Key Skills

Profile Summary

Showcased excellence in delivering sustained organizational growth through dymanic org structure, building employee values, driving vision and achieving critical strategic goals

Strategy architect in the development of innovative HR initiatives to streamline processes and capitalize on organizational growth opportunities

Hands-on experience in HR operations, strategy conceptualization, planning and implementation of talent development and capability development in both Corporate & Manufacturing sector

Skilled change agent, creative thinker, and decision maker who effectively balanced the needs of employee with the mission of the organization

Operational competencies include Strategic HR, Organizational Transformation, Change Management, Training & Development, Industrial Relations, Employee Engagement/ Relations, Stakeholder Management, General Administration, Talent Acquisition and HR Consulting

Successfully led teams of HR Professionals who instituted best HR practices on Cost Effective Training & Development, Competency Mapping, Performance Management, Compensation Strategies, Leadership development, succession planning, statutory compliances, data Analytics, IR – strikes labor unrest, Statutory compliances, Admin, contract labor management

Proactive in assessing learning and development needs and effectively aligning programs / interventions with business objectives; wealth of expertise lies in benchmarking & implementing HR best Practices

Career Progression & Timelines (starting from current job)

Proven Leadership Competencies

Roles & Responsibilities handled at JSPL

Initiated key initiatives from corporate delivering across 9 units Pan India for Leadership development, succession planning, learning and development, building competency framework, value driven culture, innovation, employee engagement, PMS and compensation strategy, GET scheme.

Partnered with leading consultants for organizational transformation exercises

Worked as Head HR for 4 Units driving key corporate initiatives like manpower rationalization, employee engagement, OD while driving performance driven culture and handling entire gamut of activities related to HR, Statutory compliances, IR, Public liasoning, Contract Labour Management, CSR etc

Partnered with key stake holders for formulating HR Plan, Business HR Partnering, Employee Relations

Benchmarked and institutionalized best HR practices, updating the HR Policy manual and partnered in HR Strategy formulation

Key Result Areas

Strategic HRM: Providing effective HR leadership to the business for implementation of HR strategies in-line with business requirements, managing full range of HR services to support the overall business strategy of the company

Annual HR Plan & Budget: Partnering at all organizational levels to implement HR strategies aligned with organizational objectives & annual budgets; developing strong, positive relational networks and supporting departments company-wide

Corporate HR: Implementation of talent management, leadership development, L& OD, PMS, employee engagement

HR Generalist Functions: Leading Human Resource Generalist functions for 10,000 employees in various business units, including Learning & Organization Development, on-boarding, performance management, compensation & benefits, retention, succession planning, employee engagement, Talent Management

HR Business Partnership: Acting as a strategic business partner to general and upper management; providing guidance to drive employee engagement and productivity while limiting legal risk exposure related to statutory compliances

Performance Management: Monitoring and addressing performance issues and driving engagement between employees, front-line management and HR; managing staffing and performance-improvement issues

Compensation & Benefits Strategy: salary benchmarking and market corrections

Training & Development: Collaborating with executive leadership and training team to develop and improve training process resulting in improved employee satisfaction and retention, and significant cost savings to the group

Organizational Development: Partnering with HR Manager to facilitate and guide the engineering processes; identifying and capitalizing on opportunities of positive change, organization development and improving department alignment

Talent Acquisition: Developing a manpower and succession plan for the division to drive appropriate action for future resourcing and creating support resourcing strategies to address future requirements; attrition analysis, managing retention, manpower rationalization, Hipo Identification, BEI & Competency Assessment

Employee Relations: Supporting the resolution of escalated Employee Relations (ER) issues, managing risk to the business, including working with Union Representatives, Contract Labor Management, CSR

Statutory Compliances: Ensuring statutory compliances with all acts including Contract Labor, Factories Act, Industrial Disputes, PF, ESIC, Workmen Compensation, Maternity Benefits, Payment of Bonus, Min Wages

Significant Achievements:

Started L& D vertical from scratch in 2006. Imparted more than 100 training sessions and coached 20 executives

Developed pool of 100 leaders and succession plan for top 200 critical positions in 2010-11 developed online L&D portal

Supported grass roots effort to centralize employee training and development tracking through implementation of Competency Models developed by Accenture & McKinsey during 2012-14

Initiated practices like HRBP, Performance coaching, Performance discussions during 2014-15

Implemented innovative retention strategies to achieve record 8% retention in 2015

Ensured system of 100% statutory compliances, successful resolution of all IR Issues and min ER issues

Inculcated culture of innovation as a part of OD initiatives through projects leading to savings of 25 Cr. in 2015-16

Streamlined employee productivity by eliminating non-value driving activities through manpower rationalization thus saving INR 54 Cr in 2015-16

Effectively handled IR Issues – strikes an agitations, streamlined contract labor management in 2017-18 and 18-19

Education

Executive Masters in International Business from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) New Delhi in 1998

MBA (Human Resource Management & Marketing ) from MJPRS University in 1994

oIn-Industry Summer Training: Maruti Udyog Ltd. on “Factory Administration – Issues & Analysis”

B.Sc. from MJPRS University in 1991

Ashish Pradhan

AVP HR ES Admin & CSR

Head – AVP HR with Over 25 years of Experience, Post Graduate from IIFT New Delhi

Extensive experience in Corporate HR as well as Head Plant HR providing strategic transformational inputs, best people practices in talent management driving capability building, organizational development, PMS, compensation & benefits, healthy industrial relations, resolving strikes and disputes, ensuring all statutory compliances, contract labor management, Public liasoning, CSR and Admin

Jersey India Ltd Mar ’94 to Oct 94 as Marketing Executive

Berger Paints India Ltd. Oct 94 to May 96 as Technical Sales Officer

Jubilant Organosys Ltd Since Nov ’99 to May 2004 as Brand Manager

TIMEX Watches Ltd. May 96 to Nov 99 to as Sales Executive

Jindal Steel & Power Ltd working since Dec ‘08 as AVP HR ES Admin CSR

DLF Laing O Rourke India Ltd during Dec 06 to Dec 08 as Sr. Manager HR

Tack & TMI Consultants Pvt Ltd as Consultant Aug ‘06 to Dec ‘06

DHRI Ltd as Sr Consultant Mar ‘05 to Aug ‘06

Broadways Securities Ltd. Jun 04 to Feb 05 as HR Manager

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