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Leading HR as a business partner for one of the niche businesses of L&T Defence and its delivery centre with about 1000 employees on both rolls and contract

Heading HR for one of the units of Heavy Engineering at Larsen & Toubro Limited based at Bangalore. The unit manufactures Electrical/electronic Systems and subsystems for the Indian Defence Forces.My role entails : Organisational Excellence, HR Process excellence & HR Operations. Have been instrumental in arriving at an Employee Engagement agenda and executing interventions.

1. Manpower planning and Organization structuring a) Freezing on manpower plans annually b)Deriving a formal structure and ironing out deviations c) Assessment of redeployment needs and drawing out plans for career development / succession planning2. Recruitment a) Developing recruitment policy in line with the broad values and culture of the Organisation. b) Assessing, planning and redeploying resources working closely with the… Show more 1. Manpower planning and Organization structuring a) Freezing on manpower plans annually b)Deriving a formal structure and ironing out deviations c) Assessment of redeployment needs and drawing out plans for career development / succession planning2. Recruitment a) Developing recruitment policy in line with the broad values and culture of the Organisation. b) Assessing, planning and redeploying resources working closely with the Business Heads to ensure cost effectiveness. c) Manage recruitment process of senior management positions across the organisation – End to end. d) Process owner for the recruitments at Middle and Junior Management levels. Supported by a team of 3 associates. e) Conducting preliminary screening interview for senior positions and a part of the selection panel for Middle and Junior Management roles. f) Manage relationships with external consultants. g) Negotiation of terms and maintenance of web portals. h) Representing Nagarjuna Agrichem for Campus Placements.3. Compensation management a) Structuring compensation and banding b) Defining scheme for variable compensation – PLI, Sales Incentive4. Introducing a Formal Performance management system b) Implementation of new Performance Management process through definition of process orientation workshops and getting buy-in from BU c) Workshop content development and sessions to increase awareness on KRAs, IDPs and taking ownership of development d) Conceptualising and running OD interventions to create ‘High Impact’ performance management culture e) Freezing KRAs (JOs) for all the employees f )Running End to end Performance management5. Policy formulation a) Drafting policies and procedures taking necessary inputs from the Heads of Department at CorporateWas promoted as Senior Manager HR (in Oct 2010) Show less

Achievements:1. Appreciated by the organization (Nilon’s) for design of Job Descriptions (Sr.Manager-HR, VP-Marketing, CFO) in TAT agreed. 2. Designed internal tools like indent format, candidate assessment format etc for effective selection. 3. Designed application blank for external clientele for different bands of positions. (Matrix Enports)4. Achieved 100% more than the target agreed upon in recruitments (8.5 L on date as against 4L). Closed 3 senior management positions in… Show more Achievements:1. Appreciated by the organization (Nilon’s) for design of Job Descriptions (Sr.Manager-HR, VP-Marketing, CFO) in TAT agreed. 2. Designed internal tools like indent format, candidate assessment format etc for effective selection. 3. Designed application blank for external clientele for different bands of positions. (Matrix Enports)4. Achieved 100% more than the target agreed upon in recruitments (8.5 L on date as against 4L). Closed 3 senior management positions in a year.5. Handled diverse clientele across industries at a given point of time.6. Fetched the accounts of MNCs like Mars and Du Pont for TMI.7. Filled the position requirement for Mars India in the TAT agreed and helped in gaining confidence of their management in TMI.8. Breakthrough in the assignment given by Tata Steel.9. Assisted a task force constituted for an organizational restructuring exercise for the Search division of TMI. Show less

Achievements:1. Design of HR policies and procedures for the Retail division.2. Corporate film and presentation for the Group.3. Introduction of employee recognition schemes which translated into healthy competition and improvement in productivity.4. Design of performance appraisal format and roadmap for the performance management system5. Anchored training sessions for the internal staff and junior management (Sessions on salesmanship and customer delight)

Was responsible for the recruitments pertaining to the Sugar Division of E.I.D Parry(I) Ltd and was reporting to the General Manager-HR(Head -HR for the three divisions of the company)