Position Head HR & IR

Report to Senior Management

Location – Bangalore

Industry – Manufacturing

Role

Lead the Human Resources and Industrial Relations function across manufacturing plants, providing strategic direction on industrial relations, talent management, organizational development, workforce productivity, employee engagement and statutory compliance. Drive a stable and productive work environment through strong union-management relationships, effective people practices, and proactive IR strategies, ensuring industrial harmony and uninterrupted business operations.

Responsibilities:

Industrial relations:

- Develop and implement Industrial Relations strategies aligned with business objectives, ensuring industrial harmony, workforce productivity, employee engagement and uninterrupted plant operations.
- Manage trade union relationships, including multi-union and complex union environments.
- Lead Long-Term Settlements (LTS), wage negotiations and productivity settlements.
- Manage employee grievances, disciplinary matters, domestic enquiries and dispute resolution.
- Proactively identify and mitigate IR risks, strikes and work stoppages.
- Ensure compliance with applicable labour laws, Standing Orders and statutory requirements.
- Handle contract labour, manpower deployment and workforce-related IR matters.

Greenfield Plant HR Setup:

- Lead complete HR setup for greenfield automotive/manufacturing plant including policies, SOPs, wage structures, shift models, and statutory systems
- Partner with project and plant teams during plant commissioning and production ramp-up

Government Liaisoning & Statutory Compliance:





- Liaise with Factory Inspectorate, Labour Department, PF, ESIC, Pollution Control Board, and local authorities
- Handle factory licenses, labor registrations, renewals, and statutory inspections
- Ensure compliance with Factories Act, Industrial Disputes Act, CLRA, Standing Orders, and applicable state labor laws

Plant Hiring & Workforce Planning:

- Drive large-scale plant hiring for automotive/manufacturing roles such as operators, technicians, maintenance, quality, logistics, and supervisors
- Manage contract labor onboarding through contractors in compliance with CLRA norms
- Align manpower planning with line balancing, takt time, and production volumes

Skill Mapping & Capability Building:

- Implement skill mapping and competency matrices for shopfloor and staff roles
- Identify skill gaps and coordinate training, multiskilling, and certification programs
- Support implementation of TPM, Kaizen, 5S, Safety, and Quality systems

Candidate profile:

- Qualification: MBA/PGDM – HR, MSW, Labour & Industrial Relations or equivalent.
- 20–25+ years of experience in Industrial Relations, preferably in manufacturing sectors.
- Solid experience in unionized manufacturing plants.
- Proven track record of independently handling LTS/wage settlements and union negotiations.
- Exposure to greenfield projects, brownfield expansion, acquisitions, restructuring, integration and plant closure will be an advantage.
- Experience in driving HR transformation, organization development, culture-building and change-management initiatives.
- Strong negotiation, influencing, stakeholder management, conflict-resolution and leadership skills.

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