2,087 Hr Business Partner jobs in India

At bp, our people are our most valuable asset. The People, Culture & Communications (PC&C) function fosters a diverse, inclusive culture where everybody can thrive. As part of an integrated energy company, PC&C is embarking on a major transformation to be more competitive, responsive, and customer-focused.

We’re investing in key locations such as India, Hungary, Malaysia, and Brazil, offering an exciting but challenging opportunity to shape a fast moving PC&C function, forming teams and structures and driving continuous improvement.

We’re looking for driven, high-reaching enthusiasts who thrive in fast-paced environments and are passionate about people. If you're ready to build something ground-breaking, this is the place for you.

Role Synopsis :

Member of a flow to work squad with a global remit and impact, along with partnering & Center of Excellence (COE) colleagues, to deliver people priorities and projects for the business.

Collaborate across the P&C function and with other collaborators to people activities including effectiveness & transformation, talent engagement, diversity & inclusion, and fostering a high-performing culture.

As an HR Business Partner at bp, you will play a pivotal role in enabling our people and culture plans by partnering with key business entities such as Customer & Products, Production & Operations, Gas & Low Carbon, or Corporate Functions.

Work flexibly across single or multiple concurrent projects/activities that may vary in terms of complexity, business impact, geographical spread, and duration.

Please note : Our external job title is HR Business Partner, our internal job title for this role is People & Culture Partner.

Role Purpose :

Support People & Culture (P&C) Vice Presidents (VPs) and Senior Managers in delivering people plans and projects, underpinning successful execution of strategic business objectives.

Leverage HR expertise to implement strategic people initiatives including effectiveness & transformation, talent, engagement, diversity & inclusion fostering an impactful culture.

No direct or indirect reports

• Align with partnering and CoE colleagues to develop, plan, and implement prioritized strategic people activities that include organizational effectiveness, employee engagement, diversity & inclusion, and driving a high-performing culture.
• Adopt agile methodologies to ensure cost-effective delivery of activities through a prioritized work model.
• Work along a distributed team to translate people priorities/plans into tangible actions/project deliverables.
• Work effectively with a multi-disciplinary squad, often collaborating across geographies and time zones to ensure effective delivery.
• Maintain business knowledge to ensure results are contextualized to the needs of different parts of the client organization as needed.
• Leverage and interpret data and insights relevant to the delivery of prioritized activities.
• Align with bp’s safety leadership principles, office safety expectations and code of conduct, and demonstrate bp’s Who We Are beliefs.
• Where based in a country with 24/7 BP operating businesses, willingness and ability to support Crisis & Continuity Management (C&CM) and/or Incident Management Team (IMT) activities as needed.

Degree and/or expertise:

• Postgraduate qualification in Human Resources or a connected field would be an advantage.

Skills:

• Curiosity
• Stakeholder management
• Resourcefulness
• Managing change
• Resilience
• Psychological safety
• Programme management
• Continuous improvement
• Organizational knowledge
• Commercial competence
• Analytical thinking
• Agile core principles
• Teamwork
• Coaching

Essential Experience and Job Requirements :

• The role holder will have 5-8 years+ experience gained across fields within commercial and/or operational environments.

Note – there will be a requirement for different levels of knowledge and experience within the partnering pool to ensure the capability spread needed to deliver projects/initiatives

Behavioral:

• Communication : Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to articulate HR concepts clearly and concisely.
• Influencing : Positively influences others to create acceptance for decisions, build consensus or resolve conflicts.
• Adaptability & Resilience : Thrives in constant change and complex, fast-paced, ambiguous environments. Bounces back from setbacks stronger and more resilient.
• Distributed team player : Works optimally with cross-cultural teams and in diverse cultural environments. Prioritizes the team and enables its success.
• Continuous improvement : Open to feedback, continuous learning and self-development.
• Performance bias : Dedicated, accountable, solution oriented and sets high standards.

Technical:

• Functional breadth: Experience and delivery track record across multiple HR activities including business partnering, reward, performance management, talent management, learning & development, employee relations, organizational development, diversity & inclusion, etc.
• Organizational transformation: Experience in supporting organizational change activities including divestments, acquisitions, restructurings and culture change.
• Project management: Experience of supporting HR project implementation and execution.
• Analytical thinking: Uses the power of people data to deliver insights and identify patterns, trends and correlations to support evidence-based decision making.
• Problem solving: Able to identify problems and develop practical, sustainable solutions using a range of techniques.
• Partner management: Establishes and manages mutually beneficial and responsive relationships with collaborators, building rapport, trust and credibility.
• Commercial acumen: Is aware and conscientious of how their role impacts both day to day and strategic commercial initiatives.
• Coaching: Able to mentor and guide business leaders on a variety of HR related issues.

