HR Head, Renewable Energy

Dedicated HR Services; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential client in renewable energy seeks an HR Head in Ahmedabad, Gujarat (six-day work week). You will lead the full HR function, including recruitment, employee relations, workforce administration, payroll and rewards. The role requires about 8–10 years' experience in HR leadership for a 300–1,500 person organization, with scale-up exposure (100–500+ employees) and prior digital HR transformation.

Master’s degree; MBA preferred. Fluency in English, Hindi and Gujarati.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years leading HR for 300–1,500 people
• Experience scaling HR from 100–500+ employees (preferred)
• Experience leading digital transformation in HR (preferred)
• Experience in industries with field workforce (preferred)
• Master's degree; MBA from a good institute preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead the HR department: set up processes, drive people strategy and manage execution across recruitment, employee relations, workforce administration, engagement, payroll, and rewards
• Ensure compliance with regulations and policies; build HR policies tailored to the business
• Lead, support and develop the HR team and uphold professional standards
• Build SOPs and drive digital transformation in HR
• Drive engagement, welfare and productivity improvements and leadership capability
• Run strategic workforce planning and succession planning
• Create and manage the HR budget and use analytics for data-driven decisions
• Design and run performance appraisal system aligned with company goals

Skills

HR leadership

Talent acquisition

Employee engagement

People management

Strategic workforce planning

Digital transformation in HR

Education

Master's degree

MBA preferred

Job description

Confidential client: a growing renewable energy EPC company installing solar water pumping systems across several Indian states, with a large field workforce.

Position snapshot

• Title: HR Head
• Location: Ahmedabad, Gujarat (six-day work week)
• Scope: the full HR function, including recruitment, employee relations, workforce administration, engagement, payroll, and reward and recognition
• Languages: English, Hindi and Gujarati
• Notice period: under one month preferred

Overall responsibility

• Lead the HR department: set up processes, drive people strategy and manage execution across recruitment, employee relations, workforce administration, engagement, payroll, and reward and recognition.
• Ensure compliance with regulations, professional standards and policies, and build HR policies tailored to the business.
• Lead, support and develop the HR team, share best practice and uphold professional standards.
• Build SOPs, lead digital transformation in HR and ensure SOPs are followed.
• Drive continuous improvement in engagement and welfare, productivity, line-manager ownership of HR and leadership capability.
• Run strategic workforce planning: current and future needs, skill gaps and the plans to close them.
• Build succession plans for key roles.
• Create and manage the HR budget.
• Use HR analytics for data-driven decisions.
• Design and run a performance appraisal system aligned with company goals.

Day-to-day work

• Coach, mentor and support senior colleagues to build strengths, maintain relationships and improve retention.
• Manage training, learning and development initiatives.
• Look after workforce well-being, attract new talent and report on HR, payroll and L&D.
• Advise on employment policy and equip managers to handle workforce issues.
• Lead hiring for heads of other departments.
• Design evaluation criteria, metrics and training for fair performance assessment, run timely reviews and act on the results.

Key result areas and KPIs

• Recruitment cost per hire and time-to-fill for key positions
• Compliance audit results and HR policies that meet laws and regulations
• Effective execution of HR processes and systems, and of the HR budget
• Completion rate of performance appraisals
• Talent development programs and succession plans in place
• Employee satisfaction and turnover
• Training hours per employee, share of employees meeting development goals, participation in development programs
• Operational efficiency in payroll and expense management

What you bring

• About 8 to 10 years leading HR for an organization of roughly 300 to 1,500 people.
• Experience leading HR through a scale-up from about 100 to 500+ employees (preferred).
• Experience leading digital transformation in HR (preferred).
• Experience in the same or adjacent industries with a field workforce (preferred).
• A master's degree; an MBA from a good institute is preferred.

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