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Job Title: Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) Location: Aurangabad, Maharashtra Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree in HR / Business Administration / Industrial Relations or a related field; MBA/PGDM in HR preferred Years of Experience: 22–25+ years Employment Type: Full-Time / Permanent Reporting To: CEO / Managing Director Overview / Job Purpose We are looking for an accomplished Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) to lead the overall HR strategy and people function across multiple manufacturing locations with a workforce of approximately 3,000 employees.

The role involves partnering with senior leadership to drive business-aligned HR strategies, strengthen industrial relations, ensure labour-law compliance, and build a high-performance, employee-centric organisational culture.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and implement the overall HR strategy aligned with business goals and organisational growth. Lead manpower planning, organisational design, workforce optimisation, and HR budgeting. Drive talent acquisition, succession planning, leadership development, and talent retention. Oversee performance management, compensation and benefits, employee engagement, and organisational development.

Lead industrial relations, union management, grievance handling, and employee relations across manufacturing plants. Ensure compliance with labour laws, statutory requirements, POSH, and HR governance standards. Drive HRMS implementation, process automation, HR analytics, and digital HR transformation. Partner with the CEO, MD, and senior leadership on workforce strategy, organisational effectiveness, and critical people matters.

Establish standardised HR policies, processes, and practices across all manufacturing locations. Lead and develop HR teams across plant and corporate functions. Competencies Strategic HR leadership and business partnering. Strong manufacturing and industrial HR expertise. In-depth knowledge of industrial relations, labour laws, and statutory compliance.

Expertise in talent management, succession planning, and leadership development. Strong understanding of performance management, compensation, and employee engagement. Organisational development and change management capabilities. Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills. Experience in HR digitalisation, HRMS, and people analytics.

Strong stakeholder management and decision-making abilities. Additional Information Experience managing HR operations across multiple manufacturing locations is preferred. Prior experience handling a workforce of approximately 3,000 employees is desirable. Strong exposure to plant HR, corporate HR, and senior leadership is essential.

Experience in the nets, ropes, cordage, or allied manufacturing industry will be an added advantage. Candidates should demonstrate the ability to align people strategy with business priorities while managing complex industrial workforce requirements.