Manager - Sales HR Business Partner - Manufacturing/Pharma/Chemicals

Role & Purpose: The role will be responsible for translating business priorities into impactful people strategies across organization effectiveness, talent management, leadership development, performance, engagement, workforce planning and change. This is a high-visibility role requiring a strong understanding of business, the ability to influence senior stakeholders, and the maturity to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution. Key Responsibilities: - Partner with Sales leadership to shape and execute the people strategy aligned to business growth and priorities. - Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders on organization, talent, performance, capability, engagement and people-related decisions. - Drive talent reviews, succession planning, career development and retention for critical roles and talent segments. - Partner with leaders on organization design, workforce planning, role effectiveness and productivity. - Lead the Sales performance management agenda, including goal setting, reviews, calibration and performance improvement. - Identify current and future capability requirements and work with HR COEs to design relevant leadership and capability-building interventions. - Drive initiatives to strengthen employee engagement, culture and employee experience across the Sales organization. - Leverage people analytics to provide actionable insights on talent, attrition, performance, engagement and workforce trends. - Support and lead people aspects of business transformation, organizational change and strategic HR projects. - Work closely with HR Operations & Excellence and other HR teams to ensure seamless delivery of HR processes and initiatives. - Build strong relationships with Sales leaders and establish HR as a strategic enabler of business performance. Expectations from candidate: - Think beyond traditional HR and demonstrate a strong commercial and business orientation. - Build credibility and influence with senior Sales stakeholders. - Translate business challenges into practical, scalable people solutions. - Use data and insights to challenge assumptions and improve people decisions. - Proactively identify talent and organization risks and drive interventions. - Demonstrate strong ownership, execution discipline and ability to influence without authority. - Bring an enterprise mindset while understanding the specific needs of a customer-facing Sales organization. - Champion a high-performance, accountable and people-centric culture. Key Considerations: - Strong HR Business Partnering orientation - Commercial and business acumen - Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills - Strong understanding of talent and succession management - Organization effectiveness and workforce planning experience - Data-driven approach to HR - Change management and transformation orientation - Strong communication and executive presence - High maturity, integrity and discretion Candidate Profile: - 8 - 12 years of overall HR experience, with substantial experience in HR Business Partnering. - Experience partnering with Sales / Commercial / Business functions in a business environment. - Demonstrated experience in talent management, performance management, organization effectiveness, employee engagement and workforce planning. - Experience working with senior business leaders and managing complex stakeholder environments. - Exposure to HR transformation, people analytics and strategic HR projects will be an advantage. - MBA / PGDM in Human Resources / Personnel Management / Organizational Development from a reputed institution preferred.