HR Manager Chennai Plant

Help shape the future of mobility!

Imagine a world with zero vehicle accidents, zero vehicle emissions, and wireless vehicle connectivity all around us. Every day, we move closer to making that world a reality. Aptiv's passionate team of engineers and developers creates advanced safety systems, high-performance electrification solutions and data connectivity solutions so that automakers can bring advanced capabilities to more people around the globe. This is how we enable sustainable mobility and help to prevent accidents caused by human error.

Role Overview

The Plant HR Manager is responsible for driving Aptiv's people strategy at the manufacturing facility in Chennai. This role partners closely with plant leadership to build a high-performance culture, ensure compliance, strengthen talent pipelines, and foster a safe, engaged, and inclusive workplace. The Plant HR Manager acts as a strategic advisor while owning critical HR processes for a large-scale, fast-paced, global automotive manufacturing environment.

Key Responsibilities

1. Strategic HR Business Partnership

• Partner with Plant Head and leadership teams to align HR strategy with business goals.
• Provide data-driven insights to influence workforce planning, productivity initiatives, and organization design.
• Drive Aptiv's culture pillars: safety, innovation, inclusion, and continuous improvement.

• Lead end-to-end recruitment for plant roles (operators to mid-management).
• Build a strong talent pipeline through campus hiring, apprenticeships (NAPS/NATS), and local partnerships.
• Plan manpower in line with production cycles, new product launches, and volume fluctuations.

• Maintain harmonious employee relations and proactively address grievances.
• Ensure compliance with all labor laws applicable in Tamil Nadu (Factories Act, Standing Orders, CLRA, Shops & Establishment, etc.).
• Manage statutory audits, contractor compliance, and liaison with government authorities.

• Drive skill development initiatives for operators and staff aligned with Aptiv's technical and behavioral competencies.
• Facilitate leadership development programs and succession planning at plant level.
• Create annual training calendars and ensure 100% compliance on mandatory programs (Safety, POSH, Quality, etc.).

• Drive the performance management cycle for plant teams, ensuring fairness and managerial capability.
• Coach managers on feedback, goal setting, and capability building.
• Identify high-potential employees and enable development interventions.

• Support annual compensation planning, market benchmarking, wage revisions, and operator-level salary structure compliance.
• Ensure transparent administration of plant incentive schemes and productivity-linked rewards.

• Own HR dashboards, people metrics, attendance, payroll inputs, and workforce analytics.
• Ensure strong adherence to Aptiv HR systems (Workday, HR portals, etc.).
• Strengthen SOPs, HR governance, and process improvements at plant.

• Champion employee engagement, DE&I initiatives, and community outreach (CSR).
• Partner with EHS teams to reinforce a zero-defect, zero-accident culture.
• Handle internal communication for plant-level change management initiatives.

• MBA/MSW in HR from a reputed institution.
• 8-12 years of HR experience with at least 3-5 years in a plant HR leadership role (automotive/electronics manufacturing preferred).
• Strong knowledge of Indian labor laws and hands-on experience with IR in Tamil Nadu.
• Proven ability to operate in a fast-paced, matrixed global organization.
• Fluency in Tamil (mandatory) and English.

• Strong stakeholder management & influencing skills
• Problem-solving & analytical decision-making
• Ability to handle ER/IR situations with maturity
• High ownership, execution focus, and integrity
• Excellent communication & interpersonal skills
• Passion for people, culture, and continuous improvement

• Higher Education Opportunities (UDACITY, UDEMY, COURSERA are available for your continuous growth and development);
• Life and accident insurance;
• Sodexo cards for food and beverages
• Well Being Program that includes regular workshops and networking events;
• EAP Employee Assistance;
• Access to fitness clubs (T&C apply);
• Creche facility for working parents;