Appakonam Premkumar Email & Phone Number

Chennai

Chennai

I had the opportunity to advise, support and service SME and Corporate clients as Independent Consultant on Strategic HR, People Development Initiatives and HR operations.

Chennai Area, India

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Essel Group which is well known for its media business – Zee TV has ventured into Infrastructure Projects and Utility Services businesses namely Essel Infra Projects and Smart Utilities. I was a proud member of the.
• Facilitated in evolving Organisation Design and HR Strategy
• Responsible for Talent Acquisition for senior level positions across all verticals
• Designed & implemented Core HR processes
• Facilitated M&A of new businesses. Responsible for aligning HR processes & systems post acquisition of SNDL, Power Distribution business at Nagpur.
• Responsible for aligning HR processes & systems when Essel Smart Utilities was merged with Essel InfraProjects

Mumbai Area, India

• “Etisalat” a global brand for Telecom services based out of Middle East – Abu Dhabi entered India during 2008-09. I was a proud member of the startup team of Etisalat and had the opportunity of setting up end to end HR.
• Instrumental in implementing end-to-end HR processes for West Region which comprises of… Show more “Etisalat” a global brand for Telecom services based out of Middle East – Abu Dhabi entered India during 2008-09. I was.
• Instrumental in implementing end-to-end HR processes for West Region which comprises of Maharashtra (incl. Mumbai), Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.
• Directly responsible for hiring of Circle Heads and their Direct Reports
• Identified as Head – Corporate HR Operations and moved to Corporate Office during Apr 10
• Re-engineered the key HR policies and processes for pan

Chennai Area, India

• Club Mahindra - renowned brand in holidays / timeshare space is part of Mahindra Holidays & Resorts Limited. I was part of the Mahindra’s core team for launch and set up of new divisions – Mahindra’s “Zest Breaks”.
• National Role responsible for end-to-end HR operations of Non-Resorts
• Implemented new initiatives viz. Gallup Q12 survey, Inter Dept Satisfaction survey, new Performance Management System using… Show more Club Mahindra - renowned brand in holidays / timeshare space is part of Mahindra.
• Implemented new initiatives viz. Gallup Q12 survey, Inter Dept Satisfaction survey, new Performance Management System using Balanced Score Card principle, Mercer Compensation Benchmarking
• Member of Core Team of M&M Group’s Initiative for implementation of SAP Show less

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

• Airtel - a global telecom brand started their wireline / landline business (Telemedia division) in 2001 under the brand name “TouchTel” and later on merged under the flagship brand “Airtel”. My second experience to be.
• Defined and implemented job role wise Productivity Norms; and Manpower planning based on Productivity Norms.
• Implemented Competency based hiring for Senior Managers
• Implemented lateral and vertical movements through Internal Job Posting & Transition
• Implemented measures to monitor productivity of all line functions & HR dashboards
• Part of optimization committee to implement organization re-design Show less

Chennai Area, India

RPG Cellular, the first cellular service provider and preferred service provider of Chennai. RPG Cellular, known for “Widest Coverage” was pioneer in introducing innovative HR practices. My first experience to be part of a start-up. Accomplished in setting up systems and processes for end-to-end HR Operations.Played key role in Company’s initiative to.

Chennai Area, India

“Indchem" flagship brand for Electronics vertical of Sanmar Group Company. Indchem Electronics, leader in electronics equipment manufacturing in the field of Industrial Automation, Medical Automation and Telecom automation.Indchem has been a learning ground for my HR career; Started in Corporate HR and became part of Telecom Division’s core HR team post.

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Bsc, Mathematics