The Executive – HR & Administration will be responsible for managing end-to-end factory HR operations, contract labour management, statutory compliance, industrial relations, and plant administration. The role requires a hands‑on professional who is comfortable working closely with blue‑collar employees and managing day‑to‑day shop‑floor HR activities.
Key Responsibilities
1. Factory HR Operations
- Manage recruitment, onboarding and employee documentation for factory and contract workforce.
- Maintain employee records, attendance, leave and HR documentation.
- Manage time office activities including attendance, overtime, shift scheduling and payroll inputs.
- Support performance management and employee development initiatives.
- Coordinate training, skill development and employee engagement activities.
- Handle employee grievances and support smooth industrial relations on the shop floor.
2. Contract Labour Management
- Manage the complete contract labour lifecycle including onboarding, documentation, attendance and exit formalities.
- Ensure manpower availability as per production and shift requirements.
- Verify contractor attendance, wage payments, statutory contributions and billing.
- Ensure contractors comply with applicable labour laws and contractual requirements.
- Maintain contractor agreements, and track renewals and SLA adherence.
- Conduct periodic contractor compliance audits.
3. Statutory Compliance
- Ensure compliance with applicable labour laws including:
- Factories Act
- Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act
- PF & ESI
- Bonus & Gratuity
- Minimum Wages and other applicable labour regulations
- Maintain statutory registers, records and returns.
- Ensure contractor licences, registrations and compliance documentation are up to date.
- Coordinate with government authorities, auditors and inspectors.
- Support internal and external statutory audits.
4. Administration & Facility Management
- Manage factory administration including housekeeping, canteen, transport, security and utilities.
- Ensure workplace safety, hygiene, discipline and overall plant upkeep.
- Manage administrative vendors, including onboarding, performance monitoring and cost control.
- Oversee procurement and inventory of administrative supplies.
5. Employee Welfare & Engagement
- Coordinate employee welfare initiatives, health check‑ups, statutory benefits and safety programs.
- Organize employee engagement and communication activities.
- Support a positive, disciplined and compliant work environment.
Knowledge & Skills
- Strong knowledge of labour laws and statutory compliance.
- Hands‑on experience in factory HR and industrial relations.
- Experience handling blue‑collar/shop‑floor workforce.
- Good knowledge of MS Office and HRMS.
- Strong communication, interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- Vendor and stakeholder management skills.
- High ownership, discipline and attention to detail.
Qualification & Experience
- Graduate/Postgraduate in HR, Personnel Management or MSW.
- MBA/PGDM in HR will be an added advantage.
- 2–6 years of relevant experience in Factory HR.
- Preferred experience in Food, FMCG or Manufacturing.
- Mandatory: Contract labour management, statutory compliance and factory administration.
- Comfortable working from a plant location with regular shop‑floor interaction.