Senior Business Partner

This is a key role within the organization, responsible for overseeing various aspects of human resources and industrial relations. The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic team that aims to enhance employee experience and drive business growth.

The primary focus of this position is to ensure seamless operations across all HR processes, including talent engagement, retention, and development. This involves working closely with line managers and other stakeholders to implement effective strategies and solutions.

• Support the business by executing end-to-end delivery of services, solutions, and interventions across all HR processes.
• Coordinate and execute interventions in line with the COE plan, ensuring alignment with business strategy and external competitive concerns.
• Implement employee engagement processes to enhance employee experience across the employee life cycle.
• Provide advice and support to line managers on decisions pertaining to people matters, ensuring high levels of ownership on talent engagement, retention, and development agenda.
• Coordinate plant-level recruitment along with the talent acquisition team.
• Coordinate, execute, and provide support for various learning and development interventions.
• Manage and maintain requisite training records.

• Plan and develop wage and salary programs to align with business strategy and external competitive concerns in the region for workers and contractual labor.
• Complete management of labor relations with support of plant management and Corporate HR, including negotiation with worker unions and contractors.
• Ensure seamless bipartite wage settlement.
• Ensure zero man-day loss on account of IR issues.
• Manage employee grievance process and consult with plants on union issues as needed.

• Payroll management with respect to employees at plant level for further review with the COE, including all statutory compliances for Butibori plant employees.
• Ensure administration of employee benefits, including management of employee-related insurance schemes for plant employees.

• Ensure all statutory compliances at plant level with the unit are in line with regulatory and legal requirements.
• Management of contractual labor and third-party employees, including tracking and controlling attendance and supervising the compliances of contractual labor and third-party employees.
• Liaison with different government agencies.
• Employee database management at the plant level, including management of personnel files.
• Keep close watch on HR and administration-related law changes and react to them actively.
• Ensure HR and Admin contracts are in place and timely renewed.

• Ensure implementation of relevant processes and systems with Serious 7 & Take 5.
• Create assimilation of safety culture throughout the hierarchy of the organization.
• Work towards a vision of zero harm at each location.

• Plant administration includes security, canteen, transportation, guest house, and other administrative facilities/activities.
• Drive corporate social responsibility initiatives at the plant level in line with corporate strategy.
• Periodically share metrics with HR Operations, training, etc., in line with set objectives w.r.t. process efficiency, effectiveness, and cost/budgets.

• Educational Qualifications: MBA/PGD in Human Resources; MPMIR, MSW.
• Experience: Minimum 5 years in handling generalist HR and IR activities for a manufacturing site.
• Interpersonal Skills:
  • Ability to work with teams and lead decision-making processes in a team environment.
  • Excellent interpersonal communication and listening ability.
• Management Skills:
  • Effective communication skills, excellent planning, and organizational skills.
  • A strong ability to be adaptable and flexible.
  • Strong analytical and decision-making skills.
  • Highly motivated, results-oriented, and driven.
  • Good negotiation skills should have dealt with unions independently or under guidance/support.
• Preferred:
  • Experience in the related field (preferably in the Manufacturing sector).
  • Proficient in MS-Office.
  • Sound understanding of Labor i.e., state and local labor laws and regulations.
  • Should have exposure to liaison activities with government bodies, especially regarding labor laws.
  • Ability to converse in local language (Odisha).