Francis Jeyaraj

Director at Harvard International

• My current job since January 2019

Leadership Grid, Design Thinking Expert.
 Train the Trainer on various behavioral topics

Assistant Vice President at Kuwait Financial Centre

• Kuwait
• November 2017 to December 2018

Human Resources and Administration
➢ Formulated & Implemented HR Policies & Strategic Management.
➢ Manpower Planning, Recruitment & Placement according to requirement.
➢ Oversee leadership development programs, employee engagement surveys, staff support & motivation
programs, employee relations, talents retention and very effective grievance management

Manager - Human at Al-Othman Group

• Saudi Arabia
• August 2016 to October 2017

Real Estate (7 Subsidiary Companies in Kuwait, U.A.E, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and KSA)
➢ Developed HR processes, workflows, and working with IT to implement HRIS systems.
➢ Built a competitive reward structure, compensation, and benefit function.
➢ Monitored salary structures, balancing staffing needs with cost controls, and ensuring that policies,
procedures and programs are in alignment with the organization’s overall strategic objectives and HR
vision

Assistant Manager at Islamic Bank

• Kuwait
• July 2015 to July 2016

Total Rewards & Performance Management
➢ Custodian of Rewards management, including base pay, short-term incentives, and long-term incentives.
➢ Implemented Bank Wide Mid-Year and Annual Performance Appraisal System linked to Pay for
Performance Based Merit Increase, Salary Adjustments and Performance Based Bonus Scheme.
➢ Evaluated competitor compensation and benefits packages through consultants and by primary
research.
➢ Developed succession planning for all key managers.
Islamic Bank, Kuwait

Specialist

• December 2007 to June 2015

- Total Rewards & Performance Management
➢ Balanced staffing needs with cost controls.
➢ Ensured that HR Policies, Procedures and programs in alignment with the organization’s overall strategic
objectives and HR Vision.
➢ Custodian of Rewards management, including base pay, short-term incentives, and long-term incentives.
➢ Implemented Bank Wide Mid-Year and Annual Performance Appraisal System linked to Pay for
Performance Based Merit Increase, Salary Adjustments and Performance Based Bonus Scheme.
➢ Rolled out "Employee Engagement Survey" and recommended Strategies for Takaful.
➢ Evaluated competitor compensation and benefits packages through consultants and by research.

• January 2007 to January 2012

Updated & Revised Human Resource Development and Administration Policies and Procedures.
➢ Custodian of Job Analysis, Job Descriptions, and Job Evaluations using Hay Job Evaluation
Methodologies.
➢ Implemented QMS - ISO 9001:2000 for HRD department and conducted inter-departmental Internal
Quality Audits

Specialist at Al-Sayer Group

• Kuwait
• August 2003 to November 2007

- HRD &
Specialist - Quality Management Systems (QMS)
✓ Twice received Chairman's cash award & certificates for the Employee Suggestion Program.
✓ Appointed as "Management Representative" for implementation of ISO 9001:2000 Quality
Management System with effective from 1st of October 2006.
➢ Achieved Manpower Plan at 95% of Budget (Recruited 269 staff @ 8 % turnover).
➢ Carried out process mapping of all HRD work processes, suggested elimination of tasks and reduced
cycle time.
➢ Performed detailed Volume and Time analysis.
➢ Conducted CSI &Employee Satisfaction Surveys. Achieved Engagement Quotient 82.4% Internal
Customer Satisfaction and 12
➢ Prepared Human Resource Development and Administration Budget - Balanced Score Card; monitored
and implemented those plans

HR Generalist at Lootah Group of Companies

• India
• October 2002 to July 2003

Interface between HR and Oracle Technical team in the implementation of Orion HRIS module.
➢ Administered leave and performance management system.
➢ In charge for MIS preparation and supervised the data entry staff.
➢ Identified areas for computerization and elimination of duplication of tasks.
➢ Developed process manual for HRD.
Thomas Assessments, IN & DXB

HR Consultant at DSQ Software Limited

• February 1999 to June 2001

Handled employee relations for over 1, 500 employees.
➢ Successfully implemented CPC based Performance Management Systems linked to Variable Pay.
➢ Created presentations, Training and PR materials - skilled at using presentation tools such as Power
point and Word to create company presentations, employee-training programs with training materials
and press releases.
➢ Stream lined the recruitment activities, initiated manpower planning exercise, initiated and collected
job description from all the HO and Branches

Consultant at People First Consultants Private Limited

• June 1997 to January 1999

Recruitment, Learning & Development
➢ Handled recruitment domains like logistics, Airlines, IT, Telecom, Banking, Textile, FMCG and Embedded
systems professionals.
➢ Direct search, interview by phone, personal interviewing and international recruiting.
➢ Co-ordination of training workshops such as Human Potential and Attitude