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Certified Human Resources Professional with more than 13 years of extensive employee relations experience in a full range of functions, as well Proven ability to work with all levels of personnel and to integrate the human resource function within the overall business operating strategy.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Staffing and recruiting professional Employee relations
Interviewing expertise HRIS applications proficient
Performance management strategies Event management
Manager- coaching and training Employee handbook development
EXPERIENCE IN BRIEF:
13 + yrs of Work experience including 5 yrs of managerial experience in heading HR function
Handled Recruitment, Resource management, talent management and employee engagement
Worked in IT, ITES and Supply chain industries
Led HR function for South India in "DBS" which is the world’s second largest Logistics company
BEST PROVEN PERFORMANCE TRACK RECORD
Lead HR function for South region - Starts from recruitment level to managing the complete work cycle of an employee in the organization
Pivotal role in implementing & refining the complete Performance Management Cycle based on Balanced Score Card Model by supporting the leadership team and handholding the employee group
Ensured linkage between PMS findings to other functions of HR like Training, Compensation & Benefits, Talent Management, Succession Planning and Job Rotation.
Leading the team to close the findings obtained in Employee satisfaction survey conducted by partnering with GFK trust mark.
Organized many employee engagement activities such as family picnics, Fun events, medical camps, Town hall meetings, environmental health and safety campaigns, Beach walk etc.
RECRUITMENT EXPERIENCE IN BRIEF:
End to end recruitment: Sourcing, Staffing, scoping, and on boarding candidates.
Screening: short listing candidates sourced through portal (Naukri, Monster, Times jobs and LinkedIn) and validating them on their experience and interest on the role.
Lateral Hiring: Identifying right candidates with required Skill set and experience and make sure that it should match with the requirement as per the job description.
Staffing: Preparing Requisition gathering template and sending it to corresponding sourcing lead to initiate the sourcing. Hiring inputs: Meeting hiring managers to understand niche skill profiles.
MIS: Preparing reports on the no of closure, internal movements, and offer decline numbers to ensure the flow of work to reach the aspire rates.
Lead the team in forming Job descriptions of 135 roles in the organization using “Hay
Work History:
Administrative HR Sept. 2015 - Present
Galaxy Toppers Inc., Toronto, ON
• Responsible for fulfillment of all open positions in the organization from resume search, scheduling Interviews till offer release.
• Responsible for the orientation of new employees to the GT’s Personnel Policy and Procedure Manual
• Designed and implemented Job descriptions and individual Performance plans for teachers
• Monitors Teachers’ performance and provides formal and informal feedback with the Centre Director and Centre Head
• Conduct inventory of all office supplies and order additional items as required
• Compile and collate all progress and trend reports for managerial review
• Ensures the maintenance of Candidates’, Employees’ and students’ Personnel Records
• Developed payroll processing systems for employees’ salary and in generation of other statutory forms
• Ensures Exit Interviews are completed with each participant according to the Policy and Procedure Manual
Dual Role: HR Generalist and Recruitment Mar 2011 – July 2015
Worked in DB Schenker, India
Heading HR function for South region - Starts from recruitment level to managing the complete work cycle of an employee in the organization
Partnering with the Business Heads to ensure the strategic hiring & resource allocation as per the business needs and flexibility of the organization
Responsible for Compensation and benefits of all the employees across the region
Annual Salary Revision Process based on the output of the performance appraisal & aligned with company performance.
Responsible for market intelligence and regular compensation benchmarks to ensure the market competiveness
Responsible for designing & rollouts of incentive plans for Operations, sales and support functions based on the business requirements
Responsible for designing compensation frame work for all location penetrations.
Responsible for complete PMS cycle for the region
Responsible for annual revisions, comp budgeting and business analytics region wide.
Implementing the individual & organizational development interventions such as the development assessment centres, Language labs and planning required for effective career management and personal development of the employees.
Ensuring optimum employee relations & networking via. Periodic relationship reviews, skip level meets, one to one meetings and conducting HR helpdesk location wise.
Role : Recruitment specialist Sep 2010 – Mar 2011
MIOT Hospitals (p) Ltd
Recruitment: Sourcing through advertisements and job portals. Initiated policy to use
Employee referral programs for recruitments thereby saving substantial cost to the company.
Orientation/ Induction - Had delivered orientation for more than 500 new employees
Policies and Procedures - Developed payroll processing systems for the processing of
employees' salary and also in generation of other statutory forms
Performance management - Conducted Performance Appraisals, Counseling, Feedback, also customized and implemented advanced based Appraisals systems
Learning and Development -Conducting training, analyzing training feedback and assessing Training effectiveness.
Role : Adminstrative HR Feb 2007 – Aug 2010
Wipro Technologies
Job profile and Key Skills:
Resource fulfillment
Orientation and Induction
Employee Retention process
HR operations
Off boarding /Exit process
Role : Recruiter Jan’ 05 – May’ 2006
Accenture Pvt Ltd.
Job profile:
Recruitment - Jan 05 - May 06
Planning & Decision making on Recruitment, Resource ramp up for the Project.
Meeting GM, TM and DM head one-on-one and reviewing people plans and utilization.
In case of unavailability of internal pool, the requirements have to be flashed to external market after receiving the required approvals from the management.
Co-coordinating with the external recruitment/Contract team to get the right profile for the account
Regular review with accounts on various operations parameters
Involved in lateral hires on regular and niche skills including senior profiles
Headed off-campus fresher’s recruitment drive successfully
ACADEMIC PROFILE
Master of Business Administration(HR)
Madurai Kamaraj University –July 2002 to May 2005
Bachelor of Science - Computer science (First Class with Distinction (80%)
Ethiraj College for Women – June 1999 to May 2002
Currently pursuing CHRP certification