We Are Hiring: Head of Human Resources

About Elahé For 30 years, Elahe has been part of Hyderabad's luxury fashion scene, bringing India's finest couture and ready-to-wear to discerning clients.

Today, One Elahe LLP brings together seven businesses: Elahe, Elahe Urban, Gallery 476, Oorja, Elahe Online, Amrapali, and Sabyasachi. Its 150+ strong team spans retail and styling, tailoring and craftsmanship, online, and operations.

Location: Hyderabad

About the Role

As Head of Human Resources, you will be the group's dedicated HR leader. Your first priority is hiring: making sure every business has the right people, at the right time. Alongside that, you will build the HR function from the ground up, including its policies, processes, and eventually its team.

The role calls for a recruiter's instinct and a builder's discipline in equal measure.

What you'll do:

HIRING ACROSS ALL BUSINESSES:

- Own end-to-end hiring for all seven businesses, including sales associates and stylists, store managers, tailors and karigars, the online team, and back-office roles.
- Work with the founders and business leads to plan headcount and anticipate hiring needs ahead of seasons, launches, and new openings.
- Build reliable sourcing channels, including job portals, fashion and design institutes, referrals, and local networks for skilled craftspeople.
- Run screening, interviews, reference checks, and offers, giving every candidate a fast and polished experience.
- Write and maintain clear job descriptions for every role.

BUILDING THE HR FUNCTION:

- Set up HR structures, processes, and systems from scratch.




- Build and lead a small HR team as the group's needs grow.
- Create an employee handbook and core policies covering leave, attendance, conduct, dress code, and grievances.
- Introduce an HR system and maintain complete, accurate employee records.

ONBOARDING AND TRAINING:

- Design a structured induction for new joiners across each business.
- Work with store leads to deliver training in product knowledge and luxury client service.
- Make sure every new hire's first 90 days are well supported.

PAYROLL , COMPLIANCE , AND HR OPERATIONS:

- Work with the accounts and payroll team to ensure salaries, incentives, and statutory deductions are accurate and on time.
- Own employment contracts, offer letters, and full-and-final settlements.
- Ensure compliance with applicable labour laws, including PF, ESI, gratuity, Shops and Establishments registrations, and the POSH Act, including setting up the Internal Committee.

PERFORMANCE AND REWARDS:

- Set up a regular performance review cycle with clear expectations for every role.
- Work with the founders to design fair salary bands and sales incentive structures.

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS AND RETENTION:

- Be the first point of contact for staff concerns, grievances, and disciplinary matters,



handling each fairly and discreetly.
- Track attrition, run exit interviews, and act on what they reveal.
- Build a culture of engagement and recognition across stores, workshops, and teams.

Who you are:

- You have 6 to 10 years of HR experience, including time in retail, luxury, hospitality, or another business with large frontline teams.
- You have a solid track record of hiring at volume, for frontline staff, skilled craftspeople, and professionals alike.
- You're familiar with fashion roles such as fashion consultants and merchandisers, and you understand how luxury retail spaces run and what it takes to succeed in them.
- You have hands-on knowledge of labour laws and statutory compliance.
- You have set up HR processes before, ideally as an early HR hire in a growing organization.
- You're organized, discreet, and fair, and you earn the trust of both staff and leadership.
- You communicate clearly in English and Hindi. Telugu is an advantage.
- A postgraduate qualification in HR is a plus.

What the role offers:

- The chance to build an HR function from scratch for an established luxury fashion group.
- Direct access to the founders and real influence over how the group grows.
- Exposure to seven distinct businesses across retail, craft, and online.
- Competitive compensation based on experience.

How to apply:

- Apply via Linkedin or email: : [email protected]
- In the note, describe an HR function or hiring process you've built, and what you would priorities in your first 90 days at One Elahe LLP.

📌 Head of Human Resources (Hyderabad)
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