MANAGER - HUMAN RESOURCES, Mumbai

Asian Paints Limited; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Asian Paints Limited in Mumbai is seeking a Talent Capability and Engagement leader to drive enterprise-wide learning programs and capability development across Manufacturing.

You will manage the GET program lifecycle, build workforce insights dashboards, and partner with HR and plant leaders to shape learning architecture and engagement initiatives.

This role focuses on building capabilities, tracking outcomes, and strengthening the talent pipeline to support manufacturing excellence.

Responsibilities

• Partner with plant HR teams and business leaders to identify capability priorities and develop learning programs across Manufacturing locations.
• Design and deploy flagship capability-building and talent development initiatives and measure learning impact.
• Track key talent metrics, generate workforce insights, and prepare dashboards for leadership reviews.
• Manage the end-to-end Graduate Engineer Trainee (GET) program lifecycle including campus hiring, onboarding and governance.
• Lead employee engagement and wellbeing initiatives and build HR capability across plants.

Job description

Job Purpose: To drive capability building, talent development and employee engagement initiatives across Manufacturing by designing enterprise-wide programs, managing talent pipelines, enabling workforce insights and strengthening functional and behavioural capability in partnership with business and HR stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

1. Manufacturing Capability Building

• Partner with plant HR teams and business leaders to identify capability priorities, diagnose gaps and development needs.
• Design and deploy flagship capability-building and talent development programs across Manufacturing locations.
• Support delivery of and evaluate learning effectiveness and drive continuous improvement of interventions.

2. Manufacturing Academy Management

• Collaborate with Manufacturing and Supply Chain stakeholders to develop learning curricula, modules and capability frameworks.
• Drive communication, governance and deployment of Manufacturing Academy initiatives.
• Track learning effectiveness and capability outcomes through defined metrics, FGDs and reviews.

3. Talent Analytics & Workforce Insights

• Track and analyze key talent metrics including engagement, learning, attrition, promotions and internal movements.
• Generate workforce insights and recommendations to support talent and capability decisions.
• Prepare management dashboards/reports and periodic reviews for leadership stakeholders.

4. Graduate Engineer Trainee (GET) Program Management

• Manage the end-to-end GET lifecycle including campus hiring, onboarding and development journey governance.
• Coordinate trainee rotations, reviews and stakeholder engagement across manufacturing locations.
• Build market and campus talent intelligence to strengthen the graduate trainee talent pipeline.

6. Employee Engagement, Wellbeing & HR Capability

• Design and deploy manufacturing-wide engagement and wellbeing initiatives.
• Develop and implement capability-building and community-building plans for Manufacturing HR teams.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing and best-practice adoption across plants.