We are helping our client seek for a Senior HR Leader with deep expertise in industrial relations, employee relations, and enterprise people strategy to operate effectively in a complex matrix environment and support growth and transformation agendas.
This role requires a strategic, commercially astute HR partner who can shape workforce and organization strategies, balance performance and governance, and act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership. The individual will play a critical role in enabling scale, productivity, and leadership effectiveness across the business.
The ideal candidate is driven, resilient, enterprising, agile, and highly motivated, with a proven track record of delivering measurable business outcomes in fast-paced, evolving organizations.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Act as a strategic people partner to the India Leadership Team, enabling growth, productivity, and disciplined cost management.
- Translate business strategy into India-specific workforce, capability, and operating plans.
- Lead HR and Industrial Relations across all manufacturing sites, ensuring stable operations and compliant labor practices.
- Lead union and employee relations strategy, managing negotiations, disputes, and sensitive cases with credibility and sound judgment.
- Partner with leadership on expansion, restructuring, productivity improvement, and cost optimization initiatives.
- Drive organization design, workforce planning, and change management to support business transformation.
- Build leadership capability and succession pipelines across manufacturing and commercial functions.
- Shape a high-performance, value-led, and inclusive culture with strong governance and ethical standards.
- Partner with HR COEs on India rewards, performance management, and policy frameworks aligned with market and global standards.
- Lead and develop the India HR team, driving operational excellence, data-driven decisions, and cross-functional collaboration.
KEYS TO SUCCESS
- Trusted strategic partner to the India leadership team, influencing decisions with commercial and workforce insight.
- Sustains stable manufacturing operations through effective industrial relations, compliance, and risk management.
- Delivers measurable impact on productivity, cost discipline, and workforce effectiveness during growth and transformation.
- Builds strong leadership bench strength and succession for critical manufacturing and commercial roles.
- Leads a high-performing HR team while embedding a value-driven, compliant, and accountable culture.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in human resources, Business Administration, Law, or a related discipline; Master's/MBA preferred.
- 12-15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, with significant exposure to manufacturing and industrial relations in India.
- Demonstrated experience leading HR in multi-site manufacturing environments with unions and complex labor laws.
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to translate business strategy into people, cost, and capability outcomes.
- Proven credibility partnering with senior leaders and navigating matrix, transformation, and high-change environments.
- Strong analytical skills and experience leveraging HR data to drive business decisions.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to work in a dynamic and multicultural environment.
LEADERSHIP/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
A team of 12-16
TRAVEL:
Approximately 15-20%, mainly across India manufacturing and commercial sites, with limited regional travel.
*Please attach updated CV with your application
