Aequs is Hiring for BHR-ER

• *Job Title: DM/Manager \- Business HR \& Industrial Relations**

• *Function: Human Resources (BHR \& IR)**

• *Business: ACPL**

• *Company: Aequs Consumer Products Pvt. Ltd.**

• *Location: Hubballi**

Job Summary: The Manager \- Business HR \& Industrial Relations \- will be responsible for driving people strategy, employee engagement, talent management, workforce planning, statutory compliance, and industrial relations initiatives. The role will act as a key business partner to plant leadership while ensuring a compliant, productive, and harmonious work environment. This position requires strong expertise in both HR Business Partnering and Industrial Relations in a manufacturing environment.

• *Key Responsibilities**

• Business HR: Partner with business leaders to drive HR strategies aligned with organizational goals.
• Support workforce planning, manpower budgeting, and organizational effectiveness initiatives.
• Drive talent acquisition, onboarding, and retention strategies for staff and leadership positions.
• Facilitate performance management, talent reviews, succession planning, and career development initiatives.
• Lead employee engagement programs and drive a high\-performance culture.
• Identify capability gaps and coordinate technical and behavioral development interventions.
• Support compensation and benefits programs, including annual review processes.
• Partner with business leaders on change management and organizational transformation initiatives.
• Analyze HR metrics including attrition, absenteeism, productivity, and engagement and provide actionable insights.
• Foster a culture of inclusion, collaboration, learning, and continuous improvement.
• Industrial Relations \& Compliance
• Ensure compliance with applicable labour laws, factory regulations, and statutory requirements.
• Manage Factory Licence, Factory Plan approvals, CLRA registration, S\&E registrations, renewals, and amendments.
• Liaise with Factory Inspectorate, Labour Department, PF, ESIC, and other statutory authorities.
• Ensure timely submission of statutory returns and maintenance of required records.
• Monitor contractor compliance and labour law adherence across all operations.
• Coordinate responses to notices and inspections from government departments and regulatory bodies.
• Drive grievance handling and conflict resolution while maintaining harmonious employee and industrial relations.
• Support disciplinary processes, investigations, and policy implementation.
• Conduct compliance audits and ensure closure of observations within defined timelines.
• Coordinate BOCW, CLRA, Factories Act, PF, ESIC, and other regulatory compliance requirements.
• Support business continuity through effective IR risk mitigation and stakeholder management.

• *Qualifications**

• MBA (HR) / MSW (HRM \& LR) / MBA (PM \& IR) or equivalent.
• Aequs Internal\-Strictly this data should remain with Aequs
• 10\-15 years of experience in HR and Industrial Relations within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience in handling labour law compliance, government liaisoning, employee relations, and HR business partnering.
• Exposure to consumer products, engineering, aerospace, automotive, or precision manufacturing industries preferred.

• *Skills \& Competencies**

• *Technical Competencies**

• HR Business Partnering
• Talent Management \& Succession Planning
• Employee Engagement
• Performance Management Systems
• Workforce Planning
• Labour Law Compliance
• Industrial Relations Management
• Contract Labour Management
• Government Liaisoning
• Compliance Audits \& Documentation
• HR Analytics \& Reporting

• *Behavioural Competencies**

• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
• Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution abilities
• Business acumen and strategic thinking
• Decision\-making and problem\-solving capability
• Leadership and team collaboration
• High ethical standards and integrity
• Adaptability to changing business and regulatory requirement
• Effective communication and relationship management

• *Functional Competencies**

• Strategic workforce planning and talent pipeline development.
• Recruitment and employer branding for manufacturing and technical talent.
• Employee grievance management and industrial harmony.
• Performance management aligned with manufacturing KPIs.
• Learning, capability building, and workforce upskilling.
• Statutory compliance management and regulatory coordination.
• Factory Act, CLRA, PF, ESIC, S\&E, and BOCW compliance.
• Government liaisoning and audit management.
• Employee engagement and productivity improvement initiatives.

• *Key Success Measures**

• Manpower fulfillment and talent retention.
• Employee engagement scores.
• Reduction in attrition and absenteeism.
• Statutory compliance adherence (100% compliance).
• Successful audit outcomes.
• Closure of IR and grievance cases within defined timelines.
• Leadership capability development and succession readiness.
• Industrial harmony and employee relations climate.

Benefits

• Commuter assistance
• Food provided
• Health insurance
• Provident Fund

Work Location: In person