Mahammad Irshad Patel, Head of Performance Management

Mahammad Irshad Patel

Head of Performance Management

Qatar Rail

Location
Qatar - Doha
Education
Master's degree, Personnel Management
Experience
24 years, 10 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :24 years, 10 months

Head of Performance Management at Qatar Rail
  • Qatar - Doha
  • December 2012 to January 2014

Senior Resource within HR Set up. Responsible for design and delivery of Performance Management. Development of HR talent infrastructure.

Staff Analyst at Tasnee Petrochemicals Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Jubail
  • November 2007 to December 2012

 Designed and implemented Performance Management System
Developed HR Infrastructure aligned with business & operational goals in collaboration with Hay Group. Established Job Structure, Job Families & Career Paths, Job Evaluations, Grading and Compensation Structure
 Introduced global mobility concepts for pay levels of expatriates
 Redesigned and up scaled HR processes.
 Upgraded and enhanced SAP HR usage (ECC 6.0 upgrade, SAP Net weaver Portal, Adobe Interactive Forms).
 Lead efforts of designing competency model for professional development and implemented system for 360 degree feedback as Project Manager.
 Streamlined recruitment function with strategic shift in talent acquisition approach including introduction of electronic applicant tracking system.
 Introduced key indicators for preparing training budget and plans.
 Contributed significantly in design of company’s goal setting, benchmarks, KPIs and annual performance review.
 Designed and implemented competency based performance management system
 Designed succession planning system
 New Promotion & Merit Systems
 Prepared perspective plan for implementing HR Shared Services for Company Head Quarter, Marketing Setup and other subsidiaries within the Group. Plan has been accepted and is under implementation.

General Manager-HR at Allanasons Limited, Mumbai
  • India - Mumbai
  • July 2007 to November 2007

Heading Human Resource for entire Group.

Joined as Management Trainee, Held various Positions in 15 Yrs. Last Position - General Manager-HR at Reliance Industries Limited (Formerly Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited)
  • India - Vadodara
  • May 1992 to July 2007

 Full integration of HR Systems, policies, structures between IPCL & RIL making it possible to seamlessly transfer employees between two companies
 Implementation of SAP HR (Payroll, PAOM & Time Management) Modules. As a Team Lead actually configured the Payroll (classic India payroll for bargaining category and Flexible Benefit Package for Officers)
 Migration of public sector compensation structure to Cost to Company (CTC) based structure for 2000 officers of the Company. Overhauled compensation & benefit structure of IPCL employees post acquisition by Reliance.
 Alignment of compensation levels at middle and senior management level between IPCL & RIL
 Implemented Performance Linked Incentive Scheme
 Implemented Company Leased Car Scheme for middle & senior management levels
 Generated major savings by renegotiating and restructuring employees’ Insurance Schemes in the area of life insurance & general insurance
 Conceptualized, designed and successfully implemented a major voluntary separation scheme resulting in reduction of staff strength by 2600 numbers (30% of workforce)
 Organized and updated HR policy compendium of company
 Actively practiced and advocated interface between industry and academics
 Planned and executed recruitment of Engineering and Management Graduates on all India basis
 Manpower Planning & Recruitment for New Greenfield petrochemical complex at remote location
 Part of consultative group on Corporate Industrial Relations Strategies
 Contributed in successfully handling of industrial unrest through legal means
 Prepared company stance in high court litigations involving various industrial disputes with high rate of success
 Formulated and analyzed Pension Plans and significantly salvaged invested funds by timely actions

Assistant Personnel & Administration Officer at Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Company
  • India
  • July 1990 to May 1992

At the start of career, I worked as Management Trainees in one of the units of the company having employee strength of 300 at Sikka near Jamnagar. It being a small unit provided overall exposure of HR & IR. Job profile included overseeing of Personnel Establishment Section, Training, Disciplinary & Legal matters and supporting management team in wage negotiations.

Education

Master's degree, Personnel Management
  • at MS University of Baroda
  • May 1990

Gold Medalist

Specialties & Skills

compensation & benefits
Talent Management
Employee Relations
Strategic HR
Total Rewards
ERP SAP HR
HR Operations
Talent Acquisition
Talent Management

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Beginner
Hindi
Expert
Gujarati
Expert
Urdu
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Balanced Score Card (Training)
Training Institute:
Confederation of Indian Industry
Date Attended:
February 1998
Hay Job Analysis & Job Evaluation (Training)
Training Institute:
Hay Group
Date Attended:
June 2009
Business Excellence (Training)
Training Institute:
MDI Gurgaon
Date Attended:
December 2000