Position Title - HR Business Partner – Bangalore Factory
Location - Bangalore
Key Responsibilities & Deliverables
- HR Business Partnering (Strategic)
- Act as a trusted HR advisor to plant leadership and functional heads
- Translate business and production goals into people strategies
- Drive organizational effectiveness, workforce productivity, and culture alignment
- Support change management initiatives linked to expansion, automation, or scale-up
- Headcount Planning & Talent Management
- Own manpower planning, budgeting, and workforce optimization for the factory
- Ensure right capability and skill availability across shifts and lines
- Partner with TA teams to fulfill hiring needs (permanent and contract workforce)
- Support succession planning for critical factory roles
- Performance Management & Capability Development
- Drive end-to-end performance review processes for factory employees
- Support managers in goal setting, reviews, and performance differentiation
- Design and deploy capability-building interventions for shop-floor and supervisory talent
- Strengthen people-leader skills and frontline leadership effectiveness
- Employee Relations & Statutory Compliance
- Lead employee relations for the factory with a proactive, preventive approach
- Ensure full compliance with:
- Factories Act
- Industrial Disputes Act
- Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act
- PF, ESIC, Gratuity, Bonus, Minimum Wages & Wage Code
- Independently liaise with:
- Labour inspectors
- Statutory auditors
- Government authorities
- Handle investigations, disciplinary actions, and dispute resolution when required
- Employee Engagement & Factory Culture Building
- Drive engagement initiatives tailored for a factory environment
- Strengthen communication, trust, discipline, and inclusion on the shop floor
- Support leadership in fostering a high-performance, safety-first, and respectful culture
- Track engagement indicators and implement corrective actions
- Operations & HR Systems
- Ensure strong execution of core HR operations including attendance, leave, payroll inputs, and contractor management
- Improve HR process efficiency through system adoption and standardization
- Maintain accurate employee and compliance records
- Partner with COEs and shared services to ensure seamless HR delivery
Key Competencies
- Strong understanding of manufacturing HR and industrial relations
- High credibility with plant leadership and workforce
- Hands-on, detail-driven, yet strategic in thinking
- Ability to operate independently in a complex factory setting
- Strong stakeholder management and decision-making skills
Educational Background
- Engineer by qualification (preferred), with strong manufacturing exposure
- MBA / MSW / Postgraduate degree in:
- Human Resources
- Industrial Relations
- Labour Studies
Experience
- 8–10 years of relevant HR experience
- Exposure to medium to large-scale manufacturing plants, preferably in electronics manufacturing
Strong hands-on experience in factory HR and industrial relations is preferred.
