Head - HR, Exports F&L

Job description

**Head - HR, Exports F&L** *Location: Mumbai, India* About the Role Reliance Retail's Fashion & Lifestyle Exports business is scaling fast and growing through acquisitions - and needs an HR leader to build the talent, organisation and culture agenda that keeps pace. As Head - HR, reporting to the Head - Fashion & Lifestyle Exports, you will build the leadership and specialist talent base across category, sourcing, sales, marketing, compliance and finance functions. You will partner with the Head - Fashion & Lifestyle Exports on organisation design and workforce planning as the business scales, and play a central role in acquisition integration - supporting people-related due diligence and workforce integration for acquired exporters, including retention of key talent and founders, and aligning acquired entity HR policies and systems with the F&L framework. You will establish performance management, career development and succession planning processes for the organisation, and build capability-building and training programmes suited to export operations, trade compliance and international buyer management. You will shape a culture and employee value proposition suited to a fast-scaling, globally oriented export business, while ensuring HR policies comply with labour laws across all operating geographies and stay aligned with group HR and the Export Services Centre. Key Responsibilities - Build the leadership and specialist talent base across category, sourcing, sales, marketing, compliance and finance functions - Partner with the Head - Fashion & Lifestyle Exports on organisation design and workforce planning - Support people due diligence and workforce integration for acquired exporters, including key talent and founder retention - Align acquired entity HR policies, systems and processes with the F&L organisation framework - Establish performance management, career development and succession planning processes - Build capability-building and training programmes suited to export operations, trade compliance and international buyer management - Build a culture and employee value proposition suited to a fast-scaling, globally oriented export business - Ensure HR policies comply with applicable labour laws and coordinate with group HR and the Export Services Centre Job Specification / Candidate Requirements - 15-20 years of experience in HR business partnering or HR leadership roles, ideally in export, manufacturing or fast-scaling consumer businesses - MBA or postgraduate qualification in HR or a related field - Experience in M&A workforce integration, talent retention and organisation design in acquisition-led environments - Experience building HR processes for multi-geography or export operations is preferred Required Skills - Talent Acquisition & Organisation Design - M&A Workforce Integration - Performance & Succession Management - HR Policy & Compliance - Culture & Capability Building