Location: Sewri, Mumbai · Full-time, in office, with regular store and warehouse visits

Compensation: Up to ₹12 LPA, based on relevant experience

Experience: 4–7 years of hands-on HR generalist experience

Reporting to: Founder / CEO

Applicants should currently be based in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai or Thane.

People are the foundation of a company. Help us build that foundation.Goodman is a pet pharmacy and pet care retailer serving Mumbai since 1989, through our stores and online business, Animeal. We’re approximately 60 people across stores, warehouse and office, with an ambition to become a 100-store business across India.

We want teams that take ownership, serve customers thoughtfully and keep growing. We want employees to feel proud of where they work, know the company stands by them and see a future here.

We’re looking for an HR Manager who has personally owned recruitment, employee relations and statutory compliance, and wants to help build the people function of a growing company directly with the founder.

What you’ll own

- Hiring: Work with department heads to understand what each role truly needs, including future responsibilities. Own sourcing, candidate assessment, engagement and follow-through to joining.
- Employee relations: Build trust across stores, warehouse and office. Be a dependable partner to employees and managers, supporting clear communication and fair, consistent people practices.
- HR operations and compliance: Own employment documentation, people policies, payroll coordination and statutory compliance, working with our existing HR colleague, finance and advisers.
- People and culture: Strengthen onboarding, performance feedback, recognition, celebrations and employee support. Work with L&D; and managers on development and growth opportunities.

- Building for scale: Develop workforce plans and practical people processes that prepare teams for additional stores and cities.

Required experience and skills
- 4–7 years of HR generalist experience covering recruitment,



employee relations and HR operations / statutory compliance.
- Direct experience supporting frontline or blue-collar employees, alongside managers or office teams.
- Hands-on recruitment experience, including understanding role requirements, assessing candidates and managing the process through joining.
- Practical knowledge of Indian labour laws and applicable Maharashtra employment requirements, including relevant Labour Code changes and statutory HR compliance.
- Evidence of an HR improvement you personally carried through: you can explain the problem, your decisions, the work involved and the outcome.
- Clear communication in Hindi and English, with the confidence to work across employee levels and influence department heads.
- Ownership, sound judgement and care for people: you ask helpful questions, make practical plans and follow through, considering both employee wellbeing and business needs.

Preferred experience
- HR experience in retail, pharmacy, warehousing, logistics, distribution, hospitality, manufacturing or another business with a mixed workforce.
- Exposure to industrial relations or working with employee representatives.
- Experience supporting multiple locations or a growing business.
- Marathi communication skills.
- Qualifications in HR, industrial relations or labour law.

Experience limited to corporate or IT teams without frontline exposure, recruitment coordination only, or HR administration will not meet this role’s requirements.

What you’ll getYou’ll have real responsibility for the people we hire, the experience of working here and the culture we build. You’ll work directly with the founder, with room to question assumptions, bring your own ideas and put them into practice.

We believe the company should work for its people as much as its people work for the company. This is an opportunity to help make that belief part of how we operate.

Our Sewri office is small and practical. As we grow, there’s room to earn a broader people leadership role through what you build. Travel will be required as we expand.

📌 HR Manager – Founder’s Office (Mumbai)
🏢 Animeal
📍 Mumbai