Shotang - Manager - HR Operations

If you have a strong sense of initiative and personal leadership, demonstrating the ability to function independently weaving your way through multi-cultural teams.

Who are we :

- Shotang is a B2B ecommerce marketplace for retailers, distributors and manufacturers to discover, transact and manage their business online.

- Our ambition is to enable millions of retailers across emerging economies to order for and make payments for their inventory online, eventually leading to higher profitability for them. Our open marketplace model also helps distributors and manufacturers rationalize their costs and improve productivity of processes significantly.

- The vision is to play a critical role in accelerating growth in the retail distribution business with its cutting edge technology.

Funding and Investors of the company :

- Shotang has raised $5 million in Series A funding from venture capital Exfinity Venture Partners and Unitus Impact Livelihoods Fund.

- Raised nearly 500k USD from Bitchemy Ventures in the seed round.

Leadership Team :

- Shotang was co-founded by Anish Basu Roy and Anterpreet Singh. Both of them were colleagues at Nokia and have a cumulative experience of nearly 15 years in various sales, distribution and channel development roles with leading brands like Coca Cola, P&G and Nokia.

- They have engineering degrees and a PGDM from SCMHRD and IIM A respectively.

What's unique about us :

- The Indian retail market is highly fragmented and has over 14 million retailers that make up over 95% of the retail industry.

- Given the huge scope, Shotang has in a short period of time been able to build a strong network of distributors in South India but mainly focusing on 1 category.

- Given this background, Shotang is looking to ramp up its team across verticals and geographies which will be responsible for building the business for the company.

Responsibilities :

- Managing multiple employee databases and HRIS.

- Partner with business leaders for talent management and maintain a highly motivated and engaged workforce

- Managing exit process, exit interviews until full and final settlement.

- Managing employee relations. Attending to employee grievances and concerns

- Managing legal matters in keeping with labour laws & state compliances.

- Providing advice, assistance and follow-up on company policies, procedures, and documentation.

- Collating and managing payroll inputs as per the payroll calendar and ensuring data accuracy.

Requirements :

- Proficiency with HRIS systems

- Proficiency with MS Office Suite

- Ability to build strong and effective business relationships

- Ability to work with people in different offices with limited face-to-face exposure

- Demonstrated collaborative business partnership skills; ability to thrive in a dynamic, quickly-evolving environment

- Strong written and oral communication skills

- Strong team building and influencing skills

Qualifications :

- 5+ years progressive HR experience in high-growth environment

- Master's degree in related discipline (or equivalent work experience)

- Expertise in HR best practices and familiarity with Indian labour laws and HR compliance

- Flexible, enjoys variety, and can roll with changing priorities but not lose focus on top priorities

- Ability to mentor employee engagement teams to help them plan for impactful events

- Commitment to excellence

- Resilient in the face of change and has a solution mind-set

Why join us :

- We let you make mistakes, learn from them and deliver strong results thereafter

- We trust you with ownership for your deliverables and expect you to innovate.

- We value the process of learning together and are focused on building a superlatively lean and talented team.

- We value our associates & promote a culture of respect for one another.

- We also help you lose a few kilos and inches! We are building the - Fittest Startup in the Country- .