Human Resources Manager

Uniserve; Chennai District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

GB Global in Chennai invites an experienced HR professional to join as HR Manager, offering hands-on employee relations leadership across the business.

You will lead complex ER casework, advise senior leaders, support organisational change and partner with managers on recruitment and payroll processes, while ensuring compliant people practices. Travel to other locations as required.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in an HR Business Partner, Senior HR Adviser or HR Manager role.
• Strong employee relations knowledge and capability to handle sensitive matters.
• Good working knowledge of employment law and HR best practice.
• Willingness to travel to other locations as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex employee relations casework including disciplinary and grievance matters.
• Provide practical, commercially focused HR advice to senior operational leaders.
• Coach managers to improve day-to-day management capability.
• Support organisational change, restructuring and consultation processes with compliance.
• Maintain up-to-date HR policies and templates with legal alignment.
• Use HR data to support decision-making and drive improvements.
• Partner with managers on recruitment activity and candidate experience.
• Collaborate with payroll providers to ensure accurate data and timely processing.

Skills

Employee relations

HR advisory

Stakeholder management

Payroll coordination

Education

CIPD Level 5 or equivalent

Tools

HR data systems

Job description

GB Global is the UK’s leading independent logistics and global trade management provider, employing over 1,000 colleagues across a diverse network of operational, logistics, warehousing and commercial locations.

As our Chennai business continues to grow, we are looking for an ambitious, commercially minded HR professional to join the team and help strengthen local people support.

This is a strong opportunity for an experienced HR Business Partner, Senior HR Adviser or aspiring HR Manager who is ready to take the next step. The successful candidate will lead day-to-day employee relations activity, support wider ER initiatives, and contribute to organisational change projects across the business.

The role will be based predominantly in Chennai, with regular travel to other business locations as required. This will give the successful candidate the opportunity to build strong working relationships, understand GB Global operations first-hand, and provide practical HR support across the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead complex employee relations casework, including disciplinary, grievance, capability, absence management and appeal matters.
• Provide practical, commercially focused HR advice to senior operational leaders, balancing business needs with fair, consistent and compliant people practices.
• Coach and support managers to build confidence in handling people matters and improving day-to-day management capability.
• Support Organisational change, restructuring and consultation processes, ensuring clear communication, appropriate documentation and effective risk management.
• Identify, assess and mitigate employment risks while ensuring compliance with employment legislation, company policies and internal procedures.
• Keep HR policies, procedures and templates up to date, ensuring they remain legally compliant, operationally relevant and clearly understood by managers and employees.
• Use HR data, trends and management information to support decision-making, identify recurring issues and drive continuous improvement.
• Partner with managers on recruitment activity, including understanding resourcing requirements, supporting selection processes and helping to deliver a positive candidate experience.
• Work closely with outsourced payroll providers to maintain accurate employee data, support timely payroll processing and resolve payroll queries efficiently.
• Contribute to the development of the wider Employee Relations function by improving processes, sharing best practice and supporting consistent standards across the business.

What We’re Looking For:

• Proven experience in an HR Business Partner, Senior HR Adviser or HR Manager role.
• Strong employee relations knowledge, with the confidence to manage complex and sensitive people matters.
• Good working knowledge of employment law and HR best practice, with the judgement to know when to escape risk.
• Experience supporting operational, logistics, warehousing or other fast-paced environments would be advantageous.
• Commercially aware, pragmatic and confident working with managers to find practical solutions.
• Strong communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Comfortable using HR data and systems to support accurate records, reporting and decision-making.
• Relevant HR qualification, such as CIPD Level 5 or equivalent, or able to demonstrate equivalent practical experience.
• Flexible and willing to travel to other business locations when required.

What We Offer:

• A genuine opportunity to shape the HR support model for a growing Chennai operation.
• Exposure to a varied employee relations workload, Organisational change activity and operational leadership teams.
• The chance to work in a commercially focused environment where HR has a clear role in supporting business performance.

This is a hands‑on HR Manager role for someone who enjoys working close to the business, providing practical employee relations support and helping managers make confident people decisions. The successful candidate will play an important part in supporting the continued growth of the Chennai operation, while contributing to a consistent, commercially focused HR approach across GB Global.