India - Assistant HR Manager (Internal Only)

Who are Inchcape?

At Inchcape, our vision is to have a connected world, in which our customers trade successfully and make better decisions in every port, everywhere. We use technology and our global network to help our partners connect to a smoother, smarter ocean.

Inchcape combines its worldwide infrastructure with local expertise through our global network of over 240 proprietary offices, across 60 countries and a team of more than 2,500 committed professionals. Our diverse global customer base includes owners and charterers in the oil, cruise, container and bulk commodity sectors as well as naval, government and intergovernmental organisations.

We have an ambitious growth model and a career here is certainly going to be a rewarding one that will allow you to bring your skills & experience. We embrace change and are open to new thinking and pushing for positive change in our industry.

And now, we’re looking for a motivated and detail‑oriented finance professional to join our growing team. This role offers hands‑on exposure across core accounting functions, regional collaboration, and strong learning opportunities within a dynamic environment.

Job Purpose:

To assume responsibility of the area Human Resources Function whereby assisting the regional VP HR to implement HR process and procedures, aligned to global HR policies, to enable business efficiency and cost effectiveness.

To ensure the HR process and procedures, governance & controls adheres to group policy and statutory requirements.

• Manage implementation of the Area People and Culture initiatives to enable and drive the business for growth and sustained success.
• Effectively bridging the business needs and HR operational requirements by liaising with the HR shared services center
• Proactively support the process for setting performance targets and delivering on objectives together with Area Leadership Team
• Support HR projects as required

Duties and Responsibilities:

HR Strategy, Leadership and Coordination

• Implement Group HR Strategy, Policies and Procedures in Area.
• Support and Implement any Area change agenda, advising on people decisions to drive effectiveness.
• Ensure that HR issues are given full consideration in all decision making.
• Ensure effective, fair and equitable management of employees throughout the Area organisation.
• Provide advice, information and support to business managers, line managers and employees on HR policies and procedures in line with group policy and best practice.
• Management reporting as needed

Recruitment

Ensure that the recruitment standards in Area are maintained at the highest practicable level and are professional and rigorous.
• Coordinate and fulfil recruitment need through the HR shares services team
• Involvement in the interviewing stages of the recruitment process
• Manage the on-boarding process giving a great employee / brand experience
• Support, communicate, train and advise the management team on interviewing techniques

Talent Management & Retention
• Support and executes talent, retention and succession planning initiatives.
• Implementation of the talent review process for the area in lines with the global talent management strategy
• Support, communicate and advise managers on their talent development initiatives.
Compensation and Benefits
• Coordinate and manage the Salary review process in conjunction with Area leadership
• Support the salary benchmarking exercise for the Area as needed

Training and Development
• Works in line with regional resources to identify, promote and arrange delivery of training that is directly relevant and beneficial to the operations.
• Manage the annual training and development plan and ensure that all individual training plans are followed up.

Performance Management
• Coordinate the performance management of employees, including job description formulation, assessments and promotions.
• Implementing performance appraisals, training and feedback in line with regional/global HR standards.
• Drive best practice and act as counsel to management on all issues of employee performance.

Legal and Compliance Practices
• Ensures implementation of employment policy in line with local legislation and group policy
• Support all Internal / External audit requirements as needed periodically.

HR Operations Delivery
• Ensure that all HR operations deliverables are effectively delivered through the HR shared services as per the defined SLA’s, covering, however not limited to:
o Area payroll management & statutory compliance requirements are met (registers, TDS, etc…)
o Employee record and file management
o Employee data management in our systems
o Leave management process
o Employee exit and settlement process ensuring an exit experience
o Issuance of all letter types (contracts, amendments, etc …)

Person Specification

Knowledge

Degree in Human Resources Management or related field Up to date knowledge of Area HR policies, processes and tools.
Good verbal and written communication skills in order to communicate with multinational network individuals as well as the local agency.
Proven experience of HR systems.
Experience in Change and Culture

Skills

Ability to effectively work with teams remotely and the ability to adjust communication style for different situations and cultures
Strong partnering and relationship building capabilities across a diverse international group.
Able to understand the business and apply consistency and value adding HR initiatives.
Experience in driving change and integration.
Quick thinking and comfortable in a creative setting and a fast-paced environment where each day brings new challenges and rewards.
A self-starter; happy to pitch into the day-to-day necessary tasks and prioritise long-term projects.
Excellent work ethic and grounding of discretion and confidentiality.
Commercially astute.
Able to interpret and analyse numerical data and information.

Experience

7+ years of experience in a HR role, with at least 4 years in a business partnering capability. Proven track record to implement tailored HR solutions, creating winning business synergies. Team management and a background in HR operations would be an added advantage. The ideal candidate will have HR transformational experience, preferably in a multinational shipping / port services environment.

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