Rishi Raj E-mail: acvhy6@r.postjobfree.com Learning & Development Professional Phone: +91-986*******

SUMMARY

I have over 8 years of L&D Management experience gained working as a Senior Manager to support the overall business strategy and help the business grow through it employees and Learning & Development initiatives which enable achievement of strategic objectives as per the organization plan, needs, budget & expectations.

I specialize in managing a department & core team for delivering the full Learning, Training & development cycle to design, delivery and evaluation of L&D solutions from induction programmes to management/project/IT/Non-IT development programmes which enable achievement of strategic objectives and organizational development priorities.

KEY SKILLS

Learning and Development Strategy Training Management Requirements Analysis Coaching Human Resources Generalist Policy Development Recruitment and Selection Client Relationship Management Team Leadership New Business Development Internal Communications Strategy Mergers & Acquisitions Change Management Project Management Budget Setting and Control Vendor / Supplier Management Presentations Training Delivery & Evaluation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SEED Infotech Ltd. – Enterprise Training Services, Corporate Division

Sr. Manager, Learning & Development - Jan 2015 to Present

Responsible for managing the complete learning and development function across organization to ensure all employees/clients are competent and to support their on-going personal and Professional development. Designed the L&D Strategy and managed the L&D function working in partnership with business managers, clients and human resources departments across multiple sites and functions.

Ensured the competence and professional development of employees through complete management of the learning and development function

Designed and executed L&D strategy, working in partnership with the management, operational board, cross-functional managers, Training provider/vendors as required by organizational planning and budgeting systems

Managed and Design training courses and programmes necessary to meet training needs, or manage this activity via external providers by implementing programmes in new areas to improve organizational efficiency and compliance.

Identify, select and manage external training and accreditation bodies, agencies and providers necessary to deliver required training to appropriate standards.

Organize training venues, logistics, transport, accommodation as required, to achieve efficient training attendance and delivery.

Arrange for the maintenance of all necessary equipment and materials relating to the effective delivery and measurement of training.

Scoped and managed full suite training delivery to address mandatory training requirements

Recommended and implemented a new leadership development and talent management programme engaging with the Group organizational development team to define and deliver solutions that met project needs & organization development.

Key Corporate client Handled: Oracle, Vodafone, ATOS, Volkswagen, Citibank, John Deere, Tieto, Nomura, Amdocs, Cognizant, Ericsson, L & T Infotech, BMC, ADP, Accenture, Capegemini

NIIT Ltd. – Managed Services

Team Manager, Learning & Development - Nov 2010 to Jan 2015

Lead a department/team to produce programmes/trainings that are satisfactory to all relevant parties in an organisation & corporate clients, such as line/product/project managers, accountants, senior management at board level, project team & as per the client's need based on their project

Identifying Learning, training and development needs within an organisation & for the corporate clients through project need analysis, job analysis, appraisal schemes and regular consultation with line/business/product/project managers, human resources department & corporate client's representative

Designing and expanding training and development programmes according to the project need, based on the needs of the organisation, client and the individual

Considering the costs of planned programmes and keeping within budgets as assessing the return on investment of any project need, training or development programme is becoming increasingly important

Evaluating training and development learning programmes through regular interaction with Project/Line managers, client, faculty, vendors, project managers, human resource dept., etc.

Researching & implementing new technologies and methodologies in workplace. Learning and presenting this research to the business/product/project managers & corporate clients

Key Corporate client Handled: Nokia Siemens, Deloitte, Dell, Shell, Statoil, CA Technologies, Redhat, Hitachi Data Systems, Philips

NIIT Technologies Ltd.

Sr. Executive Business Development - Jan 2008 to Nov 2010

Identifying new sales leads (Presales activities)

Pitching products and/or services with conversion target

Maintaining fruitful relationships with existing customers

COMPUTING SKILLS

Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc., Outlook, Adobe applications, Remote Access applications, Web Applications, etc..

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Employee of the year, NIIT Technologies, March 2010

Star NIITIAN, NIIT Ltd., January 2012

Star of the month, NIIT Ltd., March 2013

Best Department of the year, SEED Infotech ltd., April 2015

Best Head of the quarter, SEED Infotech Ltd., January 2016

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth : 12th Dec 1985

Current Location : Pune

Nationality : Indian

Marital Status : Married

Rishi Raj

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