People Partner

Job Description

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About US

A.P. Moller - Maersk is an integrated container logistics company working to connect and simplify its customers’ supply chains. As the global leader in shipping services, the company operates in 130 countries and employs roughly 76,000 people.

With simple end-to-end offering of products and digital services, seamless customer engagement and a superior end-to-end delivery network, Maersk enables its customers to trade and grow by transporting goods anywhere - all over the world.

Job Summary & Key Responsibilities:

People Partner – South (Hoskote)

Help shape the people experience for one of the world’s most trusted logistics companies.

About the Role:

As a People Partner for South India, you will support employees and leaders across Maersk’s Contract Logistics and TbM operations. You’ll work closely with teams on the ground, ensuring a great employee experience, smooth HR processes, and a high level of compliance and engagement.

This is a hands-on, people-facing role—perfect for someone who enjoys solving problems, coaching leaders, and making HR processes work better.

What You’ll Be Doing:

In this role, you will:

🤝 Partner with Leaders

• Be the go-to HR contact for leaders and employees across the South cluster

• Guide teams through HR policies, employee relations, performance, and development conversations

Lead HR Processes

• Run key HR cycles: performance reviews, compensation, succession planning, talent development

• Support the rollout of new HR systems and processes (Workday & ServiceNow)

Support Employees

• Handle day-to-day HR queries

• Resolve employee relations matters

• Ensure compliance with employment laws and site-level statutory requirements

Drive Talent & Workforce Planning

• Work with TPL vendors to ensure workforce availability

• Support hiring, onboarding, training, and engagement activities

• Encourage internal mobility and growth opportunities for employees

Collaborate Across HR

• Partner with HRBPs, People Advisory, Centres of Excellence, and Global Mobility teams

• Work with regional People Partnering Operations (PPO) to solve complex cases

What We’re Looking For:

To succeed in this role, you should bring:

• 10–12 years of HR generalist experience

• Strong understanding of:
  ✔ Employee relations
  ✔ Labour laws
  ✔ Performance & talent processes
  ✔ Vendor management

• Experience working with large or multinational organizations

• Ability to coach leaders, handle change, and work independently

• A positive, energetic, “let’s find a solution” mindset

• Strong communication skills in English and local language

Experience in unionized environments is a bonus.

Why Join Maersk?

When you join Maersk, you become part of a global business that moves 20% of the world’s trade.
We value diversity, collaboration, and growth—and we put our people at the heart of everything we do.

You will get:

• A chance to influence key people decisions

• Opportunities to work with global teams

• Exposure to complex business operations

• Long-term career and learning opportunities

• The satisfaction of making a real difference on the ground

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. If you need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website, apply for a position, or to perform a job, please contact us by emailing accommodationrequests@maersk.com.