Role & responsibilities
- Own group-wide HR strategy across steel, mining, power and agro verticals, aligned to an aggressive growth roadmap.
- Lead industrial relations and union management across unionised steel and mining sites, ensuring harmonious labour relations and zero unlawful work stoppages.
- Drive the full talent lifecycle workforce planning, talent acquisition, L&D;, performance, rewards and succession for a 4,000+ workforce.
- Build competitive compensation & benefits frameworks benchmarked to steel and mining peers, balancing blue-collar and white-collar structures.
- Ensure 100% statutory compliance (PF, ESI, Bonus, Gratuity, Factories Act, Contract Labour R&A; Act, Mines Act, Wage Codes, POSH) across all sites.
- Lead HR digital transformation HRMS/HRIS, payroll automation and workforce analytics.
- Partner with business heads on manpower for greenfield/brownfield projects and staff new capacity on time and to budget.




- Build the leadership-succession and CXO bench; strengthen the family-to-professional governance transition.
- Champion the people dimension of ESG and EHS, embedding a strong safety culture across high-hazard environments.

Preferred candidate profile
- Postgraduate in HR/IR/Management (MBA-HR / MHRM) from a premier institute (XLRI, TISS, Symbiosis, IIMs or equivalent).
- 1522+ years in HR leadership within heavy industry (steel, mining, metals, cement or manufacturing), with 6–8+ years as HR Head/CHRO in a 2,000 Crore+ multi-plant organisation.
- Deep industrial-relations and union-negotiation experience in unionised plant/mine environments; Central/Eastern India exposure strongly preferred.
- Proven experience scaling HR for greenfield/brownfield expansion and managing large blue-collar and contract workforces.
- Solid command of Indian labour law, HR analytics/HRMS, org design and change management.

📌 Head/VP/Chief- Human Resources (Raipur)
🏢 Kindred Talent
📍 Raipur