Assistant Manager - HR (Learning & Development and Employee Engagement)

Company Overview

Grasim Industries Limited, under the Aditya Birla Group, is a leading diversified Indian company with notable presence in textiles, cellulosic fibres, chemicals, and more. The company operates state-of-the-art manufacturing plants and has recently expanded into paints under the 'Birla Opus' brand. Additionally, Grasim offers building materials via its B2B platform 'Birla Pivot' and has strong subsidiaries in cement, finance, and renewable energy sectors. It serves over 45,000 employees and reported a consolidated net revenue of 175,431 crore and EBITDA of 25,872 crore in FY26.

Role Summary

The Assistant Manager - HR will be pivotal in enhancing organizational strength by leading Learning & Development, Employee Engagement, Organizational Development/Effectiveness, Talent Management, and HR MIS functions. This role requires strategizing and executing training programs, engagement campaigns, development frameworks, succession planning, and maintaining accurate HR reports to support workforce productivity, retention, and employee experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Identify training needs and design annual training programs covering safety, behavioural, functional, and SOP-based learning.
• Ensure full compliance in mandatory and statutory training and drive digital learning platform engagement for skill enhancement.
• Organize and implement yearly employee engagement activities including cultural, sports, and wellness initiatives to boost the Engagement Index and participation rates.
• Lead corporate and unit-level OD/OE projects such as Group Purpose alignment, POSH compliance, scholarship programs, VIBES and Pulse Surveys with comprehensive monitoring and action closure.
• Maintain detailed HR MIS reports, dashboards, and analytics covering all key HR metrics with 100% data accuracy and audit readiness.
• Manage the end-to-end Talent Management lifecycle including assessments, succession planning, talent mobility programs, and retention initiatives like Talent Retention Grants and deferred compensation.

Candidate Profile

Applicants should possess 4-8 years of relevant HR experience with an MBA in HR or a Postgraduate Diploma in HR Management. Female candidates are preferred.