Desirable Experience:

• Experience working with agile methodologies (scrum, kanban, etc.) & Experience with HR systems (Workday and/or Salesforce).

Key Relationships – Internal:

• VPs P&C; P&C Senior Managers
• Peer P&C Partners
• Business Leadership teams
• People Relations, Reward, Ops & Advisory, Talent

Why join us:

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. Diversity Statement: At bp, we provide an excellent environment and benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, tremendous learning and development opportunities to craft your career path, life and health insurance, medical care package and many others!

Diversity sits at the heart of our company and as an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone's place. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

At bp, our people are our most valuable asset. The People, Culture & Communications (PC&C) function fosters a diverse, inclusive culture where everybody can thrive. As part of an integrated energy company, PC&C is embarking on a major transformation to be more competitive, responsive, and customer-focused.

We’re investing in key locations such as India, Hungary, Malaysia, and Brazil, offering an exciting but challenging opportunity to shape a fast moving PC&C function, forming teams and structures and driving continuous improvement.

We’re looking for driven, high-reaching enthusiasts who thrive in fast-paced environments and are passionate about people. If you're ready to build something ground-breaking, this is the place for you.

Role Synopsis :

Member of a flow to work squad with a global remit and impact, along with partnering & Center of Excellence (COE) colleagues, to deliver people priorities and projects for the business.

Collaborate across the P&C function and with other collaborators to people activities including effectiveness & transformation, talent engagement, diversity & inclusion, and fostering a high-performing culture.

As an HR Business Partner at bp, you will play a pivotal role in enabling our people and culture plans by partnering with key business entities such as Customer & Products, Production & Operations, Gas & Low Carbon, or Corporate Functions.

Work flexibly across single or multiple concurrent projects/activities that may vary in terms of complexity, business impact, geographical spread, and duration.

Please note : Our external job title is HR Business Partner, our internal job title for this role is People & Culture Partner.

Role Purpose :

Support People & Culture (P&C) Vice Presidents (VPs) and Senior Managers in delivering people plans and projects, underpinning successful execution of strategic business objectives.

Leverage HR expertise to implement strategic people initiatives including effectiveness & transformation, talent, engagement, diversity & inclusion fostering an impactful culture.

No direct or indirect reports

• Align with partnering and CoE colleagues to develop, plan, and implement prioritized strategic people activities that include organizational effectiveness, employee engagement, diversity & inclusion, and driving a high-performing culture.
• Adopt agile methodologies to ensure cost-effective delivery of activities through a prioritized work model.
• Work along a distributed team to translate people priorities/plans into tangible actions/project deliverables.
• Work effectively with a multi-disciplinary squad, often collaborating across geographies and time zones to ensure effective delivery.
• Maintain business knowledge to ensure results are contextualized to the needs of different parts of the client organization as needed.
• Leverage and interpret data and insights relevant to the delivery of prioritized activities.
• Align with bp’s safety leadership principles, office safety expectations and code of conduct, and demonstrate bp’s Who We Are beliefs.
• Where based in a country with 24/7 BP operating businesses, willingness and ability to support Crisis & Continuity Management (C&CM) and/or Incident Management Team (IMT) activities as needed.

Degree and/or expertise:

• Postgraduate qualification in Human Resources or a connected field would be an advantage.

Skills:

• Curiosity
• Stakeholder management
• Resourcefulness
• Managing change
• Resilience
• Psychological safety
• Programme management
• Continuous improvement
• Organizational knowledge
• Commercial competence
• Analytical thinking
• Agile core principles
• Teamwork
• Coaching

Essential Experience and Job Requirements :

• The role holder will have 5-8 years+ experience gained across fields within commercial and/or operational environments.

