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Whether you are a professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring your first opportunity, or recent graduate with an advanced degree, we have opportunities that will allow you to innovate, be challenged and make an impact. Join our team and start your journey today!
Senior Manager Human Resources (Business Facing) – Atit, India
The Sr Manager HR Atit India will act as a trusted partner to the site leadership team, driving people strategies that enable operational excellence and workforce engagement. This role requires a hands-on HR professional who can balance strategic initiatives with day-to-day HR operations, ensuring compliance with Indian labor laws while aligning with global HR people plan.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with site leadership to understand business strategies and priorities and translate them into actionable HR strategies.
- Collaborate with global Centers of Excellence (COEs) and People Services to deliver the Annual People Plan, ensuring alignment with global HR goals and local manufacturing needs.
- Drive employee engagement initiatives tailored to the unique challenges of a remote manufacturing workforce.
- Support leaders with coaching, talent development, and succession planning to build leadership capability and team effectiveness.
- Champion performance management processes to foster a high-performance culture.
- Lead site workforce planning and resource management to ensure optimal staffing levels.
- Collaborate with ER COE on employee relations, grievance handling, and disciplinary processes in compliance with Indian labor regulations.
- Promote inclusion and wellbeing initiatives, leveraging global programs adapted to local context.
Experience:
- Proven professional HR experience in manufacturing or industrial environments, ideally managed a remote and/or unionized site.
- Strong track record of driving transformation and change in complex, matrixed organizations.
- Ability to operate as a true business partner with a growth mindset.
- Prior exposure to global HR operating models and collaboration with COEs and People Services.
- International experience outside India is advantageous.
- Minimum 12 -15 years of progressive HR experience with at least 8 years in HRBP/Strategic HR role
Education & Skills:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.
- Strong knowledge of Indian labor laws and employment practices, with awareness of APAC cultural context.
- Expertise in HR processes including performance management, organization design, talent & succession planning, employee engagement, total rewards, and wellbeing.
- Strong collaboration skills and ability to influence multiple stakeholders in a matrix environment.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Experience leading HR projects and applying data-driven decision-making.
Our Commitment to Our People
Across the globe, we are united by a singular Purpose: Sustainability is no small ambition. That’s why everything we do is geared toward a sustainable future—for our generation and all those to come. Through groundbreaking innovations, HVACR technology and cold chain solutions, we are reducing carbon emissions and improving energy efficiency in spaces of all sizes, from residential to commercial to industrial.
Our employees are our greatest strength. We believe that our culture of passion, openness, and collaboration empowers us to work toward the same goal - to make the world a better place. We invest in the end-to-end development of our people, beginning at onboarding and through senior leadership, so they can thrive personally and professionally.
Flexible and competitive benefits plans offer the right options to meet your individual/family needs . We provide employees with flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.
Together, we have the opportunity – and the power – to continue to revolutionize the technology behind air conditioning, heating and refrigeration, and cultivate a better future. Learn more about us and how you can join our team!
Our Commitment to Inclusion & Belonging
At Copeland, we cultivate a strong sense of inclusion and belonging where individuals of all backgrounds, and with diverse perspectives, are embraced and treated fairly to enable a stronger workforce. Our employee resource groups play an important role in culture and community building at Copeland.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Copeland is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.
