Position Title - HR Business Partner – Bangalore Factory

Location - Bangalore

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables

1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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.