Position Summary The Senior HR Partner plays a pivotal operational & candidate-facing role in building and scaling the greenfield Generac’s Business & Technology Centre (GBTC) in Pune. Splitting focus between core HR Operations (70%) and Talent Acquisition (30%), this role drives seamless employee lifecycle management, payroll, HRIS governance, and employee experience programs.
Key Responsibilities
Talent Acquisition & Greenfield Scaling (30%)
• Target Hiring & Execution: Partner with the Talent Acquisition COE and hiring managers to execute recruiting plans, active sourcing, screening, and interview scheduling across technical and operational domains.
• Candidate Experience & Offer Management: Manage candidate communication from initial touchpoints through offer negotiations, release, and pre-joining engagement to minimize drop-offs.
• Market Intelligence & Talent Pipeline: Benchmark industry recruitment standards and leverage contemporary sourcing channels to meet aggressive greenfield growth targets. HR Operations (70% Shared)
• Onboarding & Lifecycle Experience
• Structured Onboarding & Assimilation: Drive end-to-end execution of the candidate onboarding framework, ensuring seamless pre-joining compliance, day-one orientation, asset allocation, and policy immersion.
• Offboarding & Exit Management: Administer exit formalities, conduct exit interviews, coordinate clearance workflows, and analyze attrition trends to provide actionable feedback to HR leadership. HR Operations & Payroll Coordination
• Payroll & Inputs Consolidation: Consolidate attendance, leaves, and variable components to deliver accurate & timely payroll inputs to payroll processing partners/ stakeholders.
• Benefits & Vendor Administration: Act as the primary liaison for group medical insurance, employee benefits execution, and routine queries, ensuring smooth service delivery. HRIS (Workday) & Data Analytics
• Workday Administration: Maintain 100% data integrity across Workday for job changes, org updates,
transfers, and new hires.
• MIS & Reporting: Generate operational HR metrics, dashboards, and audit-ready reports to support business reviews and compliance checks. Employee Engagement & Cultural Initiatives
• Culture & Engagement Execution: Facilitate workplace culture initiatives, team-building activities, cross-functional knowledge sharing sessions, and internal employee engagement committees.
• Employee Relations: Serve as an approachable, first-line HR partner for employee queries and workplace grievances, escalating complex matters promptly. Compliance, Governance & Audit Readiness
• Personnel Records: Maintain compliant electronic and hard-copy personnel files, employment contracts, and statutory documentation.
• Audit Support: Support internal and external HR audits, maintaining strict alignment with local regulations and global organizational policies. Key Competencies
• Greenfield Agility: Comfort with ambiguous, fast-paced environments and establishing operational rigor from scratch.
• End-to-End Recruitment Execution: Proven ability to source, screen, and close technical and functional roles efficiently.
• Workday & HR Technology Proficiency: Strong hands-on experience navigating HRIS platforms (Workday preferred) and managing clean dataset inputs.
• Stakeholder Communication: Clear, polished, and empathetic verbal and written communication skills across all career levels.
• Event & Culture Coordination: Strong organizational skills to plan, drive, and execute site-wide engagement programs. Qualifications & Experience
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Education:
Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business Administration, or related field required. MBA/PGDM in Human Resources strongly preferred.
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Experience:
5–8 years of progressive HR Generalist/Operations experience, ideally within a Global Capability Centre (GCC), IT/Engineering R&D; center, or technology enterprise.
• Core
Skills:
Hands-on expertise in recruitment coordination, Workday, payroll data management and employee engagement delivery.
📌 Sr. HR Partner (Pune)
🏢 Generac
📍 Pune