Kumaresan Karunakharan

Sr Officer - HRD at Saud Bahwan Group LLC

• Oman - Muscat
• August 2006 to March 2022

Key Result Areas:
 Providing effective HR leadership to the business for implementation of HR strategies in-line with business requirements,
managing full range of HR services to support the overall business strategy of the company
 Leading Human Resource Generalist functions for approx. 6000 expat employees including Learning & Organization
Development, on-boarding, performance management, retention, succession planning, employee engagement, Talent
Management
 Recruiting members from overseas and regularly coordinating with various internal agencies to manage the govt. formalities for
new recruits; liaising with Indian Embassy to obtain POE Permission & for conducting interview/interviews in India
 Supporting the resolution of escalated Employee Relations (ER) issues, managing risk to the business; assessing employee
motivation, expectation & grievances to plan for remediation; conducting orientation session on new HR policies and
programs as and when rolled-out; counseling Session drive across organization for expat staff to overcome on their personal
issues
 Supervising the renewal of employee (work) visa & dependent’s renewal visa from Oman Immigration Authorities; 
 Processing of Online Family visit visa, Joining visa, Relative Joining visa, Express Visa, Employment visa 
 Obtaining other inbound/outbound visa from respective embassies (including Western, Eastern & European countries) for official
& personal travel of employees & their family members (approx. 6000 plus dependents)
 Visa arrangements are being taken care for in-house employees & their family members for all countries.
 Well versed with system knowledge and online process of Business / Tourist visa application for Western countries.
 Coordinating with various visa outsourcing center for corporate appointment / document submission for processing of visa.
 Managing the passport renewal formalities & other legal formalities for employees and their dependents with respective
Embassies applications and also in renewing necessary trade registration certificates through respective department/authorities.
 HRMIS (Human Resources Management Information System): Collecting periodic key performance measurements and
maintaining HR metrics for executive reporting related to various strategic and organizational development initiatives; updating
all visa details for MIS reports.