Plant HR Manager

Date: 5 Feb 2025

Location: IN

Company: Coats

Job Title

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Plant HR Manager

Reports to

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ER Head – India

 

Job Purpose

 

To support and deliver HR, ER and Admin functions for the entire plant. The Role holder will be a key enabler of Culture change, Ethics Champion and required to drive the people function in a most modern and progressive manner.

 

 

Principal Accountabilities

  • Oversee general administration and plant monitoring, including security, transportation, housekeeping, and gardening, through professional vendors ensuring full legal compliance.
  • Partner with HR & ER at the plant level.
  • Manage payroll for employees, retainers, team leaders, and contract workers.
  • Lead training and development activities, including conducting an annual training needs assessment, creating, and executing the training plan.
  • Handle HR operations and transactions for the plant.
  • Track and ensure timely compliance with all applicable legal and statutory requirements.
  • Oversee manpower planning and budgeting processes.
  • Manage union relations, including collective bargaining for long-term wage agreements, monthly meetings, and grievance handling.
  • Liaise with external stakeholders such as government authorities and external union leaders.
  • Address plant discipline issues, such as chronic absenteeism and employee misconduct.
  • Coordinate employee welfare activities, including the provision of uniforms and canteen services.
  • Coordinate health and safety initiatives at the plant.
  • Manage legal cases, work with advocates, and lead cases to successful resolution.
  • Administer contract labor management, including order preparation, attendance verification, bill processing, and salary disbursement.
  • Oversee security management, daily verification of gate reports, records checks, and addressing disciplinary actions from security frisking.
  • Coordinate head office HR initiatives, including recruitment, performance management, and employee engagement activities.

 

Knowledge, Competencies and Key Behaviours Required

  • The candidate should have post-graduation education in the field of Human resources, Personnel Management and Industrial Relations (MSW or MBA in HR).

 

  • Should have minimum 10 to 12 years’ experience in HR & IR field

 

  • Knowledge of Local language to read, write and speak.

 

  • Excellent communication skills

 

  • Should be from good manufacturing organizations like Textile companies, Engineering and FMCG companies.

 

  • Knowledge of Labour Laws and Compliances.

 

Specific Skills of:

  • Analytical skills and Problem-solving skills.

 

  • Assertiveness and decision-making capacity.

 

  • Interpersonal skills to handle sub ordinates and peers of different functions and to interact with stakeholders on HR/IR related matters.

 

 

Relationships (where relevant)

 

  • Collaborative liaisons: IR Team, Mill Manager, Dept Managers, Security Office, Canteen, Time Office, Government Offices etc