Senior Manager - HR & IR

Adani Group; India; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Adani Group is seeking an experienced HR professional for plant operations in India to lead workforce planning, industrial relations, and HR governance across multiple statutory regimes. The role emphasizes alignment with production expansion, people analytics, and deployment of talent development programs.

You will drive performance management, learning initiatives, and contractor labor oversight, ensuring 100% statutory adherence while optimizing workforce productivity.

Qualifications

• MBA/MSW in HR or Industrial Relations is required or preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Plant HR Head and leaders on workforce planning and people strategy execution.
• Align manpower with production and expansion requirements.
• Drive organization effectiveness and productivity initiatives.
• Provide leadership with people analytics and HR dashboards to support decisions.
• Oversee talent acquisition, workforce planning, and critical position closure rates.
• Coordinate performance management and IDP development.
• Lead learning and capability development programs.
• Drive employee engagement surveys and culture initiatives.
• Govern contractor workforce and ensure compliance and productivity.
• Oversee payroll, attendance, and HR transactions.

Skills

People analytics

HR dashboards

Industrial relations

Statutory compliance

Talent management

Workforce planning

Employee engagement

Contract labor management

Education

MBA/MSW in HR or IR

Labour Welfare degree preferred

Tools

Kronos

Ligatrix

Job description

• Partner with Plant HR Head, Plant Head and functional leaders on workforce planning and support in execution of people strategy.
• Align manpower plans with production and expansion requirements.
• Drive organization effectiveness and workforce productivity initiatives.
• Support leadership in decision-making through people analytics and HR dashboards.
• Manpower productivity improvement
• Succession pipeline readiness
• Headcount adherence

2. Industrial Relations & Employee Relations

• Maintain harmonious industrial relations across the plant.
• Lead works committee and workforce engagement initiatives.
• Handle grievance redressal, and disciplinary matters.
• Manage domestic inquiries and disciplinary proceedings.
• Ensure prevention and timely resolution of employee disputes.
• Timely closure of grievances
• Positive employee relations climate

3. Statutory Compliance & Labor Law Governance

• Ensure compliance with all applicable labor laws and statutory requirements.
• Coordinate & Manage inspections and internal audits.
• Monitor contractor compliance and documentation.

Coverage Includes

• Factories Act
• Industrial Relations Code
• Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code
• CLRA
• EPF
• ESIC
• BOCW
• Bonus Act
• Gratuity Act
• POSH Compliance
• Successful Internal & external audits
• 100% statutory adherence

4. Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning

• Coordinate hiring of permanent and contract workforce with GCC & Off Roll Agency.
• Ensure availability of critical talent for production operations.
• Support expansion projects through manpower planning.
• Time-to-fill targets
• Hiring quality index
• Critical position closure rate

5. Performance & Talent Management

• Coordinate Cobotic PMS implementation across plant functions.
• Facilitate goal setting, performance reviews, and calibration.
• Coordinate & Support in Individual Development Plans (IDPs).
• PMS completion rate
• Critical talent retention

6. Learning & Capability Development

• Identify skill gaps and capability requirements.
• Coordinate implementation of technical and behavioral learning programs.
• Training man-hours
• Skill certification rate
• Multi-skilling index

7. Employee Engagement & Culture

• Conduct & coordinate employee engagement surveys and action plans.
• Ensure shopfloor and plant level hygiene and discipline, facilitate workforce in strengthen work culture
• Engagement score improvement
• Attrition reduction
• Culture transformation initiatives

8. Contract Labor Management

• Govern contractor workforce deployed at plant.
• Ensure Ligatrix & Kronos compliance, attendance controls, wage administration,
• Ensure welfare provisions.
• Monitor contractor productivity and deployment efficiency.
• Compliance score
• Contractor productivity

9. HR Operations Governance

• Oversee employee lifecycle management.
• Ensure payroll, attendance, leave, and HR transactions are completed accurately.
• Maintain employee records and HRMS governance.
• Payroll accuracy
• HR transaction TAT
• Data integrity

Qualifications

Educational Qualification

• MBA/MSW in Human Resources or Industrial Relations
• Degree in Labour Welfare preferred

Experience

• 12-18 years in Manufacturing HR & IR
• Minimum 5 years leading plant HR operations
• Exposure to greenfield or expansion projects will be an added advantage

Job Info

• Job Identification 59786
• Posting Date 10/22/2026, 10:16 AM