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Parul Saxena Akhtar MCIPD, HR Team Lead

Parul Saxena Akhtar MCIPD

HR Team Lead·Geolog Surface Logging DMCC

United Arab Emirates

Master's degree, Human Resource Management

Work experience

Total years of experience: 17 years, 1 months

HR Team Lead

February 2019 - Present

Geolog Surface Logging DMCC

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

February 2019 - Present

HR Best Practices: Working with country Managers to implement best practices in all aspects of theHR operation, including recruitment, compliance, employee relations and training.
 Policy and Projects: Developing and periodic revision and updation of company policies, working on HR policy compliance for countries.
 Managing Employee related matters for Dubai, UK and France.
 Drafting and implementing Geolog global HR policies in coordination with country representatives and Global HR Manager.
 Recruitment & Selection- Drafting Job descriptions, Interviewing Candidates, Managing Jobportals/internal referrals, preparing job offers, contracts.
 Employee Onboarding-Managing Employee Induction and Orientation.
 To be focal point of Employee relations, Manage and schedule Employee Surveys
 Provide effective reporting on Key HR metrices such as absence, turnover, headcount etc.
 Employee Benefits: Leaves, insurance, medicals etc. and external vendor liaising as required.
 Conducting employee exit survey, final settlements.
 Preparing and Conducting periodic Employee Engagement Survey and assessing the engagementlevels.
 Payroll Management- Leave, attendance, gratuity payouts, managing the deductions and payments etc. Significant Contributions and Projects worked on:
 Worked on developing tailor-made policies for the group and ensuring they meet the legal statutory requirements for the region they are developed for.
 Single handedly planned and executed Company-wide Employee Engagement Survey Provided support to IT Team in implementing the New HRMS and helped them understand the HR requirements through process maps and meetings.

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Human Resources and Recruitment

Administrator

April 2017 - January 2019

Metlife UAE

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

April 2017 - January 2019

Hr Support

Company industry:
Insurance & TPA
Job role:
Administration

Human Resource Representative

February 2015 - February 2016

Eastman Chemical Company

Mumbai, India

February 2015 - February 2016

Responsible for complete HR operations and processes of Eastman Chemical Company specifically:

 Business Partnering

 Evolve and champion India specific policies on various aspects of Employee life cycle

 Staffing- Permanent and contractual

 Onboarding

 Talent Management - redeployment, retention, exit

 Employee Benefits: Leaves, insurance, medicals etc. : Liasoning with external vendors on each of these aspects.

 Payroll management in coordination with external vendor

 Compliance

 Employee Engagement etc.

Reason to Leave: Relocation to Dubai, UAE

Company industry:
Industrial Production
Job role:
Human Resources and Recruitment

HR Manager

May 2008 - January 2015

Signode India

Mumbai, India

May 2008 - January 2015

Duration: 5th May 2008-Jan 31st, 2 0 1 5
Manager HR- Generalist
To provide support for all human resources activities like recruiting, staffing, Training & Development,
develop orientation and employee engagement programs, manage personnel records; administer
benefits enrollment and programs; and handle HR generalist workplace issues.
Job Profile:
⬥ Recruitment-Working as Lead Recruitment and responsible for Establishing and Training BU HRs on
various Recruitment sources like Portals, IJP, Referral, Alumni etc. Initiated Zero cost Recruitment Drive
and took care of Annual planned recruitments and cost of hire as well as to Hire within the defined
SLA’s. Involved in Head hunting, Campus- Brand Building at Campus and recruitment, Lateral
Recruitments & selection and manpower planning as per companies LRP.
⬥ Talent Review- Identification of Hi-Potential Employee by 3X3 matrix competency model. Employee risk
Analysis and Performance Management through PIP, Individual Development Plan and ALP’s.
⬥ Employee Engagement- Annual meets town hall meetings, Birthday celebrations, festivals etc.
⬥ Monitoring Employee cost of hiring and manpower strength. Focused on Compensation negotiation
with new hires.
⬥ Training & Development- BU Wise Training plan focusing on Competency building for short term and
long term growth plan. Preparing Annual Training Calendar and meeting the Group Training needs
through internal and External Training Intervention.
⬥ New-employee orientation and Assimilation-Department and BU specific Induction plan and
fortnightly reviews.
⬥ Payroll Processing: Preparing monthly report of hires, deductions and credit, leave balance, final
settlements etc.
⬥ Reward and recognition- Monthly and Annual Employee awards.
⬥ Employee Retention- Let’s Talk initiative, hi-po management for retention, critical skill analysis.
⬥ Maintaining Personnel Employee files.
⬥ General Administration like authorizations, transfers, confirmation appraisals, exit Interview leaves and
attendance.
Significant Contributions and Projects worked on:
⬥ Independent Handling of all HR services for Strapex India Ltd a group company of SIGNODE.
⬥ Lead for Company -wide Campus Recruitment Program for FY 2013 in India.
⬥ Worked on Best Practices and Benchmarking study and process change in Offer, Joining and Retention
policies of SIGNODE
⬥ Initiated Employee Productivity project of Skill Analysis and Development for all Strapex India Sales
Employees.
⬥ Created the first ever Employee Handbook for Strapex India ltd.
⬥ Initiated and implementing a Project on SIGNODE Channel Partners talent pool development and
implementing Structured Training, Reward & Recognition scheme and KRA linked with SIGNODE’s
Growth plan to enhance Company productivity. Developing them as talent pipeline for future openings.

Company industry:
Manufacturing
Job role:
Human Resources and Recruitment

Education

Post Graduate Diploma in HRM

November 2014

November 2014

Master's degree, Human Resource Management

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