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Kinaxis Inc.

Regional HR Partner

FULL TIME

September 2, 2024

About Kinaxis:
About Kinaxis
Elevate your career journey by embracing a new challenge with Kinaxis. We are experts in tech, but it’s really our people who give us passion to always seek ways to do things better. As such, we’re serious about your career growth and professional development, because People matter at Kinaxis.

In 1984, we started out as a team of three engineers based in Ottawa, Canada. Today, we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world, and support 40,000+ users in over 100 countries. As a global leader in end-to-end supply chain management, we enable supply chain excellence for all industries. We are expanding our team in Chennai and around the world as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers.

Our journey in India began in 2020 and we have been growing steadily since then! Building a high-trust and high-performance culture is important to us and we are proud to be Great Place to Work® Certified TM. Our state-of-the-art office, located in the World Trade Centre in Chennai, offers our growing team space for expansion and collaboration.
About the team:
Location
Chennai, India
About the Role
The Regional HR Partner, India, will play a key role in supporting and executing global and regional HR strategies across India. This role requires a seasoned HR professional who can partner with various HR sub-functions and business leaders to ensure the delivery of superior employee experience and drive the alignment of global HR policies and programs with local business needs. The incumbent will work closely with HR Centres of Expertise (Co Es), HR Business Partners (HRBPs), and HR Services to address and resolve regional HR issues and support the implementation of global initiatives.
About the role:
What you will do
  • Partner with functional HRBP’s and partner with local leaders to execute and evaluate HR programs locally, including leadership development, annual talent cycles and compensation planning, employee engagement, job design and evaluation.
  • Collaborate with HR Co Es, HR Partners, and HR Services in the needs assessment, design, implementation, and evaluation of people programs and practices, ensuring they meet the strategic needs of the business in India.
  • Build relationships with regional business leaders to drive HR Programs and provide coaching to next-level leaders to align with core company values and enhance leadership capabilities around people programs such as performance development, and compensation reviews.
  • Analyze people reports, dashboards, and datasets to make quality, data-drive insights, recommendations, and decisions relevant to the Indian region.
  • Partner with the Talent Acquisition team to support current and future hiring needs in India.
  • Collaborate with HRBP’s and HR Co E teams, to influence, pilot, implement, and embed HR policies, programs, and initiatives within the business units they support in India.
  • Provide region-specific insight and input to HR Centres of Expertise during needs assessment, development, and development of global HR policies, processes, and programs ensuring local nuances in India are considered.
  • Implement and ensure alignment of global HR policies locally and liaise with legal counsel to ensure the inclusion of country-specific regulations and compliance requirements.
  • Support employee relations and investigations. Partner with local HR support on execution of our performance management process managing employee relations issues, global and local policies, and HR processes, sharing trends and escalating issues as required to HRBP’s and Legal teams.
  • Address and resolve region-specific inquiries and issues escalated from the HR Services Hub, ensuring alignment with the local legal framework.
  • Support and collaborate with Employee Representatives bodies, providing HR expertise and ensuring compliance with local labor laws and practices.
  • Support change management efforts to drive organizational initiatives and business transformations within India.
  • Provide mentorship and guidance to employees and HR team, fostering a high-performance culture.
What we are looking for
  • Bachelor’s degree in human resources, or related field, or combination of relevant work experience and education preferred
  • 5+ years of experience in progressive regional HR generalist/specialist roles in a large, global, high- tech organization
  • Strong relationship-building and influencing skills and the ability to prioritize business needs
  • Strong attention to detail and time management
  • Ability to make decisions on day-to-day activities and escalate timely
  • Collaborative approach and ability to partner cross-functionally across various departments
  • Ability to work in an agile, dynamic, rapid-changing environment by prioritizing situations which require sense of urgency
  • Good understanding of a global HR structure and related needs
Role specific Skills and expereince
  • Foundation and knowledge of principles and practices of HR, including local employment law and compliance requirements across multiple Asian countries
  • Effective communication skills with bilingual fluency in English and a local language; knowledge of additional languages is an asset
  • Comfort with ambiguity and ability to use sound judgement to drive complex issues to resolution and influence to achieve result in an agile environment

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Why join Kinaxis?:
Work With Impact: Our platform directly helps companies power the world’s supply chains. We see the results of what we do out in the world every day—when we see store shelves stocked, when medications are available for our loved ones, and so much more.

Work with Fortune 500 Brands:
Companies across industries trust us to help them take control of their integrated business planning and digital supply chain. Some of our customers include Ford, Unilever, Yamaha, P&G, Lockheed-Martin, and more.

Social Responsibility at Kinaxis:
Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee weighs in on hiring practices, talent assessment training materials, and mandatory training on unconscious bias and inclusion fundamentals. Sustainability is key to what we do and we’re committed to net-zero operations strategy for the long term. We are involved in our communities and support causes where we can make the most impact.

People matter at Kinaxis and these are some of the perks and benefits we created for our team:

  • Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide day off on the last Friday of every month)
  • Flexible work options
  • Physical and mental well-being programs
  • Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
  • Mentorship programs and training and career development
  • Recognition programs and referral rewards
  • Hackathons

For more information, visit the Kinaxis web site at www.kinaxis.com or the company’s blog at http://blog.kinaxis.com.


Kinaxis strongly encourages diverse candidates to apply to our welcoming community. We strive to make our website and application process accessible to any and all users. If you would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process, please contact us at recruitmentprograms@kinaxis.com. This contact information is for accessibility requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

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