Plant HR Head

This a full time senior level role with our global manufacturing client based in Chennai. This is a Plant HR Head/GM role.

Key Purpose of the Job

• Leading all HR/IR activities of the the plant, handling workforce of 3800 employees.
• Ensure effective Talent management process as well as ensure happiness of employees by timely and effective HR services to internal customer.
• Ensuring harmonious Employee / community relations.

The incumbent must have strong experience in IR/Industrial relations, attrition management, employee costing and should have worked in plant set up as HR.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS

• Efficient and Effective HR services to ensure happy and engaged employees
• Capability Building of managerial workforce and workmen
• Harmonious IR environment at plants, leading long term settlements with Union
• Derisking Organization from Potential Risks & Liaisoning
• Management of Employee Cost
• Ensuring Safe Working environment
• Community Development & Sustainability

KEY ACTIVITIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic:

• Productivity improvement through collaborative working
• Talent Management of Managerial Employees
• Creation and implementation of strategies for smooth functioning of workforce

Human Resources

• Designing & Benchmarking of HR policies and processes
• Engagement of employees
• Development and upgradation of capability to achieve plant vision
• Management Manpower availability as per plan
• Management Employee cost tracking and intervention

Employee Relations / IR

• Championing ER , IR policies and processes
• Managing employee and complex Industrial relations issues
• Conflict management and dispute resolution through mediation and continuous dialogues
• Implementing process correction measures & risk mitigation measures.
• Lead compliance management

Administration & Liaisoning

• Monitoring and advising on plant related litigation matters
• Ensure smooth Liaisoning with conciliation officer, Labour Commissioner and other Govt.

• Authorities
• • Managing negotiations for out of court settlements.
• CSR

• Driving community engagement to become preferred citizen of neighborhood community
• CSR activity Action plan
• Complaints resolution from neighbourhood community

Teams reporting to this role

HR, CSR, Admin, IR, Payroll

Education

MBA or MSW or PGDHRM graduate

Good to have/desirable

Speaks Tamil, knowledge or experience of union.