Deputy General Manager - Industrial Relations - Manufacturing

Role Overview:

Responsible to pro-actively understand and act on business specific IR requirements and implementing all IR initiatives and policies for the organization. He / she should ensure healthy industrial relations across locations and resolve issues if any across the locality. It is also required to ensure all labor compliances are in line with the statutory regulations and requirements.

Planning and Strategizing:

• Effective implementation of the industrial relations plan that prioritises actions based on business needs
• Implement IR solutions/ initiatives/ policies in the operations of manufacturing plants, with specific reference to workmen and officers
• Facilitate building of management charter of demands and enable and co-ordinate negotiation with workforce to ensure optimal alignment of management and worker demands.
• Benchmark the wages and salaries of workmen in the region - areas where our manufacturing footprints are present
• Understand and translate growth plans into workforce requirements and build case for projected numbers in the workforce planning session. Analyse demand and surplus for the workforce in the plants.

Policy and Process Design, Implementation and Review:

• Enable effective implementation of IR policies for the operations of factories, such as- leave, termination, workman compensation, contractual employment, etc. in consultation with the various stakeholders.
• Facilitate building of management charter of demands and negotiate with workforce to ensure optimal alignment of management and worker demands.
• Facilitate legal formalities, litigations etc with regards to industrial disputes, lay offs and other industrial relations activities

Coordination, Interface, Imparting Training to Internal and External entities:

• Co-ordinate in analysing demand and surplus for the workforce in the plants.
• Support culture change initiatives in the operations of factories and at the organisation level taking direction from the business leadership.
• Maintain and update organisation structure, job descriptions and skill/ competency dictionaries for operations of factories.

Management of performance, capability and morale:

• Maximise workforce productivity to meet plant demands by implementing capability building, right manning, incentive programs etc.

Infrastructure and Technology Investment and Management:

• Manage and update IR infrastructure, such as MIS, employee portal, Time and Attendance etc.