Vijayant Verma

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(905) 462 – 4957 Email: actxcv@r.postjobfree.com

LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/vijayantt

Result Oriented & Strategic Human Resource Business Leader

CAREER SUMMARY

HR Professional with over 10 years of extensive experience in Retail, Telecom & Hospitality.

HR strengths include Recruitment & Selection, Rewards, Employee Relations, Organization development, Restructuring, Coaching & Training, Budgeting, Analytics & Administration

Dealt with diverse and challenging environment and outperformed in stressed situations.

Highly motivated with good communication skills and an eye for detail.

Business Centric approach with contributions to the Top & Bottom line of the company.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Human Resources Manager A & V Logistics Inc. ( Toronto GTA, Canada ) Mar 2015 – till date

Talent Acquisition including Budgeting, Interviewing, Selection & Onboarding.

Defined and Implemented Human Resources policies & processes.

Training & Development of Employees in line with career progression plan.

Employee Relations including communication, coaching, mentoring & conflict management.

Payroll & Benefits Management of the company.

Health & Safety initiatives in line with Occupation Health & Safety Act.

Chief People Officer Kwality Group ( A $75 Million Turnover Co. ) 2013-2015

Acknowledged for enhancing bottom-line by $ 1 million by restructuring the organization.

Implemented downsizing plan for 500 employees keeping good employee relations.

Successfully launched Employee Self Service Portal as a HR Automation initiative.

Played key role in designing & implementing brand values, policies and manuals.

Implemented HR Analytics for people/process improvements & budgetary controls.

Coaching team members in Talent Management activities, Employment Law & Legislation.

Interviewing & Selection of all managerial roles in line with annual budgets.

Head HR & Training Sagar Ratna (Largest Restaurant Chain) 2011-2013

Launched qualitative productivity model leading to annual bottom line increase by 15%.

Conceptualized & launched Chef’s Training Academy to fulfill the deficiency of Chefs.

Managed HR initiatives like negotiations, collective agreement during business acquisition.

Lead Programs on Recruitment, Development, Engagement & performance management.

Involved in implementation of Learning & Development Center with multiple models including sales based workforce resulted in pushing same store sales growth by 5 %.

Managed reward & recognition programs and ESOP framework & implementation.

Vijayant Verma

(905) 462 – 4957 Email: actxcv@r.postjobfree.com

HR Business Partner Videocon Mobile Services (Telecom/Retail) 2009-2011

Played key role in Talent Acquisition of 5,000+ sales force across India within 90 days.

Chaired HR Konnect an employee engagement initiative reducing attrition by 20%.

Set up strategic partnerships with sales and IT Department Leaders for talent acquisition.

Defined and implemented HR Policies & Processes for successful National Operations.

Designed and implemented HR Health Card, Performance Management Cycle.

Supervised payroll & benefits for a project

Regional Manager – People & Ops Alchemist Ltd (Retail) 2008-2009

Defined and implemented policies aligned to organizational business requirements

Monitored performance of employees and conducted training and development sessions

Played a key role in Interviewing, employee relations, Payroll & Performance Management.

Head - Profit Centre Pro Hospitality, New Delhi 2000-2008

As a startup, company prepared 5-year business plan for Organization.

Drove the revenue of the company to $ 1 million in 3 years over delivering on targets

Recruitment and selection of employees, implementing training programs & Polices.

Achieved consistent growth in the business year over year.

EDUCATION

HR Bridging Program from SHERIDAN College, Toronto, Canada specializing in Employment Law & Legislation, Health and Safety, Diversity Management & Industrial relations.

Executive Post Graduate Certification in Human Resource Management from Indian Institute of Management, India.

3 years Diploma in Hotel Management from National Council of Hotel Management, India.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Six Sigma Green Belt Certified.

Member of Human Resource Professional Association.

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