Human Resource Manager

Job Title: HR Executive (HR & Admin Generalist)

Location: George Town, Chennai (work from office)

Company: [Sree], a group of companies in agricultural commodity trading (import, export and domestic)

Experience: 5 years in HR operations, preferably at an SME or trading company

Employment Type: Full-time, permanent

About Us

We are a Chennai-based group of companies trading pulses and grains, both domestically and internationally. We have a team of about 15 office staff plus field staff, and we’re hiring an HR Executive to run day-to-day HR operations across our group companies. You’ll report directly to Management.

Key Responsibilities

Attendance, Time & Field Staff

• Maintain daily attendance in five categories: Present, Absent, Leave, Work from Home and Field Work
• Track field staff travel (km travelled) through the attendance app, and calculate travel reimbursements daily
• Record overtime (Sundays and work after 8 PM)
• Send daily attendance and expense updates to management
• Finalise monthly attendance by the 2nd of each month

Payroll Support

• Prepare monthly payroll inputs: overtime, loan EMI deductions, late entries and early exits, and leave taken beyond the allowed quota
• Coordinate salary processing with the group companies, and handle and document salary queries
• Settle field staff travel reimbursements every week
• Keep employee loan records up to date

Performance & Discipline

• Run weekly reviews of task completion, punctuality and adherence to workplace policies
• Run monthly reviews comparing output and productivity against targets
• Run annual performance appraisals based on the monthly review records
• Identify and resolve employee issues, and keep proper documentation

Recruitment & Onboarding

• Prepare a checklist for each role, covering required skills, a written test and a computer-based test
• Post vacancies on job portals, screen resumes, and schedule and conduct interviews
• Do background verification of candidates
• Handle onboarding: KYC documents, seating and introductions, explaining the role, and helping new staff open a bank account

Exit Management

• Conduct exit interviews, recover company assets, settle pending loans, process the full and final settlement, and close out records

Employee Welfare & Compliance

• Process employee insurance claims, and run the yearly insurance renewal with the provider
• Collect updated KYC documents from all staff once a year
• Keep the staff database current in Excel and in the HR software
• Organise staff events such as birthdays, festivals and outings

Requirements

• Graduate (MBA or MSW in HR preferred, but not required)
• 2–4 years of hands-on HR operations experience, including attendance, payroll inputs and recruitment
• Strong in Excel: VLOOKUP, pivot tables, and keeping trackers accurate
• Comfortable with attendance and payroll software, Google Drive and WhatsApp for work communication
• Fluent in Tamil and English
• Highly organised, firm on discipline, and fair in dealing with staff
• Strict confidentiality with employee and salary information

Why Join Us

• You’ll report directly to Management and own the HR function end to end
• Stable, established business
• Room to set up and improve HR systems as the company grows