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 protected 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.

📌 Factory HR Manager (Chennai)
🏢 Versuni Netherlands
📍 Chennai