Head - Manufacturing HR

• Head - Manufacturing HR
• Location: Bangalore
• Reporting to: Group CHRO
• Team: ~15
• Role Summary

The Head - Manufacturing HR will lead the overall HR, Industrial Relations, employee relations and statutory compliance agenda across 5-6 manufacturing plants. The role will provide strategic leadership to Plant HR teams while partnering with Plant Heads and the Group CHRO on workforce strategy, productivity and organisational effectiveness.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead HR and Industrial Relations across 5-6 plants and manage a team of ~10 HR professionals.
• Own union management, collective bargaining, long-term wage settlements, bonus settlements, strikes, lockouts and industrial disputes.
• Ensure compliance with Labour Laws, Labour Codes, PF, ESIC, Professional Tax, Gratuity, Bonus and other statutory requirements.
• Oversee labour/civil litigation, disciplinary matters, grievances and shop-floor employee relations.
• Drive workforce productivity, manpower planning, upskilling and reskilling of the manufacturing workforce.
• Partner with business leadership on labour cost, organisation effectiveness and workforce transformation.
• Oversee Corporate Office Administration at Bangalore.
• Build consistent HR governance and processes across all manufacturing locations.

Candidate Profile

• 15-25 years of HR experience, preferably in consumer/FMCG/consumer durables or large-scale manufacturing.
• Strong experience in unionised manufacturing environments and multi-plant HR leadership.
• Deep expertise in IR, labour laws, wage settlements and labour litigation.
• Strong knowledge of the new Labour Codes and statutory compliance.
• Strategic mindset with strong negotiation, stakeholder management and shop-floor orientation.
• Experience in workforce capability building, productivity improvement and change management.

Qualification: MBA/PGDM - HR / MSW, with LLB preferred.

Age: Up to 48years.