Volvo Group Looking For Head of People & Culture India at Bengaluru, Karnataka, Full Time

We are looking for an authentic and inspiring leader to join us as the Head of People & Culture India. In this role, you will collaborate closely with all our businesses and functions to develop and drive a globally aligned yet locally authentic People Strategy. In this executive leadership position, you will have end-to-end responsibility for the People & Culture function, including Rewards, Labor & Employee Relations, Talent strategy and Acquisition, People Operations, International Mobility, and Learning. Is this the perfect opportunity for you?

The ideal candidate is an inclusive team player with great communication and networking skills, extensive leadership experience, and a good understanding of people dynamics. You should have a good persona, be known as a leader who develops people and business and have good conflict management and negotiation skills. Knowledge and understanding of the country’s labor laws and regulations, industry best practices and trends in labor and flexible workforce management are also required.

Your mission

As the Volvo Group’s journey continues in a rapidly changing environment, we are faced with new expectations, from our customers, from society, from authorities & partners, from colleagues and from future employees. We strive to offer transport and infrastructure solutions that are safer, cleaner and more efficient than the solutions that we know today. As the Head of People & Culture India, you will translate this business strategy and objectives into people plans, initiatives and activities that deliver business outcomes.

Your Main Activities And Responsibilities Include

• Develop and drive a people strategy for Volvo Group India, which is globally aligned yet locally authentic.
• Translate business strategy and objectives into people plans, initiatives and activities.
• Drive a transformational and people centric agenda.
• Provide HR advice and guidance to the Leadership and management.
• Promote and grow a positive employee experience.
• Drive the end-to-end People & Culture deliveries to facilitate change, organizational development, and continuous improvements in the country.
• Lead the People & Culture Country Committee in the creation and development of People & Culture strategies, policy decisions, processes and in developing and implementing robust common country initiatives and projects.
• Engage in external networking and benchmarking with other companies and interact in the external ecosystem of HR professional organizations, consultants, HR vendors and other organizations.
• Ensure compliance with labor laws, collective agreements, and government regulations.

Who are you?

To be a successful trend-setter in this role, you balance a pragmatic style with a clear vision to engage and inspire others. You have a can-do attitude, as well as the skills to influence new ways of thinking and change organizational culture. You have extensive leadership experience and can demonstrate successful international business experience in a matrix-driven, multi-national organization with multiple business units and a global network. You are highly adaptive and ready to take on additional responsibilities that are assigned to you when needed. To ensure holistic impact, high level of connection, support and advisory, this position will have dual reporting lines, to the Head of People Services, and to the President of Volvo Group in India.

Are we the perfect match?

Let us know if you believe in who we are and what we aspire to be. We know you will love the business and the people of the Volvo Group. Working and partnering with our colleagues around the world, together we shape the future we want to live in.

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Who We Are And What We Believe In

Our focus on Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity allows each of us the opportunity to bring our full authentic self to work and thrive by providing a safe and supportive environment, free of harassment and discrimination. We are committed to removing the barriers to entry, which is why we ask that even if you feel you may not meet every qualification on the job description, please apply and let us decide.

Applying to this job offers you the opportunity to join Volvo Group. Every day, across the globe, our trucks, buses, engines, construction equipment, financial services, and solutions make modern life possible. We are almost 100,000 people empowered to shape the future landscape of efficient, safe and sustainable transport solutions. Fulfilling our mission creates countless career opportunities for talents with sharp minds and passion across the group’s leading brands and entities.

At Group People & Culture, a part of Volvo Group, we create the foundation and frameworks for people growth and organizational development, to drive the people agenda that enables the realization of the Volvo Group aspirations through people strategy and commitment. You will be part of a global and diverse team of highly skilled professionals who work with passion, trust each other and embrace change to stay ahead.