Manager HR & Administration

About the role

People Perfect is recruiting an experienced, hands-on HR & Administration manager for a client, an established edible gelatin manufacturer based in Lahore. The role is factory-based and full-time, located at the manufacturing facility in Shahdara, and is permanent. The manager leads HR transformation, strengthens workforce controls and ensures compliance with statutory and labour laws across a large workforce.

Key responsibilities

• Lead workforce planning and manpower optimization, and build a company-wide job description and KPI framework and performance-management systems
• Drive HRMS implementation and HR digitalization
• Manage recruitment and onboarding from operational to executive roles, and control attendance, leave, absenteeism and discipline
• Handle employee relations, grievances and disciplinary processes, and manage contractor and daily-wage workforce
• Handle EOBI, PESSI and labour-law matters jointly with the Legal Department, and develop HR policies, SOPs and controls
• Maintain employee records and documentation, and support training, development, engagement and retention
• Provide HR reporting and workforce analytics to management, and cover factory administration and other duties assigned by management

Required profile

• Graduation plus MBA (Executive) or professional diploma, with CHRP certification
• 5-10 years of experience in HR operations, payroll coordination, compliance and employee relations
• Public listed company experience is a must
• Manufacturing experience is preferable, ideally factory-based HR in a multinational with a large workforce
• Accounts and finance background, and experience with EOBI, social security, grievance and enquiry-officer matters and contractors and vendors

Required skills

• HR operations and payroll coordination (attendance, overtime, deductions)
• EOBI, social security (PESSI), death claims and final settlements
• Recruitment, onboarding and employee records
• Employee relations, grievance handling, discipline and IR matters
• SAP FAR, accounting and internal controls, financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting
• MS Office and HR data reporting

What we offer

• Competitive salary, negotiable based on experience
• EOBI and PESSI coverage
• Discretionary performance-based transformation incentive
• Additional benefits considered on performance evaluation
• Opportunity to lead HR transformation at a growing manufacturing company