Group HR Manager – ME & APAC
Grand Flora Group
Total years of experience :18 years, 4 Months
Talent Acquisition - Oversaw short term recruitments and long term - Talent Acquisition strategies
360 Revamp - Formulated and recommended amendments in the current state of policies, procedures and corporate governance in sync with UAE Labor Laws
SAP One Implementation - Introduced Change Management initiatives by incorporating SAP One ERP - Millennium and WooCommerce - PHP for smooth operations.
Talent Management - Designed an in - depth Talent Management roadmap for a matrix organization with presence in 125+ territories with over 30+ nationalities.
PMS - Developed a performance management metric and SI tools to capture productivity
Knowledge Management & LMS - Introduced use of Mind flash assessments and Box for Knowledge Management across verticals viz Sales, Marketing, Commercial Ops, CAS, FSE, Customer Service, HR & Admin - Kanoo Travel.
HR Strategy - Designing and driving people agenda and provide strategic advisory on people challenges.
Lead Talent Management & Organizational Development initiative for ME & APAC.
Policy Management - Revamped policies and processes to achieve desired business results.
Onboarding - Senior level induction and on-boarding across Middle East, APAC and AMER. Managed onboarding of sales professionals across all the levels.
Lead Change management initiatives and supported the critical projects and JVs.
Succession Planning - Lead Career Architecture competency development model in response to gap analysis, turn over and low engagement drivers.
HR Strategy - Designing and driving people agenda and provide strategic advisory on people challenges.
Lead Talent Management & Organizational Development initiative for ME & APAC.
Policy Management - Revamped policies and processes to achieve desired business results.
Onboarding - Senior level induction and on-boarding across Middle East, APAC and AMER. Managed onboarding of sales professionals across all the levels.
Lead Change management initiatives and supported the critical projects and JVs.
Succession Planning - Lead Career Architecture competency development model in response to gap analysis, turn over and low engagement drivers.
HR Business Strategy and Leadership/ Stakeholder Management- identified, prioritized and build organizational capabilities, behaviors, structures, and processes.
Performance Management ERP - Successful implementation of instant feedback mechanism through “Lattice” increasing completion scores from 60% to 85%.
OD Intervention - Change Management - Built a strong employer brand strategy & created a compelling EVP - Six Sigma approach to make IFS a Great Place to Work.
Rewards & Compensation Management - Proven Catalyst to impact on business results by developing GCC Rotation, PDP, R& R Policy to combat attrition rate of HIPO employees.
Resource Management - Work with HR teams across APAC, EMEA and AMER to identify ways to share resources, create efficiencies and develop synergies in the HR function.
Learning & Development - Drive the organizational development agenda, through delivery of comprehensive L&D programs at all levels. Designed LDPs and MDPs along with GCC Rotation Program that resulted in HIPO advancement, retention & increased adoption of L&D offerings by 35-40%.
Revamped L&D function for efficiency and effectiveness in line with the overarching culture change agenda for the organization.
Contained attrition at 9% and ensured employee engagement ratio at above 70% through integrated Talent Management approach
Compliance - Guaranteed compliance with all local employment laws & company standards, systems and processes in partnership with employment &labor relations departments.
Operational HR Support & Processes, HR Governance Framework & Internal Communications -Reviewed & developed policies, processes, systems & infrastructure.
HR Business Strategy - Provided HR Leadership for establishing a structured HR & Learning culture
Developed extensive labor relations strategy while maintaining luxury environment.
Lead Talent Management & Organizational Development initiative for India ME and UK
Onboarding - Senior level induction and on-boarding across India, Middle East deploying 30:60:90 approach.
Center of Executive Performance & Change Management - Set up Assessment Centers & Leadership Development Centers for advancing HIPO Talent & ensured generations of trained talent pool.
Coaching - Conceptualized, designed and executed nation-wide Sales Excellence Certification& Coaching program - “Pursuit of excellence in Sales”.
Employee Engagement & OD - Organization wide change initiative - Building a great workplace - Employee Committee Approach - Change Champions.
Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management
Certified Master Trainer & Facilitator
Certified Organization Development Analyst
Licensed (213363) NLP Practitioner certified by Dr. Richard Bandler & John La Valle
Certified Organization Development Developer
Certified Psychometric Test Professional - RSI, PSI, TAT, MBTI, Personal Profiling, Grit
Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management
Bachelor of Electronics Engineering (BE)