Location

　　The base location of role is Kurkumbh or Pune (India) and tied to a Cargill location. The selected incumbent will be expected to spend the first 3-6 months at Krishnapatnam, near Nellore, Andhra Pradesh following which she/he will be expected to be at the base location .

　　Job Purpose and Impact

　　The Associate Director HR - Plants , Cargill Food Solutions and Bio Industrial (CFB) , India will collaborate with plant leaders to develop and execute the people and culture strategy, focused on efforts related to workforce planning and talent management, team and organization effectiveness and operational delivery of core people processes. In this role, you will lead a team of professionals to advance organizational goals and key strategic initiatives as a country leader for this business , and will be a part of the Asia Pacific plant leadership team .

　　Key Accountabilities

　　Develop and implement operational people and culture strategies that support business and plants strategies and objectives and influence and provide support to key operational and strategic decisions.

　　Provide strategic partnership and practical solutions to improve performance and engagement, increase efficiency, understand talent needs and mitigate people risks for the plant.

　　Lead people and culture processes and initiatives, such as workforce and talent planning, retention, performance management, team development, engagement action planning and team and environment health.

　　Drive strategic focus and action toward diversity, equity and inclusion strategy and goals.

　　Leverage highly complex reports and dashboards to measure and analyze human resources and business performance metrics at plant locations, provide strategic trend analysis and recommend solutions based on insights.

　　Lead the execution of core people processes throughout the year at the plants with communications and coaching to leaders and monitor employee inquiry volume and employee relations case trends to develop actions with the leadership.

　　Lead the teams supporting the plants to drive the strategic people and culture agenda at our production sites and facilities to deliver operational performance.

　　Develop plans and deliver results in a fast-changing business or regulatory environment, while leading and developing a team of experienced professionals and supervisors, coaching and making decisions related to talent management hiring, performance and disciplinary actions. You will also collaborate with managers and supervisors in your organization to ensure staff selections align with current and future needs.

　　Other duties as assigned

　　Qualifications

　　MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

　　Bachelor’s degree in a related field

　　Minimum of 12 years of related work experience.

　　Other minimum qualifications may apply

　　PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

　　Candidate must have 7+ years of experience in managing strategic people interventions for manufacturing sites

　　Preferred to have experience in managing talent and designing people strategy for multiple plants in a Multinational Food Manufacturing environment partnering with key stakeholders in the regional leadership team.

　　Good to have a manufacturing/ factory / plants HRBP experience

　　Professional certification in human resources

　　Three years of supervisory experience

　　Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.

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