Ø Purpose of Position <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 13.8px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif;text-indent:4.4px">The purpose of the position is to provide strategic leadership for Bureau Veritas’s human capital in South Asia Area, ensuring that the people strategy aligns with and supports the overall business objectives.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 13.8px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif;text-indent:4.4px">The role entails overseeing all HR functions—from talent acquisition and employee development to compensation, culture, change management and compliance with labour laws—to cultivate a productive, inclusive, and high-performing workforce, aligned to BV Values.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 13.8px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif;text-indent:4.4px">The position serves as a key member of the executive leadership team, shaping culture, aligning workforce strategies with business goals, and enabling long-term organizational success.</li> </ul> <img alt="Unsupported image type." width="577" height="1"> Ø Major Responsibilities <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Strategic HR Leadership</li> </ul> <ul style="list-style-type:circle;margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Develop and implement comprehensive HR strategies, designed as per the unique needs of each business line under CIF South Asia Area, aligned with the overall business objectives.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Act as a key member of the SAR leadership team, providing HR insights and strategic advice on organizational design, talent management, and workforce planning, across multiple industries.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Lead the HR team in SAR, ensuring effective implementation of global HR policies while accommodating the specific requirements of local operations.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Partner with the executive leadership team to support business transformation, growth, and provide strategic guidance to senior leadership on human capital agenda.</li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif"><a name="_Hlk208822740"></a>Talent, Culture & Organization Development</li> </ul> <ul style="list-style-type:circle;margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Strategize, envision and drive initiatives around talent acquisition, skill development, performance and retention.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Design and oversee comprehensive end-to-end talent acquisition strategies to attract, retain, and develop top talent for diverse business lines, from technical specialists to experts in the TIC industry. </li> </ul> <ul style="list-style-type:circle;margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Design and implement tailored talent development programs, including specialized training, leadership development, and career progression opportunities to meet the distinct needs of various businesses.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Create succession plan for crucial and key roles. Co-create & refresh segmented career programs.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Foster a culture of diversity and inclusion, ensuring that the workforce reflects the diverse client industries served by the Company.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Build and maintain a high-performance work culture focused on collaboration, accountability, and employee well-being.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Implement employee engagement programs and act on feedback from surveys and performance reviews.</li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Culture Integration & Change Management</li> </ul> <ul style="list-style-type:circle;margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Champion the company's values and culture, promoting cross-cultural understanding and collaboration across diverse business lines.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Lead culture and change management initiatives across South Asia, facilitating smooth transitions and ensuring stakeholder buy-in during organizational changes, such as mergers, acquisitions, or restructuring.</li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Compensation & Benefits</li> </ul> <ul style="list-style-type:circle;margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Design and manage competitive compensation and benefits programs, tailored to the diverse needs of employees across different business lines.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Oversee the annual salary review process, performance appraisal systems, and industry-specific incentive programs.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Develop and manage Total Rewards strategy; conduct regular market benchmarking of compensation practices & other benefits</li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">HR Operations and Analytics</li> </ul> <ul style="list-style-type:circle;margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Oversee HR operations, including payroll, HRIS, and employee data management, ensuring efficiency and accuracy.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Utilize HR analytics to provide data-driven insights and recommendations for optimizing HR strategies, considering the unique requirements of each industry sector. </li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Develop and deploy strong analytics framework for faster decision making on people matters.</li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Employee Relations and Compliance</li> </ul> <ul style="list-style-type:circle;margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Ensure compliance with local country labour laws and employment regulations, keeping abreast of changes and advising the business on legal requirements across diverse industries.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Manage HR legal and ethical standards, complex employee relations issues, including conflict resolution and disciplinary actions, ensuring consistency and fairness across all business units.</li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Functional Excellence</li> </ul> <ul style="list-style-type:circle;margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Drive functional excellence & specific projects: as & when required by the Group and at SAR level.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Build and manage a high-performing HR team across multiple locations.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Promote cross-functional collaboration between HR, other support functions, and business units.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 38.0px;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif">Uphold and adapt company policies to suit the varied business lines, ensuring relevance and applicability.</li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">The position performs in line with the Bureau Veritas Quality Assurance System, including the BV Code of Ethics and the BV Group policy </li> </ul> Ø Roles & Responsibilities for HSE <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Responsible for compliances of all applicable statutory laws and regulations as well as Group HSE policies and procedures etc. in relation to Health safety and environment and workmen employment. </li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Responsible for establishing, implementing, monitoring and reviewing the HSE Management System (in line with ISO14001:2015 & OSHAS18001:2007 standards) within his/her Region/Location/Team</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Responsible to take reasonable care on health and safety on their own and of others.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Responsible to report promptly on any abnormalities and incidents found related to Health Safety and Environment</li> </ul> Ø Criteria for Performance Evaluation (KPIs) <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Operational Efficiency (HR function) </li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Leadership pipeline readiness.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Time-to-hire and cost-of-hire.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Employee engagement scores.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Retention of top talent and attrition rate KPIs</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Diversity metrics.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Audit outcomes – including Compliance with statutory / regulatory framework</li> </ul> Ø Qualification and Experience <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Master's degree in HR, Business Administration, or related field</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Min. 15 years of progressive HR experience, with at least 10 years in a senior HR leadership role in India. Past experience with an MNC, serving diverse industries.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif"> In-depth knowledge of labour laws and HR best practices across multiple sectors. </li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Proven experience in strategic HR planning, talent management, and employee relations within multi-business line environment.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Strong leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to influence and drive change across diverse business units.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Experience in professional services industry is preferred.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Excellent communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills with experience in managing diverse, cross-cultural teams and working in matrix. </li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 0.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Skills & Qualities:</li> </ul> <ul style="margin-bottom:0.0in;margin-top:0.0px"> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Strategic mindset with hands-on execution capability.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Strong interpersonal and networking skills with a demonstrated ability to collaborate with and influence stakeholders, internal & external, across the scope of the role.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Deep knowledge of Indian labour laws, compliance, and industrial relations.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Ability to work in a fast-paced, project-driven environment. </li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Decision Making, Coaching and Mentoring skills.</li> <li style="text-align:justify;margin:0.0in 0.0in 0.0in 14.0px;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Swiss, sans-serif">Ability to deal with confidential or sensitive information in a discrete and professional manner.</li> </ul>

HR Director (Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN) @ Bureau Veritas UK

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