Satish Krishnamurthy

Flat No. A – ***, Royal Imperio, Pimple Saudagar, Pune - 411017

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Accomplished HR leader with 20+ years of progressive experience with proven ability to develop and manage people strategies across multiple industries ( Automotive, Chemicals, Oil & Gas & Pharmaceuticals ) and countries ( Bahrain, UAE & Qatar).

Proven HR expertise in managing culture, change and transformation of both business and HR function by developing people capabilities.

Have led key Corporate HR initiatives such as Developing the vision, mission & values, Diversity & Inclusion, Organization design/re-structuring, Job Analysis & Evaluation through Hay, Mercer & Towers Watson consultants, Gallup/Hewitt Employee Engagements, Leadership development & Coaching, Succession Planning, Total Rewards Strategy.

In depth Industrial Relations experience include handling of Union wage settlements, Strikes, layoffs, Labour/Industrial Court cases, Domestic Enquiry & Statutory compliances.

Handled Green Field projects and have developed expertise in liasioning with Govt. Authorities like MIDC, MPCB, MSEB, Factory Inspectors, Gram Panchayats, Police & labour/PF/ESIC offices.

Professional Experience

Current Employer 1: Sujan Continental ( 50 : 50 JV between Sujan Group & Continental AG)

Director HR & IT: Feb’18 till date

I am responsible for a workforce of 1500+ with Matrix reporting wherein my key responsibilities include:

Corporate HR:

Support cascading of global HR processes in country organization as HR business partner.

Develop plans for growing the country organization business along with the local Management team & build organizational capabilities for customer & employee experience.

Develop & Implement HR strategies that support corporate objectives & act as a trusted advisor to the regional leadership team. Coordinate with COE’s for Training & Development.

Collaborate with Local Management Team to build and support an employee engagement strategy that facilitates organizational performance and enables successful organizational change.

Champion the Corporate values culture & policies partnering with business leaders to drive high quality OD interventions in Job evaluations, Engagement surveys, Leadership Development & Coaching, 360 degree feedbacks, Assessment centers, Performance management, Compensation Management, Succession Planning and Diversity Hiring’s & Inclusion.

Drive HR automation & Digitilization initiatives (Chatbots & RPA) in line with Corporate directives.

Directly monitor succession planning of CXO’s, Functional Heads/HODs.

Play an advisory role for content development for leadership training’s & impart programs to senior leaders, conceptualize & execute coaching & mentoring programs and Govern Town-Halls, Newsletter & all internal employee communication.

Design & roll out HR Policy guidance & updates in line with local Govt rules.

Design & roll out IT strategies to improve business analytics & data security

Plant HR & IR:

Develop & ensure implementation of IR/ER priorities along with Plant HR team at various plants/locations.

Strengthen the processes & systems to ensure 100% compliances to all statutory compliances, ESH systems along with Plant HR team.

Develop & implement a robust Disciplinary & Grievance Redressal process framework.

Ensure cascading & auditing of all corporate HR processes across various plants/locations along with plant HR heads.

Partner with plant HR team to drive multiskilling/Lean programs to improve labour productivity.

Partner with plant HR team to determine the effectiveness of the labour mix strategy to reduce the direct labour cost.

Past Employer 2: Sulzer (India) Private limited

Director HR & Administration (India & Middle East) - Sept’2013 – Jan’2018

No. of Direct & Indirect reports: 12; Total workforce: 750+

As Regional HR Head, I was responsible for spearheading strategic and tactical Human Capital programs/Initiatives in India & Middle East markets complimenting corporate strategies with matrix reporting to local MD & global CHRO.

Corporate HR Initiatives

Successfully lead a new cross – border HR leadership and mobility program, focusing on developing critical leadership skills through mobilization of High Potential Key Talent.

Designed & implemented a harmonization strategy of 2 business units as part of Global consolidation & optimization exercise. Liasion with COE’s for C&B and People Development function.

Managed appropriate compensation plans for global expatriates and foreign local national employees such as Base Salary, bonus etc and developed & implemented international policies for all foreign employees along with Global HR leadership team.

Was part of Global HR leadership team in Global development of HRIS strategy and tactical implementation of e-learning programs and Learning Management Systems.

Designed & developed a global “Health & Wellness” initiative to improve work life balance & foster greater engagement amongst employees.

Developed and piloted various people strategies and policies across HR functional areas in manpower planning, talent acquisition, talent development, performance management, succession planning, rewards and engagement.

Conceptualized & implemented a Technical & Sales career framework.

Led the employee engagement survey & its actions by collaborating with MD/Management team.

Plant HR/IR Initiatives

Ensured harmonious industrial relations with Trade Unions & improved productivity per man by developing a performance based incentive scheme.

Signed wage settlements in a timely & amicable manner with Trade Unions.

Ensured all HR statutory compliances in the factories and represented the company in various courts/office of statutory authorities/labour cases/local Govt bodies along with Plant HR team.

Monitored and administered processes such as housekeeping, canteen, security, health and safety, and welfare measures. Managed all ISO audits and Sulzer led internal quality audits.

Assisted & Implemented in development of policies relating to Environmental, Occupational Health & Safety regulations & ensured compliance.

Significant Achievement’s

Achieved more than INR 10 Million annual savings in overall staff costs using organization design & job evaluation techniques linked to the compensation program & pay range design.

