Professional Summary

 Professional Summary

• A result-oriented and hands-on human resource professional with experience in non IT, IT & ITES industries.
• A self-starter with collaborative style of working, people focus and professional credibility.
• High personal and professional ethical standards.
• A team player & a fast learner with excellent organizational skills.
• A trusted advisor to business leaders on various management and people matters.
• Experience in both established multinationals and start up organizations.
• Experience in starting the HR function and streamlining already established HR function.
• Shown a remarkable improvement in HR dept. by adopting “Difference HR” concept – “HR makes a difference”.
• Proficient in dealing with HR activities -Talent acquisition, performance management, talent development, competency mapping,employee relations & communication, implementing HR policies, employer branding, change management, compensation, benefits and labour laws.
• Experience in HR Audit and HR Capability building.
• Ability to work in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities handled & expertise

• Business/Stakeholder Partnership - Advising business on various people matters and strategies.
• Talent Acquisition -  Manpower Planning, Recruitment and Selection, expert in reducing the recruitment cost and lead time.
• Talent Management - Performance Management, Employee Relations, Employee Engagement, Rewards & Recognition.
• HR Policy & Procedures - Market mapping, designing and re-designing and effective implementation.
• Learning & Development - Capability building through manager development programs
• Compensation - Compensation Benchmarking, Compensation Surveys, Compensation Structuring & realignment, Performance Incentive, Payroll Management.
• Benefits - Provident Fund, Leave, Gratuity, occasional gifts, Gratuity, Continuing Education policy.
• Welfare - Medical Insurance, Employee State Insurance, Health Check-up, Accident Insurance.
• Employee Relations - Grievance redressal, Fun@work, HR Help SessionsHRIS - Implementation of system based HR.
• HR Analytics - Headcount Reports, Attrition reports, Recruitment reports, grievance redressal reports.
• HR Audit - Audit of HR records and process in ISO and SoX.
• HR Capability - Capability building of HR team members through effective coaching of HR processes and policies.
• HR Standard Templates: Designed various standard templates as per Indian Laws and taking concurrence from legal firms in India for better understanding and clarity.
• Employer Branding - Branding of employer externally in various campus interviews, internally through various fun@work initiatives and updates of the organization in TOWN HALLS.
• Facilities Management - Facilities & house keeping, Emergency Evacuation Management, transportation, Security.

Specialities   
Trailblazer.    
Highly Process-oriented.    
Trusted Advisor and coach.    
Visualize big picture.    
Change Management.    
Possess high business acumen. 

Professional Training, Strengths & Association

Training

• ISO Training
• SoX Training
• Certificate Course in Effective Communication & Public Speaking Skills

 Strengths

• Excellent communication & presentation skills helped in putting forth ideas to management.
• Multi-tasking & sense of ownership provided motivation to redesign and build systematic HR processes.
• Self-initiator & implementation skill helped me in successful implementation of various HR processes.
• Change management & ambiguity comfort helped me in bringing order into disorderly system.
• Ability to lead, train & motivate team helped me in making challenging tasks enjoyable and successful.
• Good networking, liasoning & decision making ability helped in shifting of operations, transfers – internal, entities, location and de-merger activities.
• Influencing & advisory skills helped in handling senior/critical business stakeholders.
• Cheerfulness helped in assuring employees a positive belief and environment.

Association

• Guest Faculty at Management Colleges at Chennai & Hyderabad.

 Professional Achievements

• Expertise in handling bulk and niche hiring. Reduced the Lead time and cost per hire focusing more on employee referral and internal job posting.
• Impressive and effective employer branding in campus recruitments (externally) and providing update of organization in town halls & HR induction (internally).
• Employee re-organization based on the need of the departments.
• Partnered with senior management on revamping the existing and implementing the new and existing performance management system and performance incentives.
• Designed and implemented the training management system effectively contributing to capability building of employees.
• Employee bonding through employee engagement programs.
• Grievance redressal through introducing a mechanism to track in the excel sheet, HR help sessions, HR kiosks, weekly/monthly manager’s meeting.
• Compensation structuring, restructuring and alignment.
• Employee communication through road shows.
• Effectively handled the de-merger, post merger and acquisition activities.
• Successful in handling the movement of entire operations from Chennai to Hyderabad ensuring the people transfers, cultural change of employees, movement of HR items without any error.

Participations

• Initial framework for hierarchy structuring for employees.
• Rewards & Recognition.
• Upgrading of several HR policies.

Appreciations & Awards

Appreciations received for

• Reducing the lead time and cost per hire from Global Management Team.
• Effective implementation of revamped and also existing performance Management System.
• Employer branding from Global Management Team.
• Employee communication from managers and senior management.
• Handling the post merger, de-merger activities in a short period of time.
• Designing and implementation of HRIS and making the data live in short period of time.
• Payroll transitioning from Asia Pacific HR Director for executing a nil error plan.
• Effective designing, execution of employee engagement activities from senior management team.
• Excellence in ISO Quality –Successfully Interfaced with BVQI certified external auditor for HR audit that was highly appreciated by Head–Quality, HR and Auditor.

Awards

• SPOT Award for consecutive 3 times – Excellent performance made being the only employee in the history of the company to receive SPOT Award for 3 times in the year 2006.

Interests

• Food donation at charitable trusts and religious places.
• Enjoys travelling.
• Guest lectures at various management institutions.

My Beliefs

• Be empathetic rather than sympathetic.
• Be Practical rather than theoretical. 
• Be Pro-active rather than reactive.
• Accept mistakes and learn from the mistakes.
• Trust and Confidence.