Note – there will be a requirement for different levels of knowledge and experience within the partnering pool to ensure the capability spread needed to deliver projects/initiatives

Behavioral:

• Communication : Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with ability to articulate HR concepts clearly and concisely.
• Influencing : Positively influences others to create acceptance for decisions, build consensus or resolve conflicts.
• Adaptability & Resilience : Thrives in constant change and complex, fast-paced, ambiguous environments. Bounces back from setbacks stronger and more resilient.
• Distributed team player : Works optimally with cross-cultural teams and in diverse cultural environments. Prioritizes the team and enables its success.
• Continuous improvement : Open to feedback, continuous learning and self-development.
• Performance bias : Dedicated, accountable, solution oriented and sets high standards.

Technical:

• Functional breadth: Experience and delivery track record across multiple HR activities including business partnering, reward, performance management, talent management, learning & development, employee relations, organizational development, diversity & inclusion, etc.
• Organizational transformation: Experience in supporting organizational change activities including divestments, acquisitions, restructurings and culture change.
• Project management: Experience of supporting HR project implementation and execution.
• Analytical thinking: Uses the power of people data to deliver insights and identify patterns, trends and correlations to support evidence-based decision making.
• Problem solving: Able to identify problems and develop practical, sustainable solutions using a range of techniques.
• Partner management: Establishes and manages mutually beneficial and responsive relationships with collaborators, building rapport, trust and credibility.
• Commercial acumen: Is aware and conscientious of how their role impacts both day to day and strategic commercial initiatives.
• Coaching: Able to mentor and guide business leaders on a variety of HR related issues.

Desirable Experience:

• Experience working with agile methodologies (scrum, kanban, etc.) & Experience with HR systems (Workday and/or Salesforce).

Key Relationships – Internal:

• VPs P&C; P&C Senior Managers
• Peer P&C Partners
• Business Leadership teams
• People Relations, Reward, Ops & Advisory, Talent

Why join us:

At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and challenging environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to crafting an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. Diversity Statement: At bp, we provide an excellent environment and benefits such as an open and inclusive culture, a great work-life balance, tremendous learning and development opportunities to craft your career path, life and health insurance, medical care package and many others!

Diversity sits at the heart of our company and as an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our mission by ensuring that our place can be anyone's place. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender and gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application and interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Job Description

You will provide local HR expertise and guidance to managers within a country or small sub-cluster of countries. You’ll keep a pulse on employees, market trends, ensure compliance and offer a consistent employee experience for all employees in the geography.

Key Accountabilities

Developing and implementing HR strategy. You will help implement both regional and global business strategies within your market(s). You’ll bring expertise on industry and market trends and situations to develop and implement HR initiatives in line with the market(s) operational needs.

Retaining talent. You will assist with the implementation of defined retention strategies within your market(s), ensuring that retention agreements are executed in line with local requirements and providing feedback on local nuances that could impact the strategy. You will escalate local situations that require HRBP review or approval, ( identify flight risks, compensation issues or local competitive or benefit nuances).

Talent management and development. You will support the roll out of global and regional development initiatives and programs within your market(s), partnering with people managers and employees to provide on-the-ground leadership as appropriate.

Employee relations, labor relations and performance management.  You will assist with the development and implementation of HR policies and procedures that reflect market conditions and company philosophy. You’ll ensure compliance with policies at the local level. You’ll oversee appropriate resolution of employee relations issues within your market, escalating as required based on complexity and seniority of associates involved. You will partner with locally relevant Works Councils and Unions. Lastly, you’ll assist with the execution of Performance Improvement plans at the local level.

Culture, values and Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) You will help maintain a positive organizational culture in the market(s) you support, aligned with the organization's values and mission, which includes promotion or DE&I. You’ll assist with the local implementation of global initiatives (eg. Workplace with Purpose, policy changes). You will coach and guide local managers and associates on processes such as performance management, total rewards, employee engagement, career conversations and conflict management. You will contribute to local engagement and talent retention within your geography by fostering a positive local culture and deploying locally relevant programs aligned to global strategy.

Change management and communication. You will assist with the roll out of key change initiatives and communication campaigns. You’ll support your respective HR leader in building change management materials, gathering appropriate stakeholder feedback and executing against plans.

Compliance. You will ensure that the organization is in compliance with all relevant laws and regulations relating to HR, including labor laws, employment standards, local norms, and partner with security team on health and safety regulations. You’ll monitor and drive key HR processes for all employees in the market(s) ( merit, goals and objectives, bonus, SIP, performance reviews, Code of Conduct implementation and any other relevant initiatives).

