P&O Business Partner – Technical Functions

Overview

Serve as the dedicated P&O Business Partner for the Technical Functions (R&D and Commercial) and three legacy Mars manufacturing sites, supporting Mars Snacking India's integration of Mars Wrigley and Kellanova.

What you'll do

• Serve as primary P&O Business Partner for the Commercial and R&D organizations, partnering with Function Heads, India Leadership Team members, regional leaders and their teams.
• Provide strategic counsel on organization effectiveness, workforce planning, talent management, succession planning and leadership development.
• Coach and support leaders through change, evolving team structures and new ways of working.
• Shape a high-performance culture by driving engagement, capability building and team effectiveness.
• Lead key talent processes including staffing, performance management, career development, succession planning and talent reviews by interfacing with the relevant COEs.
• Support the continued integration and evolution of the Commercial and R&D organizations.
• Partner with Plant Heads, Factory Management Teams and Associate Relations (AR) teams across three Mars manufacturing facilities to create an engaging, compliant and high-performing workplace.
• Support associate and industrial relations, employment compliance and governance, compensation, wages and reward matters, working conditions, employee well-being and workplace practices.
• Support grievance management and resolution, and policy interpretation and application.
• Independently lead and drive plant culture and engagement initiatives, leadership effectiveness and team development interventions, capability-building and talent development strategies, organizational health and change management programs, and integration and cultural assimilation efforts.
• Anchor strategic people initiatives across the five-plant India Supply network, covering legacy Mars and Kellanova manufacturing locations: large-scale change management, culture, engagement, leadership, capability building and organizational effectiveness.
• Lead the evolution and transition of future P&O operating models across manufacturing sites.
• Leverage insights and data to identify opportunities that enhance associate experience and organizational performance.

What you'll need

• MBA or equivalent degree.
• 8+ years of progressive HR/P&O experience with increasing business partnership responsibility.
• Prior manufacturing or Plant HR experience.
• Manufacturing P&O and Plant HR knowledge.
• Associate and industrial relations knowledge.
• Compensation, wages and reward fundamentals.
• Leadership and team effectiveness, change management and culture integration, workforce planning and capability building, and employee engagement and organizational health.
• Strong business acumen and curiosity to understand the technical functions and their strategic priorities.
• Comfort balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
• Ability to influence without authority and drive outcomes in highly matrixed environments.
• Ability to build trusted partnerships with senior leaders and teams across plant and cluster levels.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and collaboration skills.
• Strong change management capability and resilience in navigating ambiguity and transformation.

Details

• Location: India (Mumbai, Maharashtra).
• Travel: willingness and ability to travel up to 50% of the time, including regular visits to sites across India.
• Reports to Neha Chattopadhyay, P&O Head - Technical Functions.