Assistant Manager - Human Resource

Job Responsibilities

• Oversee the end-to-end recruitment process for Executive-level and above roles, ensuring strategic alignment, process efficiency, and a high-quality candidate experience from sourcing to final selection and onboarding.
• Coordinate Business Unit (BU) and Sector-level inductions for all new joiners to ensure seamless onboarding, cultural integration, and early engagement.
• Monitor and manage employment lifecycle activities such as confirmations, internal transfers, and exits, ensuring timely execution and accurate system updates.
• Lead the full offboarding process, coordinating all necessary clearances and ensuring accurate and timely processing of final settlements in compliance with company policies.
• Identify opportunities for HR digitalization and collaborate with IT to implement tech-enabled solutions that enhance operational efficiency, data accuracy, and user experience.
• Collaborate with category heads to determine workforce requirements and finalize headcount budgets during annual planning and mid-year reforecasting cycles.
• Ensure timely and accurate data submission for payroll processing, performance bonuses, and annual insurance renewals, coordinating with Payroll and Finance teams.
• Provide approachable and solution-oriented HR support to both internal and external stakeholders, promoting a culture of professionalism, responsiveness, and trust.
• Prepare and submit accurate, timely reports, both periodic and ad hoc to management and relevant stakeholders to support strategic decision-making and ensure compliance.
• Implement the annual employee engagement calendar, delivering all activities within budget to foster employee morale, collaboration, and a positive organizational culture.
• Oversee disciplinary inquiry processes, ensuring timely execution, proper documentation, and compliance with company policies and legal frameworks.
• Manage the full Performance Management cycle, ensuring timely completion of objective setting, mid-year reviews, and 360-degree feedback in alignment with corporate guidelines.
• Maintain HR operational excellence, driving continuous improvement, legal compliance, and alignment with broader business strategies and organizational goals.

Person Specifications

• Possess a degree in Human Resource Management or a CIPM qualification (or an equivalent), along with 4–5 years of hands-on experience in a similar role
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of operations within the FMCG or manufacturing industries, along with comprehensive knowledge of modern HR functions, systems, and best practices
• Possess strong knowledge of Sri Lankan labor laws, industry and market standards, as well as disciplinary inquiry procedures, including compliance requirements and dispute resolution framework
• Demonstrates strong business acumen, analytical thinking, and innovative problem-solving abilities, with excellent communication, adaptability, negotiation, decision-making, organizational skills, and keen attention to detail.