Lakshmi Priya Radhakrishnan Email & Phone Number

Director – Culture and People Development Leader of the Human Resource function and serving on the Board of Directors Strategically, functionally and administratively responsible for Talent Acquisition, Compensation/Benefits, HR Operations, Performance Management, HR Policies and processes, Facilities administration, Travel and Immigration, Training, Organization Development and Employee Engagement Handles additional responsibility as Director, Design Group University, responsible for the learning and development of a global workforce in India and USSignificant Achievements Transformed the HR function into a strategic business partner from a purely administrative function Designed and implemented the B-WI Career Map, a tool that provides a path for professional progress, ensuring accountability and clarity in all ‘people’ areas, specifically Compensation, Performance Management and Role based competencies. This tool was showcased to win the World HRD Congress 2017 – 100 Top HR Tech Minds award.  Key Leader on the M&A committee for acquisition and integration of two US based firms Instituted the Organization Development function to build organization capability for transformation from Sustaining engineering to Value Engineering based services  Created an in-house immigration function to ensure compliance, resulting in complete control over process, timelines and cost; cost brought down to 10% of historical average spend Designed and deployed new Employee Policy and procedure Manuals for India and USA based on a transformative culture – ‘Everybody matters’, pioneered by the company Chairman. Implemented change management in 2014 for transition to new management and new corporate strategy, resulting in revamp of leadership team and transformation in work culture

Chennai Area, India

As Circle HR Head at Unior for Tamil Nadu, the folowing were part of my profile:Strategically, functionally and administratively responsible for the Business Partnering, HR Operations , Learning and Development, Office Administration and Real Estate divisionsPart of the Circle management team responsible for developing quarterly/annual business forecasts and deciding on business focus and strategiesManpower planning and preparing annual manpower forecastOrganisation Structure – Strategic design for all functions including Sales and Marketing, Finance, Network and IT and Support functionsAnnual HR budget preparation Talent acquisition – Identify sources for recruitment, identify and manage vendor relationships, monitor the interview process from screening to final interview and on-boardingJob analysis, job profile and job description to aid recruitment Responsible for HR Audit functionPerformance Management.- Goal Setting Process, Performance Review, Performance Feedback, Performance Coaching and Counselling, etc.Performance Appraisal –Design, Planning, coordinating and execution in effective implementation of performance activities Designing and implementing a circle-wide compensation plan in accordance with overall organizational strategyLegal and statutory compliance as per local lawsUnderstanding corporate business goals & developing suitable interventions to build morale & performance of individuals & groups.Responsible for complete design, content preparation and training execution for all business verticals including Sales and Distribution, Retail sales and Customer Service Delivery, Finance, IT and Network.In charge of designing and enforcing an auditable training processResponsible for training needs identification and analysis, calendars, effectiveness measurements, content design, competency framework and training initiativesResponsible for planning, designing and executing interventions for employee engagement

In AIG Systems Solutions, I was responsible for HR policies and processes as well as Training and Development. My profile encompassed teh following:HR Policies and ProceduresDesign of all Human Resource Policies and Procedures including the functions of Recruitment, Compensation and Benefits Administration, Performance Management, Employee Relations, Training and Development, Corporate CommunicationsDecision-making with respect to HR Policies along with Senior Management team of the organizationResponsible for validating HR policies and processes for legal and statutory compliance in accordance with the relevant Labour laws and Income Tax lawsDesigned and executed the Performance Management SystemTraining and DevelopmentHead of Training and Development In charge of creating, initiating and implementing all Training and Development projects including Role Based Training, Competency/Skill/Gap matrix, Certifications, new recruit foundation trainingResponsible for T&D Budget planning, expense projection and trackingTraining need analysis and trackingCreation, publishing and tracking of annual, quarterly and monthly T&D calendarsIn charge of start-to-end design and execution of all technology, behavioural, managerial, process, functional, language and ‘new employee’ programsLiaison with vendors for training delivery / designCreating Training process and policy documents in accordance with CMMi Level 3Responsible for auditory compliance of training departmentResponsible for manpower resource planning and recruiting for the T&D departmentResponsible for strategic planning of training objectives and systems, including automationResponsible for Succession Planning ProgramIn charge of creating, initiating and institutionalizing all Organization Development projects like Fast Track Employee Development and Mentoring programs

At Hexaware, I was Manager in the Learning and Development department. Following is a summary of teh role:In charge of all Training projectsResponsible for Requirements gathering and Training project planningResponsible for creation and publishing of anuual/quarterly and monthly training calendarResponsible for assessing and validating employee training needs – Skill matrix and Gap matrixResponsible for Content Development and Curriculum Design for specific training programsResponsible for start-to-finish execution of training programsResponsible for liaison with vendors for training delivery / designResponsible for creating Training process and policy documents in accordance with CMMi Level 5Responsible for auditory compliance of training departmentResponsible for manpower resource planning and recruiting for the training departmentResponsible for strategic planning of training objectives and systems, including automationMega projects handled include the Foundation Training program, a Six-week long residential training program for over 600 new employees per year

Bachelor Of Engineering (Be), Mechanical Engineering

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Activities and Societies: School debating team, School Quiz team

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