Plant and Company HR Head taking care of all aspects of HR, IR, PR & Administration.

Responsible for the entire gamut of HR, IR & Admin operations spread across 75 locations in six States consisting of 3000 employees. Addressing workmen issues through constant interaction and open house sessions in different locations. Guiding and supporting the various locations in order to maintaining a conducive work environment. Managing contract labours and coordinating with contract manpower companies for smooth operations. Managing accidents and accidental deaths, taking care of reporting formalities, compensation, insurance etc.  Liaisoning with law & order authorities, labour authorities, PF & ESI authorities. Dealing with three wheeler vehicle owners’ Associations.  Negotiation, finalization of service agreements with three wheeler owners and drivers for daily field operations and ensuring seamless operations through regular dialogue, consultation and grievance handling. Managing and updating employee records in HRIS system. Responsible for disciplinary proceedings and counseling. Handling payroll and responsible for addressing & closing all payroll related queries of employees and contract labours. Responsible for managing various business partners like manpower vendors, housekeeping vendors, various house owners and security agencies besides placement agencies. Coordinated and conducted campus hiring drives for recruitment of technicians in various States.

Heading all facets of IR & HR for team of 900+ employees including Talent Acquisition with Saudization, HR Operations, Industrial Relations across 5 locations in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Fully responsible for implementing the Group strategic objectives on the HR front in the Kingdom.  Application of visas from Saudi Government & the management of visas. Coordinating with Saudi Trade & Skill Development Department and various agencies for internship and employment of Saudi nationals as automobile technicians. Negotiation and renewal of annual employee mediclaim insurance policies. Leave and attendance payroll processing.  Dealing with disciplinary proceedings. Meeting all workshop technicians & service advisors once a month across all locations to address attendance & payroll issues. Overseas recruitment & visa processing for workers and technicians. Developing & implementing HR policies.  Managing the employee recruitment & selection process. Initiating and closing the annual performance appraisal process. Developed and Implemented new appraisal system, which provided an objective and developmental approach to assessing employees’ performance to assist in achieving the change in performance and behaviors. Managing the HR databases related to recruitment process, performance evaluation system, and daily activity reports. Managing training programs; identifying needs and developing training programs related to employee development. Tracking the Saudization percentage in compliance with the governmental rules.

Providing centralised assistance for day to day activities of business HR and FMSS Teams in different States. Involved in HR Process Re-engineering pertaining to antecedent verification, insurance, vehicle lease, Sodexo, flexi-pay claim submission and F&F. Administering different processes related to employee life-cycle which includes on-boarding (e-pulse), exits (F&F settlements and recovery management), background verification, cashless & mediclaim reimbursements, vehicle lease, PF transfer-in, PF Settlements and gratuity payouts etc. Managing and evaluating vendors pertaining to job portals, background verification, placement, staffing and statutory compliance vendors on SLAs, cost and compliances etc. as well as negotiate, renew and enter into new contracts.  Accountable for automation in areas like PMS, recruitment, payroll, leave management system and various HR Portal enhancements like mediclaim insurance, reimbursement compensation, grievance management, exit interview & knowledge sharing mechanism, celebration mailers, internal job-postings & bring buddies, e-joining docket, salary fitment approvals. Responsible for HR Communication and HR Analytics. Involved in governance, management and regulation of associate manpower (offroll) and staffing Vendors.

Responsible for the entire gamut of HR & IR activities pertaining to the State of Odisha as Circle HR Head reporting to the Business Head of the State from December 2006 to December 2010.  Introduced various employee engagement initiatives like buddy program for new joinees, ASK program for inhouse learning, instant SPOTLIGHT rewards. Introduced Mentor-Mentee workshop for new joinees. Introduced “My learning diary” for measuring training effectiveness as a pre-lude to Jack Phillips model of measuring ROI on training. Trained line-managers for competency based interviewing. Instrumental in successful ramp-up of the GSM manpower for the launch of GSM Services in Orissa Circle starting from sourcing to on-boarding.  Played a key role in ensuring ranking of Orissa Circle within top 5 Circles in E-Sat Scores (GPTW) for last two years improving score from 75% to 94%. Facilitated assessment centre learning & development activities for high potential employees as per Corporate guidelines.

Was Head IR & Admin for the green-field open-cast coal mines project at Hindalco, Sambalpur/Hirakud Accountabilities Rehabilitation and resettlement of project affected persons.  Maintaining amicable site relations by keeping villagers & village leaders engaged. Maintaining cordial relations with various local political leaders and their representative Unions. Liaisoning with district magistrate’s office, labour department, mining department and police to prevent any untoward incidents in the Mines site and stopping coal theft & dacoity. Ensured statutory compliance under different mining and labour statutes pertaining to staffing of statutory and technical manpower, welfare provisions. Dealing with employment issues of project displaced families. Dealing with mining contractor & contract labour management for uninterrupted operations in the Mines.  Influencing women folk of the villages around the Mines for self-sustenance initiatives by leveraging government schemes & facilitating creation of self-help groups. Dealing with employee life-cycle management & skill development of project displaced persons. Responsible for general administration including canteen, security, housekeeping and OHSAS : 18001 administration (occupational health & safety of employees) Carried out Project related activities like land acquisition, purchase of land, enumeration, valuation and permission for cutting of trees, de-reservation of special category government land. Preventing lightning strikes at the mines pit and ensuring resumption of operations in the least possible time. Receiving charter of demands by different political Unions and managing the same.Significant Highlights Successfully conducted public hearing at the Mines site in Company’s favour in February 2006 as per requirement of State Pollution Control Board of Orissa for enhancement of production capacity of mines from 0.4 MTPA to 1.5 MTPA.

Posted at Company’s 108 MW thermal power plant and 48 MVA charge chrome plant site - Responsible for employee relations, disciplinary proceedings, employee communication and inhouse newsletter, employee engagement, training and development, recruitment & selection coordination, Appraisal & consultation process, statutory welfare facilities & compliances, labour department liaisoning, ISO:9001 compliance Significant Highlights Devised a multiple appraisal system for non-executives. Counselling workmen during 1999 Super Cyclone. Took charge of the mass kitchen for ensuring adequate food for all employees involved in repair & restoration work in the Plants. Introduced the system of briefing new recruits about the Company's products & processes, structure & hierarchy as a prelude to Orientation programme. Conducted an attitude survey of executives. Revived the system of "Night Visit" to the plants by executives working in general shifts.