Job Title: DM/Manager - Business HR & Industrial Relations

Function: Human Resources (BHR & IR)

Business: ACPL

Company: Aequs Consumer Products Pvt. Ltd.

Location: Hubballi

Job Summary: The Manager - Business HR & Industrial Relations - will be responsible for driving people strategy, employee engagement, talent management, workforce planning, statutory compliance, and industrial relations initiatives. The role will act as a key business partner to plant leadership while ensuring a compliant, productive, and harmonious work environment. This position requires strong expertise in both HR Business Partnering and Industrial Relations in a manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

- Business HR: Partner with business leaders to drive HR strategies aligned with organizational goals.
- Support workforce planning, manpower budgeting, and organizational effectiveness initiatives.
- Drive talent acquisition, onboarding, and retention strategies for staff and leadership positions.
- Facilitate performance management, talent reviews, succession planning, and career development initiatives.
- Lead employee engagement programs and drive a high-performance culture.
- Identify capability gaps and coordinate technical and behavioral development interventions.
- Support compensation and perks programs, including annual review processes.
- Partner with business leaders on change management and organizational transformation initiatives.
- Analyze HR metrics including attrition, absenteeism, productivity, and engagement and provide actionable insights.
- Foster a culture of inclusion, collaboration, learning, and continuous improvement.
- Industrial Relations & Compliance
- Ensure compliance with applicable labour laws, factory regulations, and statutory requirements.
- Manage Factory Licence, Factory Plan approvals, CLRA registration,



S&E; registrations, renewals, and amendments.
- Liaise with Factory Inspectorate, Labour Department, PF, ESIC, and other statutory authorities.
- Ensure timely submission of statutory returns and maintenance of required records.
- Monitor contractor compliance and labour law adherence across all operations.
- Coordinate responses to notices and inspections from government departments and regulatory bodies.
- Drive grievance handling and conflict resolution while maintaining harmonious employee and industrial relations.
- Support disciplinary processes, investigations, and policy implementation.
- Conduct compliance audits and ensure closure of observations within defined timelines.
- Coordinate BOCW, CLRA, Factories Act, PF, ESIC, and other regulatory compliance requirements.
- Support business continuity through effective IR risk mitigation and stakeholder management.

Qualifications

- MBA (HR) / MSW (HRM & LR) / MBA (PM & IR) or equivalent.
- Aequs Internal-Strictly this data should remain with Aequs
- 10-15 years of experience in HR and Industrial Relations within a manufacturing environment.
- Experience in handling labour law compliance, government liaisoning, employee relations, and HR business partnering.
- Exposure to consumer products, engineering, aerospace, automotive, or precision manufacturing industries preferred.

Skills & Competencies

Technical Competencies

- HR Business Partnering
- Talent Management & Succession Planning




- Employee Engagement
- Performance Management Systems
- Workforce Planning
- Labour Law Compliance
- Industrial Relations Management
- Contract Labour Management
- Government Liaisoning
- Compliance Audits & Documentation
- HR Analytics & Reporting

Behavioural Competencies

- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution abilities
- Business acumen and strategic thinking
- Decision-making and problem-solving capability
- Leadership and team collaboration
- High ethical standards and integrity
- Adaptability to changing business and regulatory requirement
- Effective communication and relationship management

Functional Competencies

- Strategic workforce planning and talent pipeline development.
- Recruitment and employer branding for manufacturing and technical talent.
- Employee grievance management and industrial harmony.
- Performance management aligned with manufacturing KPIs.
- Learning, capability building, and workforce upskilling.
- Statutory compliance management and regulatory coordination.
- Factory Act, CLRA, PF, ESIC, S&E;, and BOCW compliance.
- Government liaisoning and audit management.
- Employee engagement and productivity improvement initiatives.

Key Success Measures

- Manpower fulfillment and talent retention.
- Employee engagement scores.
- Reduction in attrition and absenteeism.
- Statutory compliance adherence (100% compliance).
- Successful audit outcomes.
- Closure of IR and grievance cases within defined timelines.
- Leadership capability development and succession readiness.
- Industrial harmony and employee relations climate.

Benefits:
- Commuter assistance
- Food provided
- Health insurance
- Provident Fund

Work Location: In person

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