People Services Specialist

AkzoNobel; Pune District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

AkzoNobel is seeking a People Services Specialist in Pune to provide administrative support for employee lifecycle changes and to apply HR policies across local and global teams. You will create contracts, update records, and support the Contact Center within agreed SLAs, collaborating with Centers of Expertise as needed.

The role requires 2+ years of HR experience, a degree in HR, and strong English communication.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant experience in HR or People Services.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in HR.
• Strong customer service orientation.
• Ability to interpret and apply HR policies and procedures.
• Flexible and stress resistant with multitasking ability.
• Accurate, self-directed and detail oriented.
• Experience with HR supporting technology and quick learning.
• Eager to learn and stay updated on labour relations developments.
• Strong verbal and written communication across levels of the organization.
• Ability to work in an international, multicultural environment.
• Fluent in English; fluent in French/German/Dutch when supporting specific regions.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to employee lifecycle changes (new hires, transfers, promotions, terminations, organizational changes, and data management).
• Create employment contracts, letters, and memos per business requests.
• Update employee records across systems and third parties.
• Offer expertise on global and local HR policies and procedures.
• Support the Contact Center to resolve cases within SLAs.
• Refer complex cases to Centers of Expertise and communicate with the requester.
• Translate and implement Center of Expertise policies into transactional processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve HR processes and systems and feed ideas to team lead.

Skills

Customer service

HR policies interpretation

Multitasking

Communication

Attention to detail

Learning HR tech

Intercultural collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s in HR

Job description

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People Services Specialist

Date: Sep 2, 2026

Location: Pune, IN

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

Key Activities

Provide administrative support to employee life cycle changes such as: new hires, transfers, promotions, terminations, organizational changes (OM) and data management. Apply specialist expertise to cases from AkzoNobel employees and managers that cannot be solved by the Contact Center.

• Execute the administrative activities related to employee life cycle changes (i.e. administering new hires, transfers, promotions, terminations, organizational changes (OM) and data management
• Create employment contracts, letters and memos according to business requests
• Update the employee records and keeping all relevant systems and (third) parties up to date
• Provide expertise on global and local policies and procedures
• Provide expertise support to the Contact Center to resolve cases/queries within agreed SLAs.
• Refer complex cases or exceptions to Centers of Expertise and communicate effectively with the requestor as appropriate.
• Assist to translate and implement policies from the Center of Expertise into transactional processes and services that can be performed by People Services
• Spot opportunities for improvement of processes and systems via input to the team lead.

Experience

• Minimal 2 years of relevant working experience
• Bachelors/Master’s degree preferably in HR
• Strong customer services orientation
• Ability to interpret and apply the HR policies and procedures
• Flexible and stress resistant: The ability to multitask and structure the workload
• Accurate, self-standing and with strong attention to detail
• Experience with HR supporting technology and the capability to quickly learn and adapt to new ways of working
• Eager to learn and keep pace with developments in labour relations
• Strong oral, written and interpersonal communication skills and confidence to effectively work with all levels of the organization (including external parties where necessary)
• Ability to work in an international and multicultural environment
• Fluent in English language, both written and verbally is required
• Fluent in French or German or Dutch language when supporting France or Germany or Netherlands, both written and verbally is required

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.