Project Management Office

Received very positive feedback from UBS (client) HR leadership for most of the projects done at Cognizant.Key Responsibilities:As a part of HR&E-Strategic Research Intelligence team, we provide HR solutions to senior executives of UBS. To understand client’s requirements and provide solutions/PoVs based on HR approach. Preparing HR research reports based on primary and secondary research.To identify HR views from different HR and Non-HR consultants, Thought Leaders and company practices from financial and non-financial industries.

Key Responsibilities:As a part of HR&E-Strategic Research Intelligence team, we provide HR solutions to senior executives of UBS. To understand client's requirements and provide solutions/PoVs based on HR approach. Preparing HR research reports based on primary and secondary research.To identify HR views from different HR and Non-HR consultants, Thought Leaders and company practices from financial and non-financial industries.Major projects undertaken:Talent Management Execution: To create 'Talent Champions 'from Strivers, Talent Rejecters and the Half-Hearted based on their Talent Effectiveness and Commitment parameters (Relevance, Consumability and Accountability).Employee Engagement in Asia and Beyond: Strong correlation between engagement levels and age, role/level, and tenure in the organization, engagement-retention connection, key drivers, and the ways that behaviors of managers and senior leaders influence engagement. Research report based on the trends prevailing in current market for employee engagement, Obstacles and company Practices in Asia and beyond.Gender Diversity and High Performance: Companies with high proportion of women in top management may perform better .The key barriers to female representation on management bodies, measures to enhance work-life balance.HR Transformation: Need for HR transformation and measures to make it impactful, Company practices, Key drivers and obstacles of transformation. Business impact of HR Transformation.Learning Benchmarking: Benchmarking on Annual Training cost of Sales Managers/Branch Managers and representatives in financial and non-financial industries.E-learning design standards and principles: Social media's impacts on e-learning designs, Return on Investment of e-learning and the importance of new technologies in building effective e-learning designs.Rogue Trading: Role of HR to mitigate rogue trading, HR measures of detection and prevention and lessons learnt from

Promoted by company based on significant contribution to the company's growth and expansion in India.Responsible for overall profitability of the branch by maintaining consistent performanceManage key stakeholders of the center i.e. team of counselors and faculties, senior management (city head and MD), support staff and students enrolled.Recruitment of counselor, marketing, IT and operations team for Madhapur branch, Manhattan ReviewMonitoring of quality of training delivered at the center by ensuring that training resource are assigned appropriately and conducting regular reviews to assess gaps and identify training needsTo ensure adherence of all procedures for an effective and smooth enrollment and admission and Coordination with marketing, IT and operations team for efficient running of the branch and manage operational risks.Overall responsibility of branding, seminar, college visiting, formulating business strategies & business planning

HR ResponsibilitiesDesign the HR Policies and define leave accrual system; Training of the new hires on the company processes and procedures with respect to sales, book keeping, filing, etc.Conduct Exit Interviews and complete exit formalities and collect feedback from employee leaving that will assist in making a better work place.Coordinate with Head office for attendance and leave management Counseling ResponsibilitiesHigher conversion of enquiries into enrollments for the branch by effective counseling.Do regular competitors'product analysis as part of the responsibility to tackle students' queries in an informed manner.Batch planning, daily sales report, handling students complaintsTrain new counselor on its induction and maintain database of all enquiries in the software.

Responsible for overall profitability of the branchManage key stakeholders of the center i.e. team of counselors and faculties, senior management,support staff and students enrolled.Recruitment of counselor, marketing, IT and operations team for Madhapur branch, Manhattan ReviewMonitoring of quality of training delivered at the center To ensure adherence of all procedures for efficient running of the branch and manage operational risks.Overall responsibility of branding, seminar, college visiting, formulating business strategies & business planning

 Design the recruitment specifications for the various designations of the organization.Carrying out performance appraisals for employees based on their performance levels.Allocate tasks to the employees based on their skill set motivating them to get better output.Maintaining relationship with the consultancies to source for prospective candidates.Coordinating with the top brass to make key strategic decisions.Handling the ad agencies to display the vacancy ads for different hierarchies of the organization.Identifying the training needs of the organization and impart training to the employees in the identified fields.Interact with the Production and Marketing teams to discuss the scope for the training classes and seminars.Suggest suitable improvements in the business processes and help in the process implementation.Implement the policies and procedures and rating the employees based on their performance history.Carrying out the pre-sales promotional activities like locating the industries and end users across the states by means of emails, hard copies, CDs and Post.Prepare the quotation and finalize prize for order fro the local area engineering.Providing timely follow up for the sales deals till they are closed.Involved in increasing the brand visibility and market penetration of the organization.

Design the recruitment specifications for the various designations of the organization.Carrying out performance appraisals for employees based on their performance levels.Allocate tasks to the employees based on their skill set motivating them to get better output.Maintaining relationship with the consultancies to source for prospective candidates.Coordinating with the top brass to make key strategic decisions.Handling the ad agencies to display the vacancy ads for different hierarchies of the organization.Identifying the training needs of the organization and impart training to the employees in the identified fields.Interact with the Production and Marketing teams to discuss the scope for the training classes and seminars.Suggest suitable improvements in the business processes and help in the process implementation.Implement the policies and procedures and rating the employees based on their performance history.Carrying out the pre-sales promotional activities like locating the industries and end users across the states by means of emails, hard copies, CDs and Post.Prepare the quotation and finalize prize for order fro the local area engineering.Providing timely follow up for the sales deals till they are closed.Involved in increasing the brand visibility and market penetration of the organization.

Conducting motivational sessions to give morale boost to them.Quantify the manpower requirements in the organization and prepare the specifications.Shortlist the prospective candidates for interviews.Creating employee and organizational policies and getting them approved by the senior management.Maintaining the policies and the records.Identify the training requirements of the middle and low level management employees.

Conducting motivational sessions to give morale boost to them.Quantify the manpower requirements in the organization and prepare the specifications.Shortlist the prospective candidates for interviews.Creating employee and organizational policies and getting them approved by the senior management.Maintaining the policies and the records.Identify the training requirements of the middle and low level management employees.