Received “Award for Excellence” for Best HR Practices – 2015 from Deccan Chamber of Commerce Industries, Pune.

Led Union Long term settlement resulting in an overall cost savings of 13% with improved productivity.

Designed & promoted cross company functional assignments for high potential staff, increasing global placements by 20%.

Introduced stay interviews & mentoring program resulting in reduction of the overall voluntary attrition rate to 7% from 15%.

Conceptualized and facilitated Assessment centers & 360 – degree feedback through SHL consultants for Senior & Middle management cadre and streamlined the entire talent review program for identification of High Potentials.

Designed & implemented customized trainings & leadership development programs for Hi-pots from IIM – Bangalore.

Developed & implemented action plans along with the management team based on the employee engagement survey resulting in an increase of engagement score by 11%.

Improved the internal succession planning ratio to 50%.

Past Employer 3: Deepak Fertilisers & Petrochemicals Corporation Limited, Pune (www.dfpcl.com)

Associate Vice President – HR, Dec’2007 – Sept’2013

No.of Direct & Indirect reports: 8; Total workforce: 2500+

Corporate HR Interventions handled Independently

Led the direction setting in conceptualizing Organizational Transformational initiatives focusing on reengineering, redesigning & redefining business systems.

Created a collaborative process to drive cultural change & support the business model. Facilitated the Vision – Mission – Values workshop & developed business growth strategies.

Developed a new Performance Management Process ( PRAISE) to drive business objectives, incorporate performance culture & leadership behavior’s.

As part of the Management team, led the strategy validation study in conjunction with Accenture consultants and designed the organization structure based on organization design principle in line with the 5x vision.

Worked extensively with Hay Group consultants for updating more than 100 unique job descriptions through job analysis workshops across the organization.

Lead the Hay Job Evaluation to “Right Size” the organization and ensured the enhancement of the overall per man productivity with total staff reduction by 15%. This lead to the savings in staff costs over INR 15 million.

Established Compensation Benchmarking surveys to advocate competitive wages for employee retention.

Institutionalized a structured learning & development process through competency framework & mapping while seeking to improve capability at individual, team & organizational levels. Conceptualized & implemented Annual Learning Calendar.

Designed Assessment centers for identification of high potential employees & introduced a systematic people review process ( 9 box grid) for the Senior Management team.

Designed a framework for Hi-pots & implemented a customized leadership program.

Initiated & conducted the Belbin Team role study, 360 Degree feedback & coaching for the Top Management.

Introduced & lead a structured succession planning exercise for all identified Hi-pots with internal succession ratio of 30%.

Introduced “DISC” & “Hogan” Psychometric profiling as part of the interview for Senior Management team & above.

Introduced Gallup Employee Engagement Survey & collaborated with the top management team to implement action plans to boost engagement & morale.

Plant HR/IR Interventions Handled

Lead the set-up of a Greenfield project including recruiting over 500+ employee’s.

Signed Long Term Settlement with the Union. The wage settlement resulted in a productivity improvement by 20% through reduction of 153 surplus positions.

Handled Strike along with Plant HR team & resolved issues amicably.

Past Employer 4: Emcure Pharmaceuticals, Pune

Head Training & Development – Corporate HR ( June’06 – Dec’07) based at Pune

Spearheaded the establishment of the T&D department; establishing training processes & procedures; and control of training budgets. Hire & oversee training managers.

Designed & executed leadership programs based on individual & organizational needs. Supported managers develop their team members through career pathing.

Design, plan, execute, review various OD interventions and support HR team in implementing best people management practices.

Facilitate annual succession planning and talent review sessions with the management team and developed 70-20-10 learning strategies for high potential employees.

Past Employer 5: British Petroleum ( BP Energy – 100% subsidiary of BP), Bangalore

Manager – Training – Corporate HR ( Apr’05 – May’06) based at Bangalore

Individual Contributor responsible for developing & delivering training modules for dealers, upstream/downstream channel teams a through tie ups with NGO’s and rural networks.

Past Employer 6: Zydus Cadila

Manager – Training ( Feb’03 – Mar’05) based at Bangalore for 2 SBU’s ( Recon & Neurosciences)

Individual Contributor responsible for handling the entire training department for 2 SBU’s from identification of training needs to handling performance improvement plans.

Education

SHRM – SCP certified

Executive General Management Program from IIM – Bangalore

Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources

B.Sc ( Bio – Chemistry)

Trainings & Certification Credentials

Trained in Balanced Scorecard & Blue Ocean Strategy.

Trained in conducting Job Analysis & Job Evaluation by Hay Group

Certified in Job evaluation through Mercer & Towers Watson Consultants

Certified Internal Auditor for ISO 9001, ISO 14000 & ISO 18000

Trained in Behavioral interviewing Skills technique & Appreciative Inquiry.

Trained in psychometric tools like Hogan, Caliper, DISC, FIRO – B, MBTI, Belbin & OPQ.

Trained in Transactional Analysis & NLP.

Trained in running Assessment & Development Centers.

Attended “Basic Human Process” labs from ISABS.

Hands on HRMS Knowledge on SAP – Success Factors, Ramco HCM & Spine HR

Personal Details

D.O.B: 24/1/1977

Marital Status: Married, 1 son (8 yrs old)

Languages Known: English, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu.

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