Assistant Manager - HR (PMS & Digitalization)

Brakes India; Chennai District; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Brakes India is seeking a strategic HR leader to design and drive holistic Total Rewards, Performance Management, HR Digitalisation, and Employee Engagement strategies that align people performance with organisational goals.

The role focuses on building a high-performance, digitally enabled culture by integrating rewards, recognition, and engagement initiatives to attract, motivate, and retain talent across the group.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full Performance Development and Appraisal process, from goal sheet rollout to increment communication.
• Drive the implementation of SAP SuccessFactors modules - PMS and Employee core.
• Coordinate with IT and implementation partners for AS-IS documentation, data migration, and testing.
• Conduct UAT cycles and training for end users.
• Plan, schedule, and oversee the periodic roll-out of all organisation-wide awards as per the annual recognition calendar.
• Coordinate the end-to-end execution of awards, including nominations, validation, approvals, and announcement.
• Design and introduce new award categories to recognise emerging priorities such as innovation, collaboration, and customer excellence.
• Define eligibility criteria, nomination guidelines, and selection frameworks for each award category, ensuring transparency and fairness.
• Maintain dashboard of participation and recognition coverage.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to conceptualise, plan, and execute HR and organisation-wide special initiatives that strengthen employee experience and process efficiency.
• Monitor and review initiatives such as the Buddy System and HR Council to ensure continued implementation and participation.
• Consistently engage with external facilitators, trainers, and partners to organise Knowledge-Sharing Sessions (KSS) that enhance learning and employee engagement outcomes.
• Design and administer employee satisfaction and perception surveys, analysing responses to identify key trends, improvement areas, and actionable insights in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
• Measure effectiveness and impact of engagement and special initiatives through defined KPIs and feedback mechanisms, presenting findings to leadership for continuous improvement.
• Conduct systematic job evaluations across all functions and levels using established frameworks.
• Partner with functional heads and HR teams to review job descriptions and role grading for internal equity and external competitiveness.
• Maintain and update the organisations job catalogue, ensuring consistency between job levels, titles, and compensation bands.
• Provide inputs to Total Rewards for pay structure design and benchmarking.
• Support periodic audits and role rationalisation exercises for alignment with business changes.
• Design and oversee wellbeing initiatives that support physical, emotional, and financial health of employees.
• Coordinate health and wellness programs (medical check-ups, mental wellbeing workshops, insurance renewals, ergonomic drives).
• Develop communication plans to promote awareness and participation in wellbeing initiatives.
• Track participation, feedback, and impact metrics for continuous improvement.

Job description

Primary Purpose:

To design and drive holistic Total Rewards, Performance Management, HR Digitalisation, and Employee Engagement strategies that align people performance with organisational goals.

The role exists to build a high-performance and digitally enabled culture by integrating rewards, recognition, and engagement initiatives that attract, motivate, and retain talent while supporting Brakes Indias growth and capability-building objectives.

Essential Job Functions:

• End-to-End Performance Management
• HR Digitalisation (SAP SuccessFactors Implementation & Governance)
• Rewards & Recognition Framework and Execution
• Special HR Initiatives
• Job Evaluation
• Employee Wellbeing & Workplace Experience

Job Functions:

End-to-End Performance Management:

Planning and Execution

• Lead the full Performance Development and Appraisal process, from goal sheet rollout to increment communication.

Operations Excellence

Coordinate review cycles, data validation, and cross-check increments and promotion lists

HR Digitalisation (SAP SuccessFactors Implementation & Governance):

Operations Excellence, People Enabling & Collaboration

• Drive the implementation of SAP SuccessFactors modules - PMS and Employee core.
• Coordinate with IT and implementation partners for AS-IS documentation, data migration, and testing.
• Conduct UAT cycles and training for end users.

Rewards & Recognition Framework and Execution

Planning, Resource Allocation and Execution

• Plan, schedule, and oversee the periodic roll-out of all organisation-wide awards as per the annual recognition calendar.
• Coordinate the end-to-end execution of awards, including nominations, validation, approvals, and announcement.
• Design and introduce new award categories to recognise emerging priorities such as innovation, collaboration, and customer excellence.
• Define eligibility criteria, nomination guidelines, and selection frameworks for each award category, ensuring transparency and fairness.
• Maintain dashboard of participation and recognition coverage.

Special Initiatives

Innovation, People Enabling & Collaboration

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to conceptualise, plan, and execute HR and organisation-wide special initiatives that strengthen employee experience and process efficiency.
• Monitor and review initiatives such as the Buddy System and HR Council to ensure continued implementation and participation
• Consistently engage with external facilitators, trainers, and partners to organise Knowledge-Sharing Sessions (KSS) that enhance learning and employee engagement outcomes.
• Design and administer employee satisfaction and perception surveys, analysing responses to identify key trends, improvement areas, and actionable insights in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.
• Measure effectiveness and impact of engagement and special initiatives through defined KPIs and feedback mechanisms, presenting findings to leadership for continuous improvement.

Job Evaluation

Operations Excellence

• Conduct systematic job evaluations across all functions and levels using established frameworks.
• Partner with functional heads and HR teams to review job descriptions and role grading for internal equity and external competitiveness.
• Maintain and update the organisations job catalogue, ensuring consistency between job levels, titles, and compensation bands.
• Provide inputs to Total Rewards for pay structure design and benchmarking.
• Support periodic audits and role rationalisation exercises for alignment with business changes.

Employee Wellbeing & Workplace Experience

People Enabling & Collaboration

• Design and oversee wellbeing initiatives that support physical, emotional, and financial health of employees.
• Coordinate health and wellness programs (medical check-ups, mental wellbeing workshops, insurance renewals, ergonomic drives).
• Develop communication plans to promote awareness and participation in wellbeing initiatives.
• Track participation, feedback, and impact metrics for continuous improvement.