HR Manager Automobile at Aldelia Limited

Job Overview

• The Head, Human Resources Automotive directs and end‑to‑end HR strategy and operations for the automotive business group, building a commercially focused, high‑performance people organisation that directly enables revenue growth, network expansion and operational excellence.
•  This role designs and delivers workforce planning, talent attraction, technical skilling and leadership pipelines tailored for manufacturing, aftersales and dealership channels, while owning total reward, performance management and succession for critical roles.
• The role ensures full regulatory and labour compliance across jurisdictions, embeds a consistent safety and quality culture across plants and dealer networks, and provides strategic people counsel to the executive team to align people decisions with business imperatives.

Job Responsibilities

Strategic HR Leadership

• Align HR strategies with the Automotive business mission and project delivery goals.
• Lead HR planning and execution across the business while ensuring compliance with corporate HR policies.
• Provide workforce insights and HR analytics to guide leadership decisions.

Workforce & Talent Management

• Create and execute a proactive talent acquisition strategy for assembly, technical, service, sales and corporate functions; reduce time to hire and secure technical skill pipelines.
• Build employer brand and campus/industry partnerships to secure entry talent and specialist automotive skills.
• Implement robust onboarding and assimilation programmes to accelerate new hire productivity.

Performance Management & Development

• Design and run a performance management framework linking objectives to commercial metrics, dealer KPIs and individual incentives.
• Build competitive total reward strategies including base pay, sales incentives, fleet/fleet-partner remuneration, benefits and mobility schemes.
• Oversee commission schemes and ensure accurate, timely payout governance and dispute resolution.

Learning, Competency and Technical Development

• Establish capability frameworks for sales, aftersales, technicians, and service technicians; develop training curricula, certification and accreditation pathways.
• Partner with operations to deploy apprenticeship, technician upskilling and OEM‑certified programmes to close technical skill gaps.
• Implement leadership development and cross‑functional mobility programmes to increase internal promotion rates.

Employee Relations, Compliance and Safety Culture

• Ensure employment law, labour relations, union negotiations and statutory requirements are met across all jurisdictions.
• Lead employee relations strategy, grievance and disciplinary processes and ensure fair, consistent application.
• Drive a safety and quality culture across manufacturing and dealership operations, integrating HSE metrics into HR KPIs.

HR Operations, HRIS and Analytics

• Own HRIS roadmap and data integrity to provide real time workforce analytics, headcount, cost of hire, turnover, skills gap and productivity dashboards.
• Deliver reliable payroll and benefits operations through vendor governance and internal controls.
• Implement workforce planning tools and scenario modelling to support production and seasonal demand

Dealer Network People Enablement

• Partner with commercial leadership to define dealer staffing models, competency standards and dealer manager development programmes.
• Implement dealer assessment, certification and onboarding of dealer staff to ensure consistent customer experience.
• Provide HR business partnering to support dealer performance improvement, restructures and incentive alignment.

Culture, Inclusion and Employee Experience

• Define and embed desired cultural behaviours aligned to brand values, customer service excellence and commercial accountability.
• Lead diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that target gender, technical-skill and regional representation across the business.
• Improve employee engagement and retention through targeted interventions, recognition programmes and career frameworks.