Joyita Bandyopadhyay
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
A highly dependable global HR professional with strong multi-cultural, multinational experience across APAC region (Singapore, Thailand, Australia & India) in HR Operations / Talent Acquisition / HR Systems. Adept at working collaboratively with multiple stakeholders. Known for being a self starter who is able to deliver best in class HR partnering to accomplish business goals with positive employee experience. Key Achievements include being specially selected for an overseas SAP-rollout/integration project in Australia. Experienced working in ambiguous, changing environments.
Key Skills:
HR Business Partner
HR Shared Services
Change Management
Talent Acquisition
HR Information System
Global Mobility
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
BG Asia Pacific Services Pte Ltd (Shell)
2012 – 2016
HR ADVISOR (Singapore)
HR Business Partner for Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar & LNG Trading business. This entailed, Training & Development, Talent Acquisition & On boarding, Global Mobility, HR Shared services, Benefits. Supported Line Managers in effective people management, managing change & employee impacts post Acquisition of BG Group by Shell. Co-ordinated closely with Teams in USA & UK to support 24x7 operations.
Recruitment Lead – End to End Recruitment experience for Internal & External recruitments. Filled hard to fill positions in the LNG Trading & Gas Marketing Business. Resourced for Finance, Business & Technical roles in Thailand. Enhanced communication channels for conducive feedback to internal & external applicants. Built & maintained robust relationships with Line Managers to fulfil their resourcing needs.
Graduate Recruitment Lead – Collaborated closely with universities to resource Singapore Energy Marketing Graduates for the International Graduate Development programme. Liaised closely with the Central Graduate team in UK & USA for training of Assessors & organised the first ever Assessment centre in Singapore.
Training & Development – Facilitated new joiners / new expat orientation trainings, System trainings, trainings for Shared Services team. Supported Development Agenda i.e. roll out of business & integration related trainings, SWAP of personnel to different business & locations to enhance capabilities of individuals, development discussions. Supported HR cycle processes like Performance Reviews, Mid-Year Reviews, Development discussions, Potential ratings.
Project Management – Managed Projects for HR Shared Services transition to Australia & India, Inter Company Integration. Trained personnel; Transferred Knowledge & Processes. Shared leanings of Project with HR team in USA.
Change Management – Engaged with various stakeholders in BG & Shell on managing change amongst employees & line Managers. Supported Transitions of BG Employees into Shell, office move from BG to Shell, cultural changes, uncertainty & redundancies.
Global Mobility – Supported the relocation of multiple expatriates into Singapore from USA & various countries as Singapore became the Global LNG Hub for BG Group. Ie: Full project life cycle management for Relocation / Immigration, Vendor Management, Regulation & Policy compliance, Stakeholder Management.
Compensation & Benefits and Payroll – Supported Mercer & Hay pay surveys for BG Singapore. Helped Managers with Annual Incentive Scheme & Salary review process, Roll out of new/upgraded benefits for Singapore team. Worked on financial offers for new joiners/exception on offers that required C&B approvals from USA & UK. Co-ordinated with Payroll team for monthly salary payments, answered queries. Ex: Redundancy, Payouts during exits/Transfer to Shell, International assignment allowances etc.
HR Systems Lead – SAP, HR Direct, Taleo Recruitment system, Headcount Budgeting & Forecasting system for Thailand, Singapore, Myanmar & China. Liaised with various internal clients & USA team.
Achievements:
Engaged with Business leaders to fully resource the Gas Marketing business. Special efforts were made to bring in local resources who could be groomed to take up substantial roles in the future. Similar efforts were made to get Local hires for other roles in LNG business.
Recruited the first batch of Singapore graduates (part of the International Graduate Development programme). Hiring was done as per the International Assessment centre set up by BG Group
Successful Go Live of HR Shared Service Team for Singapore & Thailand.
Collaborated with Shell HR & other stakeholders on transition of employees from BG to Shell terms.
BG Exploration & Production India Ltd
2005 – 2012
HR SYSTEMS ADVISOR / TECHNICAL RECRUITER – Mumbai (2010 – 2012)
Recruited for Technical / Engineering Departments of the business. Supported onboarding & global mobility process for expats. As HR Systems Lead for BG India, managed all SAP HR life cycles for the business.
BUSINESS ANALYST – QGC, Brisbane (2009 – 2010)
Selected by Central SAP team at UK for the Business Analyst role in QGC. Worked closely with the QGC Payroll & HR teams to document their business needs & to help the Project team for successful roll over of QGC HR System into BG HR Systems. Work entailed System Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Creation of training materials / How to Guides, conducting trainings for Roll out & training of SAP HR Super Users in Brisbane. Won the Global Super User Award for Inter Asset Networking in 2010.
HR SYSTEMS ASSOCIATE, Mumbai (2007 – 2009)
In charge of Global HR SAP roll outs at BG India asset which included training of all personnel on HR Systems, Successful roll out of SAP HR Systems for BG India (i.e. Payroll project & HR processes). Received accolades such as Global ‘SAP Super User of the Year’ award winner for BG group for 2008 & Excellence in Communication winner for 2009.
HR EXECUTIVE, Mumbai (2005 – 2007)
Key founder of the BG India Employee Welfare initiatives which looked into organizing all events for employees – Sports, Cultural, Environmental and family events, working closely with NGOs supported by BG India & providing a platform for employees to interact with NGOs. Supported OD head with L&D activities, graduate recruitment & internships.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
CONSULTANT, ICICI Bank, Mumbai, (2003-2005)
Worked on Business development & 5S project.
PROJECT OFFICER, DANPCB, Karnataka, (2001-2003)
Worked closely with Local Government, communities & Aid agency on the National Programme for control of Blindness. Conducted various trainings for government personnel.
EDUCATION
Diploma in Human Resource Management, XLRI Jamshedpur (India)
Master of Arts, Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai (India)
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours), Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi (India)