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About NIQ

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

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NIQ is committed to reflecting the diversity of the clients, communities, and markets we measure within our own workforce. We exist to count everyone and are on a mission to systematically embed inclusion and diversity into all aspects of our workforce, measurement, and products. We enthusiastically invite candidates who share that mission to join us. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class. Our global non-discrimination policy covers these protected classes in every market in which we do business worldwide. Learn more about how we are driving diversity and inclusion in everything we do by visiting the NIQ News Center: 

HR Business Partner (HUM04382)

You will provide local HR expertise and guidance to managers within a country or small sub-cluster of countries. You’ll keep a pulse on employees, market trends, ensure compliance and offer a consistent employee experience for all employees in the geography.

Key Accountabilities

Developing and implementing HR strategy. You will help implement both regional and global business strategies within your market(s). You’ll bring expertise on industry and market trends and situations to develop and implement HR initiatives in line with the market(s) operational needs.

Retaining talent. You will assist with the implementation of defined retention strategies within your market(s), ensuring that retention agreements are executed in line with local requirements and providing feedback on local nuances that could impact the strategy. You will escalate local situations that require HRBP review or approval, (e.g. identify flight risks, compensation issues or local competitive or benefit nuances).

Talent management and development. You will support the roll out of global and regional development initiatives and programs within your market(s), partnering with people managers and employees to provide on-the-ground leadership as appropriate.

Employee relations, labor relations and performance management.  You will assist with the development and implementation of HR policies and procedures that reflect market conditions and company philosophy. You’ll ensure compliance with policies at the local level. You’ll oversee appropriate resolution of employee relations issues within your market, escalating as required based on complexity and seniority of associates involved. You will partner with locally relevant Works Councils and Unions. Lastly, you’ll assist with the execution of Performance Improvement plans at the local level.

Culture, values and Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) You will help maintain a positive organizational culture in the market(s) you support, aligned with the organization's values and mission, which includes promotion or DE&I. You’ll assist with the local implementation of global initiatives (eg. Workplace with Purpose, policy changes). You will coach and guide local managers and associates on processes such as performance management, total rewards, employee engagement, career conversations and conflict management. You will contribute to local engagement and talent retention within your geography by fostering a positive local culture and deploying locally relevant programs aligned to global strategy.

Change management and communication. You will assist with the roll out of key change initiatives and communication campaigns. You’ll support your respective HR leader in building change management materials, gathering appropriate stakeholder feedback and executing against plans.

Compliance. You will ensure that the organization is in compliance with all relevant laws and regulations relating to HR, including labor laws, employment standards, local norms, and partner with security team on health and safety regulations. You’ll monitor and drive key HR processes for all employees in the market(s) (e.g. merit, goals and objectives, bonus, SIP, performance reviews, Code of Conduct implementation and any other relevant initiatives).

Skills and Knowledge

• Full time master’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or equivalent business experience (PGDM/MSW/MHRM/MPM preferred)
• 5+ years of relevant experience, with a minimum of 3 years in HRBP role with Tech industry or similar role.  
• Good working knowledge in Microsoft Office Suite or similar software and WorkDay (preferred)
• Demonstrated financial acumen
• Experience implementing HR strategies that are aligned to the organization's overall strategy and goals
• Demonstrated experience in employee relations, performance management, and talent development.
• Knowledge of HR best practices and legal requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to use data to inform HR strategy and decision making
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships with managers and employees.
• Demonstrated experience supporting the implementation of change initiatives within the organization
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities
• Ability to manage across a diverse workforce, promoting diversity, equity and inclusion throughout the organization.

Our Benefits

• Flexible working environment
• Volunteer time off
• LinkedIn Learning
• Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

About NIQ

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View™. NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.

For more information, visit NIQ.com

Want to keep up with our latest updates?

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Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

NIQ is committed to reflecting the diversity of the clients, communities, and markets we measure within our own workforce. We exist to count everyone and are on a mission to systematically embed inclusion and diversity into all aspects of our workforce, measurement, and products. We enthusiastically invite candidates who share that mission to join us. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status or any other protected class. Our global non-discrimination policy covers these protected classes in every market in which we do business worldwide. Learn more about how we are driving diversity and inclusion in everything we do by visiting the NIQ News Center: