Varun Bhatnagar Email & Phone Number

New Delhi, Dl, In

I work with the Global and Regional teams to deliver on the learning and talent solutions to address people related challenges

Oversee the design and execution of Group Talent Management activities such as Talent Reviews, Talent Identification/Assessments, succession planning, Development and mobilization of incumbents and successors for critical roles

Design and deliver targeted leadership development initiatives; Lead implementation of individualized executive development plans

India

Champion and orchestrate the delivery of talent management processes, programs and practices, ensuring strong and effective implementation (i.e. Performance Management, Talent Review/Succession Management, Leadership Development, New Leader On-boarding, Assessments, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Recognition Programs.)

Lead planning, scoping and delivery on key people strategy projects for the Asia Service Centers.

Drive the use of data and talent analytics to drive organizational direction on Key initiatives.

Gurgaon, India

As an APAC Talent Performance Consultant, I lead and deliver medium-large scale regional and global projects/programs in the field of Talent Management, Learning & Organization Development.

I work across various regional and global businesses of Cargill like Food Ingredients & Bio-Industrial, Agricultural Supply Chain, Animal Nutrition, Protein & Salt, Metals & Shipping to deliver strategic HR consulting solutions to businesses

The scope of my work includes :
• Talent Review (Annual Talent Review/Talent Talks), Talent Pipeline and Succession Planning, Talent Development Consulting, Strategic Workforce Planning, Regional Performance Management, Inclusion & Diversity Strategy Implementation, New Manager Assimilation, Change Management, Organization Design/Structures, Culture & Team Effectiveness

Some of my key projects include :
- Formulation and Delivery of the Inclusion & Diversity strategy for various businesses within the APAC Region; currently the SME for Inclusion and Diversity
- Conducting strategic workforce planning for various businesses and regions within APAC
- Design and deliver capability building programs to cater to the APAC talent strategy; for example: regional management trainee program, talent management and development programs
- Drive and Deliver Talent Reviews / Discussions and Succession Planning interventions

Gurgaon, India

The scope of my work is to drive, design and develop the Organization Development imperatives like Learning & Development, Change Management and Strategic HR initiatives within the organization

Select, develop, apply and support appropriate content development and delivery mechanisms for senior leadership programs like executive coaching and mentoring

Partner with key stakeholders across the consulting business and within the Learning & Development team to provide ongoing active learning, measure learning effectiveness through training parameters

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Currently in process of setting up Talent Management, Succession Planning Strategies and Assessment frameworks for over 12,000 employees across 300+ branches for a financial institution servicing the micro-finance needs of Urban India, with a market-oriented focus with a vision to institutionalize banking operations

Successfully created and communicated of the behavioral competency model for 15000+ employees; conducted competency cascading workshops; created an integrated Talent Management Framework

Envisioned and Designed Career Management Framework for over 15,000+ employees of the Organization over a mobile application by leveraging digital technology

Streamlining Talent Acquisition processes like Internal Job Postings, Interview Protocols and Employee On-boarding processes

Gurgaon, India

The scope of my work in the People Advisory Services entailed conducting Talent Management, Leadership Development, Competency Framework Creation, Assessment & Development Centers, Organization Design & Development, Workforce Planning / Human Resource Planning and Change Management initiatives for clients

Some of my projects include :
• Creation of competency frameworks for a Development Bank in the Middle-East

• Conducting structured process of competency framework creation, success profiling and assessments for leadership hiring for an EPC organization dominant in the Power Sector to get a comprehensive view on the leadership capabilities of candidates

• Designed a structured leadership assessment program by launching an online assessment framework for ~1,700 senior leaders based on the organizations competency framework; also created Individual Development Plans for all participants

Management Acceleration Program 2017, Executive Education, Organizational Leadership

Activities and Societies: Europe, Fontainebleau CampusThe Management Acceleration Programme has equipped me with the relevant perspectives.

Post Graduate Diploma Certificate, Business Administration And Management, General

PGDM in General Management co branded between EY & ISB

Master’S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General

M.Com in Business Management

B.Com, Finance, Marketing, Advertising And Human Resource

Activities and Societies: Placement Coordinator of Jai Hind College for the year 2009-10. Assistant Co Ordinator of NEN (National.