Senior HR Generalist

Eaton Group; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Group's Aerospace division at the Eaton India Innovation Center in Pune seeks a Senior HR Generalist/HRBP to partner with business leaders and HR leadership. The role drives talent, engagement, and workforce planning, while enabling onboarding, performance management, and retention initiatives in a fast-paced, matrix environment.

You will deploy HR policies, analyze data, and ensure a strong employee experience aligned with Eaton’s business goals across the organization’s aerospace

Qualifications

• MBA in HR and 7+ years of global HR experience in generalist/HRBP roles.
• Experience in multinational, matrix, manufacturing or aerospace environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to provide HR support across talent, engagement and workforce planning.
• Implement HR programs, processes and policy deployment with a focus on employee experience.
• Drive lifecycle activities like onboarding, performance reviews, talent development and retention actions.
• Promote positive employee relations and confidential handling of sensitive issues.
• Collaborate with Centers of Excellence and HR partners to ensure consistent HR practices.

Skills

HR processes

Talent acquisition support

Onboarding

Employee engagement

Performance management

Talent reviews

Organization effectiveness

Employee relations

HR operations

Compliance

Education

MBA in HR

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

What you’ll do:

We have an opening for a Senior HR Generalist / HR Business Partner supporting the Aerospace business at Eaton India Innovation Center. This role will partner closely with business leaders, HR leadership, and cross-functional teams to enable people priorities, employee lifecycle processes, talent initiatives, organizational effectiveness, and operational excellence. The position will report to the HR Manager and will play a key role in deploying HR policies, processes, and programs while ensuring strong employee experience and business alignment.

• Partner with Aerospace business leaders to understand priorities and provide HR support across talent, capability, engagement, performance, and workforce planning.
• Support achievement of Aerospace and EIIC objectives through effective execution of HR strategy, processes, and initiatives.
• Drive employee lifecycle processes including onboarding, engagement, performance management, talent reviews, employee listening, development planning, and retention actions.
• Promote a positive employee relations environment by addressing employee concerns with maturity, fairness, confidentiality, and sound judgment.
• Enable hiring and onboarding effectiveness by partnering with stakeholders to create a smooth candidate and new-hire experience for the Aerospace organization.
• Execute Eaton HR programs, internal HR scorecards, compliance actions, and process improvements with a focus on quality, consistency, and alignment with Eaton Business System.
• Use HR data, dashboards, and insights to identify trends, support decision-making, and recommend actions that improve employee experience and organizational effectiveness.
• Work collaboratively with HR Business Partners, Centers of Excellence, and business stakeholders to drive consistency in HR programs, practices, and communications.
• Support change management, capability-building, engagement actions, and organizational initiatives for the Aerospace group.
• Foster a culture where ownership of health and safety is embraced by all employees
• Foster an environment that promotes Eaton’s ethics, goals, philosophies, and encourages continuous improvement.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and effectively navigate and influence sensitive situations

Qualifications:

• Full-time MBA in Human Resources from an accredited institution.
• 7+ years of progressive HR experience in a generalist, HR Business Partner, or employee lifecycle role, preferably in a multinational, matrix, engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, or R&D environment.

Skills:

Strong understanding of HR processes including talent acquisition support, onboarding, employee engagement, performance management, talent reviews, organization effectiveness, employee relations, HR operations, and compliance.

Skills:

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office tools including Excel, Power BI, Word, and PowerPoint; ability to work with HR data, dashboards, and reports.
• Ability to understand, interpret, communicate, and apply HR policies and practices effectively.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, consulting, and influencing skills.
• Ability to work with sensitive and confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to translate data and business context into actionable HR insights.
• Demonstrates ownership, collaboration, learning agility, and a continuous improvement mindset.