Assistant Manager

ETERNAL; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Blinkit, through its Bistro vertical, seeks an Assistant Manager HRBP to own people operations for Bistro kitchens, from hiring and onboarding to talent management and retention.

You will work closely with kitchen and city operations, understand the realities of a high-speed kitchen floor, and help build the people systems that enable Bistro to scale across India.

Candidates should have restaurant or hotel ops knowledge and multi-city experience in Delhi NCR, Bangalore and Mumbai.

Qualifications

• Strong generalist HR foundation: recruitment, talent management, employee relations, compliance.
• Hands-on vendor management and mass-hiring experience.
• Ground HR leadership experience.
• Comfortable on the kitchen floor and in odd hours.

Responsibilities

• Own people operations for Bistro kitchens from hiring to retention.
• Collaborate with kitchen and city operations to align HR processes.
• Develop scalable people systems to support fast growth across India.
• Be hands-on with vendor management and mass hiring.
• Be comfortable on the kitchen floor and with operations leaders.

Skills

Generalist HR

Recruitment

Talent management

Employee relations

Compliance

Vendor management

Ground HR leadership

Job description

A. Business Partnering

B. Recruitment and Sourcing

C. Vendor Management and Onboarding

D. Talent Management and Capability Building

E. Retention and Employee Engagement

F. Ground HR Team Leadership

G. Compliance, HR Operations and Analytics

H. Expansion Support

Preferred candidate profile

Bistro is Blinkit's dark-kitchen vertical delivering food in about 10 minutes. The Assistant Manager HRBP will own people operations for Bistro kitchens, from hiring and onboarding to talent management and retention. The role works closely with kitchen and city operations, understands the realities of a high-speed kitchen floor, and builds the people systems that let Bistro scale across India.

• In-depth knowledge of restaurant or hotel operations and how kitchens are staffed and run.
• Has worked across multiple cities, especially Delhi NCR, Bangalore and Mumbai, and understands each market's talent supply and wage expectations.
• Strong generalist HR foundation: recruitment, talent management, employee relations, compliance.
• Has led or managed ground HR teams.
• Hands-on vendor management and mass-hiring experience.
• Comfortable on the kitchen floor, at odd hours, and with operations leaders.
• A genuine foodie who understands cuisines, kitchen roles, food quality and speed.