Prabhu Ram, Senior Consultant

Prabhu Ram

Senior Consultant

HRInvest

Location
Kuwait
Education
Master's degree,
Experience
22 years, 5 months

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Total years of experience :22 years, 5 months

Senior Consultant at HRInvest
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • My current job since November 2009

To manage outsourced HR functions of client companies in different industries (Investment, Brokerage and Food & Beverage) in an efficient way.

To design an Authority Matrix for non-financial functions, in order to delegate the authorities to key employees with certain accountabilities to ensure the smooth functioning of organization.

To design and implementation of Performance Linked Bonus/Incentive Scheme for the all and/or key departments in the organization.

To design and implementation of Succession Planning for the key job positions in the organization.

Source candidates in line with the defined specifications through advertisements / internal database / networking websites / focused search, and headhunting.

Conduct pre-interviews for local and international candidates, prepare preliminary assessment reports for client review and feedback, and facilitate the recruitment and selection process in coordination with clients.

Support all offer negotiations with selected candidates, and assist in the transitioning and joining processes for the candidates.

Manage all Executive and Senior Management placements, including CEO’s, CFO’s, COO’s, General Managers, and Vice Presidents, across the G.C.C & the Sub-continent.

To conduct market research and provide the management with business related market information as and when required.

To draft letters and other documents based on templates and precedents where applicable, or from scratch if necessary.

Senior Consultant at Advantage Consulting company
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • January 2007 to August 2009

Organizational Structuring & Re-Structuring
- Conduct industry wide research to decide an organizational structure model that supports the implementation of business strategies and the accomplishment of organization’s short/long term objectives.
- Designing macro and micro level Organizational Structures that best arrange resources to serve the organization’s mission and short/long term objectives.
- Developing functional descriptions, establishing communication lines across organization, define authority delegation and create appropriate committees, teams & taskforce which are required to achieve the organizational objectives.

Human Resources Policies & Procedures
- Design and development of Human Resources Policies and Procedures with focus on aligning Human Resources with core business objectives of the organization.
- Oversee smooth implementation of Human Resources Policies for Kuwaitization, manpower planning, recruitment, selection, orientation, compensation, benefits, leaves & absence management and training & career development of employees in the organization.

Job Analysis and Job Description
- Identify and determine in detail the particular job duties and requirements and the relative importance of these duties for a given job.
- Conduct Job Analysis with different methods which encompass interviews, expert panels, structured questionnaire, job observation and employee work logs.
- Write Job Descriptions to incorporate the purpose, duties & responsibilities, work relationship, work environment, required skills, knowledge and abilities to perform the jobs.

Job Evaluation and Job Grading System
- Conduct Job Evaluation using Point Factor method to evaluate the job positions to develop a grade structure and its link to compensation survey data.
- Knowledge in Hay Guide Chart Profile Method of Job Evaluation system to establish grade and pay differentials among jobs in the organization.
- Knowledge in Evaluation of three global factors (Know-How, Problem Solving and Accountability) of Hay based job evaluation.

Market Based Compensation & Benefits Scheme
- Design the Market based Compensation and Benefits Scheme with an objective to attract and retain an effective workforce in the organization.
- Design the salary structure, salary range spreads, and planned adjustments for different pay grades based on compensation survey reports.
- Oversee smooth implementation of Compensation and Benefits Scheme in the organization.
Manpower Planning and Recruitment
- Define the Manpower Requirement of the organization through Trend Analysis, Ratio Analysis and by Managerial Judgements.
- Fill the vacancies through internal job posting, succession planning and recruitment and selection of employees from both local and international market as per approved Manpower Requirement Plan.
- Conduct familiarization program for new recruits, induct them in appropriate job places as per the requirements.

Performance Management
- Conduct appraisal on the performance of the employees in the organization to identify the progress and accomplishment of the employees on a given jobs.
- Conduct Training Needs Analysis and designing training and career development program to update and extend employees knowledge, skills, and experience to make them more effective in the jobs they perform.
- Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of training and development programs to identify the long-term impact on job performance.

Legal Management
- Draft and review of employment, consultancy, agency, MoU, NDA, Purchase, Sale, rental agreements and other business oriented agreements.
- Handle employment related legal issues and advice the management with update in labour regulations and other procedures to handle it in a professional way.
- Handle employment related litigations in coordination with external attorneys and/or law firms.

Education

Master's degree,
  • at Madurai Kamraj University
  • June 2001

MBA - Master of Business Administration (2 years) – Madurai Kamraj University in Tamilnadu, India - Graduated in 2001 with 70%.

Bachelor's degree,
  • at Government Law College
  • June 1999

BL - Bachelor of Law (5 years) – Bharathiyar University in Tamilnadu, India - Graduated in 1999.

Specialties & Skills

Workforce Planning
HR Strategy
HR Consulting
Performance Management
Recruitment

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Beginner