Head Human Resource

Hitech Limited; Kolkata District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitech Limited in Kolkata seeks a Head of Human Resources with 20+ years of progressive HR leadership experience. The role oversees HR operations, employee relations, compensation, and compliance across the group, guiding strategy and people programs from the front.

You will shape manpower planning, design organization effectiveness, drive learning, policy harmonization, and post-merger integration initiatives, partnering with business leaders to ensure seamless HR delivery.

Qualifications

• MBA/PGDM in HRM or equivalent required.
• 20+ years HR leadership experience.
• Strong knowledge of Indian labour laws and Labour Codes.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• HR Operations & Employee Relations across group entities.
• Manpower planning, skill mapping, and workforce optimization.
• Compensation structures alignment with statutory requirements and Labour Codes.
• Learning & Development to address competency gaps and development needs.
• HR Policy & Process Harmonization across group entities.
• Merger & Post-Merger Integration from HR perspective and change management.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Employee engagement

Change management

Education

MBA / PGDM in HRM

Job description

Position: Head Human Resources

Location: Kolkata

Experience: 20+ years

Employment type: full time/permanent

CTC: As per industry standard

Key Roles & Responsibilities:

HR Operations & Employee Relations

• Oversee group-wide HR and personnel matters, address employee grievances and resolve employee relations and integration issues.
• Ensure consistent implementation of HR policies, processes and practices across all group entities.

Manpower Planning & Organizational Effectiveness

• Conduct manpower assessments, skill mapping and competency gap analysis across business units.
• Review organizational structures, manpower deployment and reporting relationships, recommending optimization and redeployment wherever required.
• Align designations, grades, roles, responsibilities and reporting structures across group companies.

Compensation & Statutory Compliance

• Review and rationalize compensation structures across group entities.
• Lead the implementation of the new Labour Codes and ensure alignment of compensation practices with applicable statutory requirements.
• Drive consistency in compensation frameworks, benefits and HR-related statutory compliance.

Learning & Development

• Identify organizational and individual training needs based on competency gap assessments.
• Recommend and implement appropriate learning, training and employee development interventions.

HR Policy & Process Harmonization

• Review, standardize and harmonize HR policies and practices across all group companies.
• Update and implement the Employee Handbook, ensuring uniformity and relevance across entities.

Merger & Post-Merger Integration

• Actively participate in merger, integration and post-merger activities from the HR perspective.
• Drive change management initiatives and employee communication to facilitate smooth organizational transition.
• Work closely with business leadership to identify integration challenges and ensure timely implementation of agreed action plans.

Desired candidates profile:

• MBA / Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management (HRM) or equivalent qualification
• 20+ years of progressive experience in HR, with significant exposure to HR leadership roles.
• Sound knowledge of Indian labour laws, statutory compliance and implementation of the new Labour Codes.
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, negotiation and employee engagement capabilities