Primary Purpose:

To design and drive holistic Total Rewards, Performance Management, HR Digitalisation, and Employee Engagement strategies that align people performance with organisational goals.

The role exists to build a high-performance and digitally enabled culture by integrating rewards, recognition, and engagement initiatives that attract, motivate, and retain talent while supporting Brakes India's growth and capability-building objectives.

Essential Job Functions:

End-to-End Performance Management
HR Digitalisation (SAP SuccessFactors Implementation & Governance)
Rewards & Recognition Framework and Execution
Special HR Initiatives
Job Evaluation
Employee Wellbeing & Workplace Experience

Job Functions:

End-to-End Performance Management:

Planning and Execution

Lead the full Performance Development and Appraisal process, from goal sheet rollout to increment communication.

Operations Excellence

Coordinate review cycles, data validation, and cross-check increments and promotion lists

HR Digitalisation (SAP SuccessFactors Implementation & Governance):

Operations Excellence, People Enabling & Collaboration

Drive the implementation of SAP SuccessFactors modules - PMS and Employee core.
Coordinate with IT and implementation partners for AS-IS documentation, data migration, and testing.
Conduct UAT cycles and training for end users.

Rewards & Recognition Framework and Execution

Planning, Resource Allocation and Execution

Plan, schedule, and oversee the periodic roll-out of all organisation-wide awards as per the annual recognition calendar.
Coordinate the end-to-end execution of awards, including nominations, validation, approvals, and announcement.
Design and introduce new award categories to recognise emerging priorities such as innovation, collaboration, and customer excellence.
Define eligibility criteria, nomination guidelines, and selection frameworks for each award category, ensuring transparency and fairness.
Maintain dashboard of participation and recognition coverage.

Special Initiatives

Innovation, People Enabling & Collaboration

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to conceptualise, plan, and execute HR and organisation-wide special initiatives that strengthen employee experience and process efficiency.
Monitor and review initiatives such as the Buddy System and HR Council to ensure continued implementation and participation
Consistently engage with external facilitators, trainers, and partners to organise Knowledge-Sharing Sessions (KSS) that enhance learning and employee engagement outcomes.
Design and administer employee satisfaction and perception surveys, analysing responses to identify key trends, improvement areas, and actionable insights in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
Measure effectiveness and impact of engagement and special initiatives through defined KPIs and feedback mechanisms, presenting findings to leadership for continuous improvement.

Job Evaluation

Operations Excellence

Conduct systematic job evaluations across all functions and levels using established frameworks.
Partner with functional heads and HR teams to review job descriptions and role grading for internal equity and external competitiveness.
Maintain and update the organisation's job catalogue, ensuring consistency between job levels, titles, and compensation bands.
Provide inputs to Total Rewards for pay structure design and benchmarking.
Support periodic audits and role rationalisation exercises for alignment with business changes.

Employee Wellbeing & Workplace Experience

People Enabling & Collaboration

Design and oversee wellbeing initiatives that support physical, emotional, and financial health of employees.
Coordinate health and wellness programs (medical check-ups, mental wellbeing workshops, insurance renewals, ergonomic drives).
Develop communication plans to promote awareness and participation in wellbeing initiatives.
Track participation, feedback, and impact metrics for continuous improvement.

Assistant Manager - HR (PMS & Digitalization)