Factory HR Manager

Role & responsibilities

• Partner with the Plant Head and functional leaders to develop and implement the plants HR strategy.
• Translate business and production requirements into workforce plans, organisation design, and people initiatives.
• Provide data-driven insights on manpower productivity, absenteeism, attrition, overtime, and workforce costs.
• Support organisational change, operational transformation, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Build constructive relationships with employees, supervisors, workers representatives, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Manage employee grievances, disciplinary matters, domestic enquiries, and conflict resolution in a fair and timely manner.
• Handle industrial relations matters and support negotiations with worker representatives or unions, where applicable.
• Proactively identify employee relations risks and implement measures to maintain a stable and productive work environment.
• Ensure compliance with applicable labour and employment laws, factory-related requirements, and statutory obligations.
• Oversee statutory records, registers, returns, inspections, audits, and documentation.
• Coordinate with government authorities, legal advisors, auditors, and external agencies as required.
• Monitor changes in applicable legislation and ensure timely implementation of necessary policy and process changes.
• Ensure effective administration of contractor-related compliance and documentation.
• Develop manpower plans aligned with production volumes, shift patterns, capacity, and business requirements.
• Lead recruitment and onboarding for permanent, temporary, contractual, and shop-floor positions.
• Build effective sourcing channels for technicians, operators, supervisors, and other critical plant roles.
• Drive performance management, goal setting, talent reviews, and succession planning for the plant.
• Identify skill gaps and coordinate technical, behavioural, leadership, and supervisory development programmes.
• Oversee payroll inputs, attendance, leave, shift administration, overtime, and employee data accuracy.
• Coordinate administration of benefits, insurance, employee welfare facilities, and employee lifecycle processes.
• Ensure accurate and timely HR reporting and effective use of HR systems.
• Partner with EHS and plant leadership to promote a safe and compliant workplace.
• Support safety awareness, employee welfare initiatives, and a strong safety culture.
• Establish and track key HR metrics, including absenteeism, attrition, manpower cost, overtime, hiring effectiveness, training hours, and employee relations cases.
• Prepare periodic HR dashboards and management reports with actionable recommendations.

Preferred candidate profile

• 15-20 years of Factory HR operation management experience.
• Strong employee relations and industrial relations management.
• Sound understanding of applicable Indian labour laws and factory compliance.
• Experience in manufacturing HR and shop-floor workforce management.
• Strong stakeholder management, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Workforce planning, HR analytics, and cost management.
• Ability to influence plant leadership and frontline managers.
• High integrity, sound judgement, confidentiality, and a hands-on approach.
• Strong communication and problem-solving capabilities.