JOB TITLE: HR & PERFORMANCE MANAGER

Company: Micromini

Location: Chennai – Work from Office

Employment Type: Full-time

Salary: Up to ₹25,000 per month, based on experience and skills

Reporting To: CEO

ABOUT MICROMINI

Micromini is a growing e-commerce and retail company operating across Amazon, our own website, physical stores, and multiple sub-brands. Our business covers gaming consoles, accessories, electronics, collectibles, toys, imported products, and related categories.

We are looking for a proactive and experienced HR & Performance Manager who can take complete ownership of recruitment, employee discipline, attendance, productivity, performance measurement, and workplace accountability.

The selected candidate will work closely with the CEO to build a professional, energetic, and results-focused work culture. This role requires someone who can take initiative, identify performance gaps, and implement measurable systems without requiring constant supervision.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Recruitment and Onboarding

- Understand manpower requirements directly from the CEO and department heads
- Create job descriptions and publish vacancies on Indeed and other recruitment platforms
- Screen candidates, conduct initial interviews, coordinate final interviews, and perform reference checks
- Recruit suitable employees within approved budgets and timelines
- Prepare offer letters, appointment letters, employee records, and onboarding documents
- Conduct structured onboarding and clearly communicate roles, targets, policies, and expectations

Employee Performance Management:
- Establish clear job responsibilities, daily tasks, weekly targets, and measurable KPIs for every employee
- Create and maintain employee productivity and performance trackers
- Conduct daily follow-ups and weekly performance reviews
- Identify lethargic, underperforming, or unaccountable work behaviour and take timely corrective action
- Issue professional warnings, performance-improvement plans, and escalation reports when required
- Ensure employees understand that performance will be evaluated based on output, quality, deadlines, and ownership—not merely attendance
- Provide the CEO with factual and measurable employee-performance reports

Attendance and Workplace Discipline:
- Monitor attendance, punctuality, breaks,



leave, and working-hour compliance
- Maintain accurate leave, attendance, payroll-input, and employee records
- Enforce workplace policies consistently and professionally
- Improve office discipline, communication, teamwork, urgency, and responsibility
- Resolve employee concerns while protecting the company’s operational interests

HR Operations and Compliance:
- Create and maintain HR policies, SOPs, organisational structures, and reporting systems
- Coordinate monthly payroll inputs, incentives, deductions, and attendance information
- Maintain confidentiality of employee and business information
- Support statutory documentation and basic labour-law compliance
- Handle resignations, notice periods, clearances, exit interviews, and full-and-final coordination
- Ensure employee files and HR documents remain complete and updated

Business and Leadership Support:
- Work directly with the CEO to understand business priorities and workforce requirements
- Coordinate between Amazon, Shopify, warehouse, retail, accounts, creative, and operations teams
- Follow up on important tasks and ensure departmental commitments are completed
- Help build a performance-driven culture across Micromini and its sub-brands
- Identify gaps in manpower, skills, processes, and accountability and recommend solutions
- Take ownership of people-related problems until they are resolved

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
- Minimum 2–4 years of experience in HR, recruitment, employee engagement, or performance management
- Experience in a small or medium-sized business, start-up, e-commerce, retail, or operations environment is preferred
- Strong recruitment, interviewing, follow-up, and employee-management skills
- Ability to handle difficult conversations firmly and professionally
- Good knowledge of attendance, leave, payroll inputs, HR documentation, and performance reviews
- Robust Excel or Google Sheets skills




- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently and report directly to the CEO
- Strong organisational ability, confidentiality, judgement, and attention to detail

PERFORMANCE WILL BE MEASURED THROUGH
- Recruitment turnaround time and quality of hires
- Employee attendance and punctuality improvements
- Completion and accuracy of employee KPI trackers
- Reduction in pending, delayed, and unmeasurable work
- Weekly performance-review consistency
- Employee retention and successful onboarding
- Timely completion of HR documents and payroll inputs
- Improvement in overall team accountability and productivity

WHO SHOULD APPLY?

Apply if you

- Are proactive, organised, firm, and solution-oriented
- Can introduce structure and accountability into a growing organisation
- Are comfortable addressing underperformance professionally
- Can measure employee productivity using practical KPIs
- Can work closely with the CEO and follow through until tasks are completed
- Want to play an important role in building the company and its sub-brands

Please do not apply if you are looking only for administrative HR work. This position requires active recruitment, employee monitoring, performance management, problem-solving, and ownership.

APPLICATION QUESTIONS

- How many years of HR and recruitment experience do you have?
- Have you created employee KPIs and performance-tracking systems?
- How would you manage an employee who repeatedly delays assigned work?
- How many positions have you independently recruited for?
- Are you comfortable conducting weekly performance reviews and reporting directly to the CEO?
- Are you comfortable working full-time from our Chennai office?

Pay: ₹20,000.00 - ₹25,000.00 per month

Application Question(s)

- How many years of HR and recruitment experience do you have?
- Have you created employee KPIs and performance-tracking systems?
- How would you manage an employee who repeatedly delays assigned work?
- How many positions have you independently recruited for?
- Are you comfortable conducting weekly performance reviews and reporting directly to the CEO?
- Are you comfortable working full-time from our Chennai office?

Work Location: In person

📌 HR & PERFORMANCE MANAGER (Chennai)
🏢 Micromini
📍 Chennai