Position: Head HR / CHRO

Base Location: Mumbai

Gender: Female

Experience: 15 to 20 Years

Industry: Manufacturing / Engineering / Packaging Machinery

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced female HR leader to strengthen the organisation's people, leadership capabilities, organisational structure and ways of working across all business verticals.

This is a strategic yet hands-on leadership position, working closely with the MD and senior leadership team to improve organisational effectiveness, execution, accountability and employee engagement.

Key Responsibilities

- Partner with the MD and leadership team to align HR strategies with business objectives.
- Drive organisational development, restructuring, role clarity and reporting structures.
- Build leadership capabilities, succession plans and second-line leadership across business verticals.
- Strengthen shop-floor supervision, employee discipline, accountability and productivity.
- Establish and drive practical performance management systems with explicit goals and regular reviews.
- Strengthen hiring processes, identify capability gaps and implement training and cross-skilling initiatives.
- Build a culture of ownership, transparency, communication and problem-solving.
- Improve team effectiveness, employee motivation, feedback mechanisms and interdepartmental coordination.
- Design practical incentive and recognition programmes linked to business outcomes.
- Strengthen HR systems, policies and processes to support organisational growth.





Location & Travel Requirements
- Base Location: Mumbai.
- The organisation has offices and manufacturing facilities across Mumbai, Bangalore, Noida and Kerala.
- Bangalore: Manufacturing facilities.
- Noida: Sales team.
- Kerala: SigLoch business unit.
- The role will have responsibility for HR and organisational effectiveness across all locations.
- Willingness to travel across all office and factory locations as and when required is essential.

Candidate Profile
- 15 to 20 years of overall HR experience, preferably in manufacturing or engineering-led organisations.
- Prior experience as Head HR, CHRO or Senior HR Business Partner.
- Experience working with manufacturing, sales and service teams.
- Exposure to organisations that have scaled from 100 to 300+ employees.
- Strong understanding of organisational development, leadership development, succession planning and performance management.
- Ability to work closely with founders, MDs and senior leadership teams.
- Strong business orientation with a practical, hands-on and execution-focused approach.
- Comfortable working across factory, office and field environments.
- Excellent people-management, communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Ideal Candidate: A hands-on HR leader who can move beyond conventional HR operations and actively contribute to business growth by strengthening people, leadership, accountability and organisational effectiveness.

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