compliance and Statutory Management

• Ensure compliance with applicable labour and employment laws, rules, regulations, and statutory requirements.
• Oversee compliance relating to wages, working hours, overtime, leave, social security, contract labour, and other employment-related obligations.

Contract Labour and Contractor Management

• Manage contract manpower requirements in coordination with production and other functional heads.
• Ensure contractor onboarding, verification, documentation, and statutory compliance

Training and Development

• Identify skill gaps and training needs across shop-floor and managerial employees.
• Develop annual training plans covering technical skills, supervisory development, behavioural competencies, and statutory training.
• Strengthen induction and orientation programmes for new employees and contract personnel.

HR Analytics and Continuous Improvement

• Prepare and present periodic HR MIS and dashboards to plant and corporate management.
• Track key metrics such as absenteeism, attrition, manpower cost, overtime, productivity, training effectiveness, and statutory compliance.

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Qualifications and Experience

• Education: MBA / PGDM in Human Resources, Personnel Management, or Industrial Relations.
• Experience: 10+ years of relevant HR experience, including substantial exposure to manufacturing operations and industrial relations.
• Experience in independently managing HR and IR functions at a manufacturing plant is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of applicable labour laws, statutory compliance, contract labour management, payroll, and employee relations.