Head of HR India / Country HR Manager Full Time NEW

Envista is a global family of more than 30 trusted dental brands, united by a shared purpose: to partner with dental professionals to improve lives. The operating companies that form Envista—Kerr, Nobel Biocare Systems, Dexis, and Ormco—represent over 125 years of dental industry excellence.

Originally acquired as part of Danaher’s US$2.7B Dental Platform, Envista became an independent public company following its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: NVST) in September 2019. Today, Envista is one of the world’s largest global dental products companies, with leading positions across implants, orthodontics, and digital imaging technologies.

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The Head of HR India / Country HR Manager, with two direct reports, partners closely with the Managing Director and local leadership to support a critical commercial market. Acting as a strategic thought partner, the role reviews and analyzes business and talent data to inform decision-making, identify trends, and recommend systemic and programmatic improvements.

This role contributes to the design and delivery of local people plans aligned with the broader HR strategy, enabling the execution of both strategic and operational business objectives while ensuring a consistently strong employee experience.

Business Partnering

• Works closely with the Managing Director and respective Commercial and functional leaders in India and their direct reports
• Act as the point of contact for associates on all HR matters related to policy, procedures, processes, career, performance / development and benefits programs
• Keep up to date with HR market practices and drive for continuous improvement.

Resource Management & Talent Acquisition

• Partner leaders to plan for manpower needs, analysis of manpower statistics and staff movement/turnover rate etc.
• Drive full recruitment cycle to attract and hire talent in line with the growth headcount plans. These include job brief, sourcing, interview, reference check, offer negotiation, employment agreement generation.
• Onboarding – Update Workday, prepare & disseminate organizational announcement, facilitate immersion of new hires.
• Support and ensure smooth transition for internal fill/transfer, assisting on all relocations/secondment when required
• Support and/or implement any regional objectives, reporting and initiatives as necessary.

Compensation & Benefits Management

• Oversee all local policies, compensation and benefit programs to ensure competitive programs alignment to Envista guidelines.
• Analyze, design & implement compensation & benefit programs to ensure the total reward system remains competitive in the local market
• Participate in compensation & benefits survey, job benchmarking exercise and industry trends analysis, as required.
• Interface with Payroll vendor on monthly payroll and tax reporting matters
• Negotiate rates and benefits for Group Medical Insurance, Dental insurance, Workmen Comp etc on an annual basis
• Update members listing for insurance with broker (enrolment or withdrawal)

Talent & Performance Management

• Drive Performance and Development management process and ensure that reviews and evaluations are carried out in an effective and timely manner
• Co-ordinate the performance review & calibration exercise
• Co-ordinate the talent review and succession planning discussion with leaders
• Guide leaders on performance management, coaching, performance & development improvement processes
• Recommend & implement various talent attraction, retention & engagement programs to assist the company to attain employer of choice status

Change Management & Organizational Development

• Advice, support and guidance to leaders on effective human resource management practices and counselling
• Provide coaching to business leaders and associates as part of development
• Recommend and implement appropriate organizational development & change management measures

Employee Relations & Engagement

• Organize regular employee communication, feedback, skip level and focus group meeting
• Work with global/regional HR to roll out Annual Engagement Survey according to stated timelines
• Analyze employee survey reports, facilitate and assist leaders to communicate results and roll out action plans to bridge the gap
• Effective management of labor relations and deal with various legal litigation matters as necessary

HR Policy & Procedures and Operations

• Periodically review employee handbook to ensure that the HR policy & procedures are up to date
• Off-boarding: exit paperwork, conduct exit interviews
• Maintenance of associates’ records on Workday system

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Industrial Relations, Psychology, or a related discipline required
• 10+ years of progressive Human Resources experience, with at least 5 years in a managerial or HR Business Partner role supporting commercial or sales-driven organizations
• Demonstrated experience partnering directly with Country Managers, General Managers, or senior business leaders
• Proven track record across end-to-end HR disciplines, including:
• Talent Acquisition and Workforce Planning
• Compensation & Benefits and Payroll Oversight
• Performance Management, Talent Reviews, and Succession Planning
• Employee & Industrial Relations
• HR Operations, Compliance, and HRIS (Workday or similar systems)
• Prior experience in multinational, matrixed organizations strongly preferred
• Experience in Life Sciences, Medical Devices, Healthcare, Manufacturing, or FMCG environments is a plus

Operating Company

Nobel Biocare

Envista and its family of companies (Envista) will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Envista will consider unsolicited referrals and/or resumes submitted by vendors such as search firms, staffing agencies, professional recruiters, fee-based referral services and recruiting agencies (Agency) to have been referred by the Agency free of charge and Envista will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt such unsolicited resumes. An Agency must obtain advance written approval from Envista’s internal Talent Acquisition or Human Resources team to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract approved by the Global Talent Acquisition leader and in response to a specific job opening. Envista will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement and written approval in place.