Function: Integrated HR

Location: Cochin

Reporting To:  Associate Director – HR – Product Supply Organization

At Tata Consumer Products Ltd, we stand #Forbetter – Planet, Sourcing, Nutrition, Communities. And #ForBetter Opportunities …. Here’s an exciting one!

How does this Job align to our Strategy?

At the core of Tata Consumer Products' business approach lie six strategic pillars that serve as the foundation for its growth and success: Strengthening & Accelerating our Core Business, Driving Digital and Innovation, Unlocking Synergies, creating a Future-Ready Organization, Exploring New Opportunities and Embedding Sustainability.

This job opportunity closely aligns with one of these key strategic pillars, which is Strengthening & Accelerating our Core Business. The role involves leading the HR initiatives and business partnering with leaders and manager to deliver on business outcomes for the Central Cluster. The role involves managing people practices for own units, external manufacturing units, CFAs and Packaging centers.

Where do you come in as?                           

This job is at N-4 level (N corresponds to CEO’s level)

Top dimensions:

Geography: India

Direct reports: NA

Complexity of the role (Optional): NA

Matrix Reports: NA

Type of Role: Individual Contributor

Primary Stakeholders (Optional):

What are the Key Deliverables in this role?

Financial Outcomes

• Drive a robust people agenda that enhances workforce productivity, supports supply continuity, and enables cost optimization across the factory.
• Ensure effective disciplinary and grievance management to minimize ER/IR risks that may result in financial or operational impact.
• Implement compliance, labour law adherence, and IR strategies that prevent disruptions, reduce legal exposure, and support cost-efficient operations.
• Strengthen manpower planning, productivity improvement initiatives, and workforce cost management in line with long-term business objectives.

Customer Service

• Partner with factory leadership to provide timely HR solutions that enable safe, efficient, and people-centric operations.
• Enhance employee experience through proactive grievance management, transparent communication, and responsive HR support.
• Ensure seamless HR service delivery including onboarding, training, welfare administration, and HR-related employee support.
• Build constructive relationships with employees, line managers, and union representatives to foster a positive and collaborative work environment.

Internal Processes

• Lead end-to-end factory HR operations including attendance, shift governance, compliance audits, documentation, and HR system adherence.
• Strengthen ER/IR governance through proactive shop-floor engagement and early detection of issues.
• Standardize HR processes across factory units and ensure strict adherence to statutory and organizational requirements.
• Collaborate with Cluster HR and COE teams for consistent deployment of policies, performance management, talent processes, and compliance norms.

Innovation and Learning

• Drive capability-building programs for workmen and staff to support skill enhancement, multi-skilling, and manufacturing excellence.
• Promote digital HR tools and data-driven practices to improve workforce productivity and HR effectiveness.
• Identify innovative opportunities to enhance labour practices, employee engagement mechanisms, and workforce management.
• Support factory-wide organizational changes through effective communication and structured change management.

What are the Critical success factors for the Role?

• Qualification: MBA/MSW in Human Resources.
• Experience: 6–8 years of HR experience with strong exposure to Manufacturing / Plant HR environments.
• Seasoned ER/IR expertise with proven experience in handling multiple unions and driving Long-Term Settlements (LTS) independently.
• Local language proficiency is mandatory for effective shop-floor engagement and union negotiations.

What are the Desirable success factors for the Role?

• Strong understanding of labour laws, statutory compliances, and factory-level HR operations.
• Experience leading HR initiatives across multiple manufacturing units.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with diverse internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving orientation and ability to drive people initiatives in a complex and dynamic environment.
• High resilience, negotiation capability, and ability to manage high-intensity ER/IR landscapes.

TCPL Growth Mindset and Behaviors

We are obsessed about keeping Consumers & Customers first in our hearts – that’s why we are here !

We are trailblazers in executing with Excellence … Together as One Team !

We take Ownership of our business …delivering value for our Stakeholders .. no Compromises !

We are Open to Continuously improving … Continuously innovating … For Better !

We live & breathe our Tata Code of Conduct

About Us: At Tata Consumer, we stand ‘For Better.’

Tata Consumer Products is a focused consumer products company uniting the principal food and beverage interests of the Tata Group under one umbrella. Our brands embody our purpose of ‘For Better ‘through the value they deliver to consumers with a focus on innovation, health and wellness, convenience and premiumisation. The Company’s portfolio of products includes tea, coffee, water, RTD, salt, pulses, spices, ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat offerings, breakfast cereals, snacks and mini meals. Our key brands include Tata Tea, Tetley, Eight O’Clock Coffee, Tata Coffee Grand, Himalayan Natural Mineral Water, Tata Copper+ and Tata Gluco+, Tata Salt, Tata Sampann and Tata Soulfull.   In India, Tata Consumer Products has a reach of over 200 million households, giving it an unparalleled ability to leverage the Tata brand in consumer products.

The Company has a consolidated annual turnover of ~Rs. 15,206 Crs with operations in India and International markets. For more information please visit www.tataconsumer.com