Assistant Manager Human Resources

Company Overview

JB Poindexter (India) Private Limited is a subsidiary of J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc. a privately held diversified manufacturing company forecasting $2.5B in annual revenue and 8,500 team members as of 2025.The eight operating subsidiaries, covering over 50 locations, are engaged in the production of commercial truck bodies, step-vans, utility trucks, funeral coaches, limousines, pickup truck bed enclosures, precision machining, and expandable foam plastic packaging. For more information, visit www.jbpoindexter.com

JB Poindexter (India) Private Limited is the captive shared services unit of the J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc. The company, wholly owned by J. B. Poindexter & Co., Inc. & is headquartered in Houston, Texas, USA.

Position Overview

As an Assistant Manager HR, the person will play a critical role in shaping the people strategy for the business by partnering closely with senior leaders and managers. This role is responsible for driving all aspects of the employee lifecycle, elevating employee experience, strengthening organizational culture, and enabling business outcomes through strategic HR interventions. The ideal candidate brings strong stakeholder management skills, a deep understanding of HR practices, and managing end to end employee cycle at the organisation and exposure to Compensation and Benefits program with the flexibility and willingness to go the extra mile.

Key Responsibilities

Employee Lifecycle Management

• Own and optimize all stages of the employee lifecycle from onboarding to exit—ensuring a consistent, high-quality experience.
• Exposure to HR platforms (e.g. Dayforce, Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle, etc.)
• Lead initiatives around onboarding, performance management, internal mobility, and offboarding
• Has exposure to market insights, analytics and trends.
• Excellent communication, analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.

• Lead employee relations cases with fairness, empathy, and a solution-oriented approach.
• Coach managers on handling sensitive conversations, conflict resolution, and people leadership.
• Foster an open, inclusive, and high-trust culture by enabling communication, recognition, and continuous feedback.
• Enables a positive culture across and exposure to diverse environments with an aptitude for people connect and networking.

• Design and execute initiatives to enhance employee experience across touchpoints.
• Interpret engagement data to identify focus areas and drive targeted action plans with business leaders.
• Champion a positive and enabling work environment that reflects the organizations values.

• Ensure adherence to HR policies and continuously improve HR processes.
• Drive HR operational excellence and maintain a strong control environment.
• Leverage HR systems and analytics to create efficiency and enhance the employee experience.
• Ensure full compliance with sound knowledge of Indian labor laws and HR compliance.
• Ensure compliance with all organizational policies, processes, and labour regulations.

• Drive end-to-end performance review processes for factory employees
• Support managers in goal setting, reviews, and performance differentiation
• Design and deploy capability-building interventions for shopfloor and supervisory talent
• Strengthen people-leader skills and frontline leadership effectiveness

• Identifying skill gaps, designing tailored learning programs, and fostering a culture of continuous growth to improve performance
• Needs assessments, managing training schedules and resources, coordinating logistics
• Using LMS platforms to track progress, and evaluating training effectiveness through analytics

• Minimum experience of 10 to 15 years of Human resources experience in an IT/ITES/Shared Services Environment.
• Education: Master of Business Administration (MBA).
• Excellent Oral & Written communication skills.

The ideal candidate will be thoughtful, insightful about people and organizations; can engage with individuals and understand, evaluate, and articulate motivations and organizational dynamics. He or she will be able to establish, build and sustain relationships. This individual will have a can do attitude and insight into company and business unit needs while maintaining focus on achieving exceptionally high quality and detailed results in a fast-paced environment. He or she will be a collaborative, supportive, trustworthy, and generous team-player, who learns quickly, is intellectually hungry and curious, and who has the ability and desire to develop others.

Code Of Ethics

JB Poindexter (India) Private Limited, requires the highest standard of ethics in all business dealings, with customers, suppliers, advisors, employees, and authorities. This position shall actively ensure that his/her own activities and those of all employees within the project meet this obligation. JBPCO critical standards and procedures related to expected conduct are detailed on the company website. This position is expected to be familiar with these policies and ensure that they are implemented in all areas of control.