Company Description
Avery Dennison (NYSE:AVY) is a global leader in labelling and packaging materials and solutions. The company?s applications and technologies are an integral part of products used in every major market and industry. With operations in more than 50 countries and more than 36,000 employees worldwide, Avery Dennison serves customers with insights and innovations that help make brands more inspiring and the world more intelligent. Headquartered in Glendale, California, the company reported sales of $9 billion in 2022. Learn more at www.averydennison.com.


ABOUT YOUR ROLE: This role will be responsible for leading the HR initiatives and industrial relations, including but not limited to partnering with the Plant teams and HR function to manage positive employee relations on the shopfloor and staff, ensuring a great employee experience, ensuring all organizational policies are well understood and implemented in the plant, managing the contracted workers, ensuring all HR and contractor compliances, liaising with local & Government authorities and setting up the best HR & IR work practices at our designated Plant. We are looking for an experienced Plant HR Manager to lead the well-established Plant in Pune with remotely managing a few areas of opportunity and projects are other locations. The ideal candidate will work closely with the Plant & Factory Manager and plant teams on building harmonious employee relations and build talent and organizational excellence, around succession & leadership development. YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

• The incumbent will be responsible in putting systems and processes in place in all the areas under HR function and end to end contract labour Management.
• Work closely with the other HR team-members, plant and operations team to attract, engage and develop the right talent.
• Act as a primary contact to plant and functional managers on all HR services. Work closely with the team in Global Workforce operations to ensure all HR systems and processes are well leveraged in providing a world class employee experience
• Provide coaching, counseling and consulting to managers on a broad range of HR & IR related issues and problems.
• Understand - the needs of the business and talent needs within the scope of the job and functional area, and partner with the other HR team members & functional leaders to deploy leadership development & succession plans for these functions.
• Support and assist in the development and implementation of engagement surveys and all supervisory and management training programs.
• Maintain a positive Unionized environment, independent management of Union relationships and addressing all employee and worker grievances proactively including but not limited to long term wage settlements, holding work committee meetings, closing the loop on discussed actions, managing the discipline and productivity related situations on the shopfloor
• The incumbent should have lead at least two LTS discussion with the Union
• Along with the HR Business partner - Operations, provide inputs and execute the employee & industrial relations strategy for the relevant sites.
• The incumbent will be responsible for ensuring the relevant sites in purview are fully compliant on HR and statutory requirements, will ensure proper liaison with the labour & local Administration including statutory authorities, as required and in accordance with organization policies and code of conduct.

Qualifications
WHAT WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR IN YOU:

• A strong decision making and problem solving ability - We would look forward to you making decisions & solving problems based on facts, knowledge and experience after considering viable alternatives.
• Project Management and Process Orientation - You will be successful in the job, if you develop efficient and simple processes, manage projects professionally and are able to understand how to drive accountability.
• A mindset that embraces change - We would appreciate it if you would encourage continuous improvement of work practices and processes.
• High on Integrity, Empathy and Influencing without authority - It is important that you are authentic in your communication, high on integrity, are able to understand a situation from different points of view and are able to influence multiple stakeholders in a complex matrix structure to work towards common goals.
• Your previous experience of liasoning in complex situations with unions, employee relations, external stakeholders & local bodies.

• You enjoy working in a dynamic, fast paced and ambitious team and work environment and are good at multitasking.
• You have a solid grounding in the legal aspects of site management, vendor management and have experience working in a multinational culture.
• Proficient in leveraging technology and in using excel sheets, presentations, whitepapers and working with reporting softwares.
• Minimum graduate degree in any stream and a proven well rounded experience of 10- 15 years as HR IR manager/head of a plant, managing site locations including manufacturing sites.

Additional Information
AVERY DENNISON IS AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY PROVIDER