Godrej Industries Limited and Associate Companies Looking for General Manager Information Technology (HR) at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Full Time

Godrej Industries Limited And Associate Companies

Godrej Industries Limited and Associate Companies (GILAC) is a vibrant group of listed Godrej companies. It has a clear focus and significant interests in Chemicals, FMCG, Real Estate, Agriculture and Financial Services, through subsidiaries and associate companies, across 18 countries. Godrej Industries Ltd. is holding company of the Godrej Group. At GILAC we seek to achieve growth through fostering an inspiring place to work, while inculcating shared value through a philosophy of ‘Good & Green’.

Godrej Industries Limited (Chemicals Division) is one of the oldest businesses of the Godrej Group with a rich legacy and a pioneering presence in the Chemical Industry. We proactively collaborate with our partners to create sustainable solutions in the Oleochemicals, Derivatives & Surfactants market. In the past few years, the group has also focused on increasing its global footprint in developing economies like Latin America, Indonesia and Africa through its FMCG arm – Godrej Consumer Products Limited (GCPL). GCPL is a leader among the Indian-born FMCG companies with leading Household and Personal Care Products. The real estate arm, Godrej Properties Limited (GPL) brings the group’s philosophy of innovation and excellence to the real estate industry. It aims to deliver superior value to all stakeholders through extraordinary and imaginative spaces created out of deep customer focus and insight. The agri-business arm Godrej Agrovet Ltd (GAVL) of GILAC is dedicated to improving the productivity of Indian farmers by innovating products and services that sustainably increase crop and livestock yields. The company operates in animal feed, oil palm, agri inputs, hybrid seeds, and poultry in which it is a leader. Godrej Capital (GC) is the vertical that aims to finance your dreams. We understand what’s important to you, and taking the Group’s legacy of trust, we bring to you financial solutions to secure your future, creating moments of joy.

Designation: General Manager

Location: Mumbai

Job Purpose: We are looking for someone passionate and driven to own, lead and successfully execute HR technology and digitalization plan across Godrej Industries Limited and Associated Companies.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership:

• Own and lead the development and execution of the HR technology and digitization plan aligned with the overall HR and business strategy.
• Provide thought leadership on the latest trends and technologies in HR, ensuring continuous innovation and improvement.

Project Management:

• Lead the successful delivery of large and complex HR digitization projects and initiatives on time and within budget.
• Collaborate with technology partners to implement new tools and manage the Digital HR Technology landscape.

Technology Expertise:

• Stay abreast of HR technology trends and explore new thinking to enhance user experience and operational efficiency.
• Enhance HR Data Management, People Analytics, and HR Process Automation product knowledge through self-learning and certification.

Change Management and Collaboration:

• Collaborate with HR COEs and drive change management to ensure the smooth adoption of digital HR solutions.
• Partner with Corporate HR, Business HR CoEs, and People Experience Center to strengthen the data foundation and run seamless people processes on digital platforms.

Data Analysis and Visualization:

• Understand and analyse HR Data, identifying process digitization needs, analytical outcomes, and visualization requirements.
• Implement HR Data Warehousing solutions, support data visualization platforms, and provide data-driven insights to the HR department.

Innovation and Advanced Analytics:

• Build new KPIs and Data Models for Advanced Analytics Use Cases.
• Perform periodic audits of HR data, service management data, and key operational parameters to drive continuous improvements.

Education:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in any Engineering stream or MBA degree in HR
• Certification in Data Science/ People Analytics

Experience:

• 15+ years of experience

Key Skills (Must Have)

• Experience in performing digital maturity assessment for HR processes, evaluating products and processes for process digitalization, and preparing business case for sponsorship.
• Experience in leading at least one end to end implementation of SAP SuccessFactors for hire to retire processes
• Must have strong Techno-Functional understanding of people and organisation structure design and processes related to Recruitment, Onboarding, Performance, Talent, Compensation, Payroll, Time, Benefits, Employee Survey, Grievance Management and Employee Helpdesk.
• Exposure to other leading Cloud based HRMS product and have a very good understanding of HRMS Data Structure
• Full-cycle implementation knowledge of Data Warehousing or BI solutions using HR data from key cloud-based HRMS solutions (e.g., Success Factors, Workday, Oracle).
• Must have worked in the People Analytics domain with knowledge of visualization tools like Power BI, QlikView, Qlik Sense, Tableau, etc.
• Proven experience in managing large and complex IT projects, ensuring timely delivery within budget, encompassing preparation of Business Case, preparation of Project Plan, Requirement gathering, Testing, Deployment, Project monitoring and governance.
• Ability to drive change management initiatives, preparing training guides, SOPs, and conducting training sessions for smooth adoption of digital HR solutions.
• Excellent interpersonal communication and influencing skills, both written and verbal, to effectively convey information to diverse stakeholders.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to understand and analyze HR data, identify process digitization needs, and derive actionable insights.
• Good understanding of projects financials management and budgeting.

Key Skills (Nice to Have)

• Any Business Analyst certification
• Any IT project management certification (Like Project Management Professionals certification)
• Knowledge of Data Science tools and techniques, with exposure to R or Python for data and statistical analysis.

An inclusive Godrej

Before you go, there is something important we want to highlight. There is no place for discrimination at Godrej. Diversity is the philosophy of who we are as a company. And has been for over a century. It’s not just in our DNA and nice to do. Being more diverse – especially having our team members reflect the diversity of our businesses and communities – helps us innovate better and grow faster. We hope this resonates with you.

We take pride in being an equal opportunities employer. We recognise merit and encourage diversity. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination based on nationality, race, colour, religion, caste, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, or marital status and ensure equal opportunities for all our team members. Read about our diversity philosophy.

If this sounds like a role for you, apply now!

We look forward to meeting you.