Ajay Devaraj Email & Phone Number

Chennai, TN, IN

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Providing strategic direction to the Association Liaising with the Government on policy and regulatory mattersFacilitating policy level change to de-bottleneck implementation of RE projects Liaising with State Utilities to resolve technical and commercial glitches Partnering with experts to leverage the benefits of machine learning and artificial.

Chennai Area, India

Balanced Scorecard - Performance Management - Building sustainable skills

Chennai Area, India

Helping clients 1. Maximise Organisational Effectiveness2. Optimise System Efficiency3. Build Organisational Capability, and 4. Enhance Employee Engagement

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Set up Corporate-level Matrix structure to manage business entities across Asia, Europe, South America & Australia.
• Set up Zamin Trading DMCC, managing all external interfaces, budget & risk mitigation; developed full-fledged business plan for new lines of business.
• Contributed to detailed due diligence for M & A in Brazil; was on steering committee that subsequently handled the merger; led & owned integration of IT, HR, Community Relations & Corporate Communication.
• Set up Offices in Beijing, China and Jakarta, Indonesia including permits, licences, registrations, entering into lease deeds, designing the offices and hiring staff.
• Led and articulated a culture of Focus, Accountability, Result-orientation, driven by supporting policies, processes and systems.
• Developed a technology enabled balanced scorecard-based performance management system and a framework of internal growth; formulated a global band and grade matrix to facilitate mobility between locations.

Chennai Area, India

• Led a Strategy, Organization Development and HR Consulting Practice. Projects handled include:
• Head hunting leadership talent for a Chennai-based conglomerate.
• Balanced Scorecard related work + facilitating culture change for a market leader in its industry.
• Capability building for implementing Performance Management System using Balanced Scorecard;
• Competency Mapping, Assessment, Leverage and Development; Leadership effectiveness
• HR advisory services

Mumbai Area, India

• Articulated, branded and communicated long-term goals and accompanying company values through multiple channels
• Developed Mission, Vision and Values for an acquired business.
• Cascaded long-term goals through robust tools, processes and supporting systems – Balanced Scorecard, IT-enabled Performance Management - to ensure goal and role clarity, with accompanying accountability, across.
• Bridged talent and competency gaps through multiple methods, while simultaneously de-risking the organization and building a leadership pipeline.
• Worked closely with Strategic Business Unit Heads in de-risking their businesses; also put in place succession plans for every business critical position in the organisation; further, helped them analyse and identify.

Mumbai Area, India

• Developed organisational design and manning strategy and acquired talent from India and abroad.
• Led efficient integration of acquired businesses, including development of systems and processes to facilitate revenue growth from INR 870 Million to INR 5.10 Billion in 18 months in one of the businesses.
• At the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, drove changes in the industry through innovative approaches to the setting up of the organisation: a full-time employment model, benchmarks for manning ratios and.
• Conceptualised and commissioned a nursing college from scratch; obtained all central and state government permissions. Built excellence into the design with students achieving 100% 1st Class pass rate.
• Implemented SAP – HR in all businesses of the Healthcare Vertical.
• Established an e-Learning platform with content based on best-in-class standards.

Sofia, Bulgaria

• March ’06 to December ’06, Director – HR, Kremikovtzi AD, Bulgaria (a Unit of Global Steel Holdings Limited, and March ’05 to March ’06, Head of Organizational Development, Global Steel Holdings Limited, Nigeria.
• Developed and rolled out corporate HR Mission, Vision and Strategy.
• Developed and implemented comprehensive, internationally benchmarked HR policies and processes, with buy-in from all concerned, in eight countries spread over Asia, Europe and Africa.
• Gained buy-in from the Federal Government of Nigeria, the local community and employees and restructured Ajaokuta Steel, Delta Steel and the National Iron Ore Mining Company, resulting in savings of approximately USD.
• Rolled out performance management systems aligned to unit goals.
• Set up computer and simulation-based training systems to accelerate enhancement of employee capability.

Hyderābād Area, India

• Strategy, OD Consulting, Research, Training and Education
• Conducted job evaluation and devised a competency management system for a leading automotive company.
• Facilitated increased sales and shop-floor productivity in an FMCG company.
• Enhanced capability of non-professional middle level managers in an MNC in the commodities business.
• Worked on building leadership for a company in the healthcare industry.
• Enhanced team effectiveness in a public-sector defence and space metallurgical establishment.

Handled managerial sourcing for 23 SBU's covering 6 sectors - Agri, Steel, Power, Oil, Finance and IT

Hyderabad

Corporate Head of IR

Secunderabad

Head of Personnel & Administration

Plant Head of Personnel & Administration

Ma [Pmir], Personnel Management & Industrial Relations

Ba, Economics