Freelance
Consulting
Total years of experience :38 years, 0 Months
Providing consultancy services to Organisations/Institutions on HR matters on a need basis
A public listed Indian Group, with presence in sectors ranging from Real Estate, Infrastructure, Housing Finance and Securities.
Heading end-to-end responsibilities for the HR function for 3 Group companies - Indiabulls Housing Finance, Indiabulls Real Estate and Indiabulls Ventures Ltd encompassing several subsidiaries and 10, 000 (on-roll/contract) employees across 2 overseas locations and 230+ branches and offices with team of 78+ resources. Reporting to Chairman and Vice Chairman.
Heading end-to-end responsibilities for the HR function for 3 Group companies - Indiabulls Housing Finance, Indiabulls Real Estate and Indiabulls Ventures Ltd encompassing several subsidiaries and 10, 000 (on-roll/contract) employees across 2 overseas locations and 230+ branches and offices with team of 78+ resources. Reporting to Chairman and Vice Chairman.
Strategic Initiatives
•Joined with the mandate of strengthening the business HR function; scaled up and professionalized the HR function including the policies, processes and systems
•Formulated long/short term HR strategies and action plans in alignment with the objective of optimizing employee engagement across the employee life cycle from recruitment to exit
•Participating in strategy meets and reviews for providing HR perspective & contribution towards achievement of organizational short/long term business objectives and goals
•Analyzing future/potential business requirements in terms of talent acquisition, career/succession planning & other aspects of resource development & management
HR Excellence
•Led initiative of transforming Business HR from being transaction to a full-fledged integrated and dedicated HR function
•Focused on building the HR team, processes and L&D function; provided an organizational “face” to the employees with respect to giving voice to employee concerns/queries
•Ramped up the team sizes from 5 in Business HR and 3 in L&D to 30 in Business HR and 8 in L&D
•Replicated the success of professionalizing Business HR across the Group Companies; started from ground zero and built up an effective Group HR framework:
•Realigned the responsibilities and accountabilities of relevant stakeholders and employees; implemented PMS, development workshops, T&D programs and more
•Facilitated acquisition of the ISO 9001:2015 certification for the organization
Change Management
•Served as
North, East & West
•Implemented and brought in the concept of HR partnership; transitioned the HR function from being transaction to offering strategic business partnership critical to achieve business goals
•Liaised and coordinated with various HR Heads for establishing HR as a true business partner; challenged business partner perceptions and positively influenced their thinking
•Led and managed a team of 20+ across 160 odd branches and workforce strength of 4, 000+; involved in the setting up of 40+ new branches during tenure
HR Excellence
•Structured and strengthened employee engagement; introduced concept of Town Halls, built in succession planning, BSC (Balanced Score Card) and other similar interventions
•Implemented BSC in phases, with the pilot run for the Sales team; achieved reduction in direct sales team attrition from 250% to 95%
•Achieved critical success with respect to change management; transformed the existing culture of how managers were managing employee/customers:
•Realigned KRAs of customer teams in branches from sales target oriented to focus on customer satisfaction
•Rolled out Assessment Centers in partnership with L&D; introduced concept of performance improvement planning
Talent Acquisition
Headed talent acquisition with accountability of hiring 17, 000 replacement/incremental hires excluding campus recruitment
Ramped up team size from 40 to 55+ and managed a workforce strength of 12, 000+; managed increased hiring responsibilities from recruitment of Manager Level 1 to hiring up to DGM levels:
o Delivered on defined talent acquisition goals in line with the business requirements
Created talent acquisition road maps outlining different sources of recruitment and cost calculations; focused on employee referral schemes:
o Analyzed consultant cost of recruitment and brought it down by 5%-10% y-o-y
Launched and delivered organization wide initiative of ICICI Bank Probationary Officers Program in 2007; managed the initiative single-handedly from conceptualization to roll out:
o Delivered 1, 100 Graduates in the 2 Academy’s set up in Bangalore & Hyderabad
Training & Development
Aligned L&D programs with the defined organizational business strategies in partnership with HR Managers and other senior HODs
Restructured group learning and development strategy; implemented succession plan to mentor and groom potential leaders in the organization
Leadership roles at various levels in the Indian Navy, with an impressive reputation for building cohesion among cross cultural/disparate groups and individuals. Significant expertise in managing a wide spectrum of management functions. Operational & Administrative control of over 30 Recruitment Centres across the country. Handled Legal matters pertaining to Recruitment in Delhi High Court & CAT & successfully settled 6-8 cases during my tenure.
Prior to the recruitment stint, led a training organization of 35 - 70 employees for 04 years responsible for identifying training needs, developing and rolling out training programs for 6000 employees and conducting evaluation of these training programs.
As commanding officer of a ship, directed the performance of a team of over 95 people with 6 direct reports and cut the cycle time for repairs from 18 to 10 months. The work involved interacting with an additional 80 to 100 Technicians per day. This experience highlighted scheduling, budgeting and people management aspects of project leadership.
Instrumental in formulating Policy Guidelines for Naval Recruitment Organisation & the Services Selection Boards (SSB).
26 Weeks Certification in HRD
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