Praveen Kumar, HR Advisor

Praveen Kumar

HR Advisor

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Location
India
Education
Master's degree, Personnel management & Indl Relations
Experience
30 years, 9 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :30 years, 9 Months

HR Advisor at Start up
  • India - Mumbai
  • April 2015 to June 2015

Advised two start up organisations on their HR requirements, etc

General Manager Human Assets at Dangote Cement Ltd
  • Nigeria
  • November 2012 to March 2013

Implementing HR policies across cement factories. Reporting to Ex Director as well as HR Head.

General Manager HR at Chemaf
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • October 2011 to February 2012

Reporting to the owner, very difficult environment, . Reviewing HR policies, breaking exisiting "groups", opening HR doors to all employees, managed in a French speaking country by learning French, saved money by under reporting expat salaries.

Chief Talent Development Officer at Muscat Hills
  • Oman - Muscat
  • December 2009 to February 2011

Starting the HR function from scratch-writing policies, reviewing staffing levels, compensation levels, recruiting blue collared and white collared staff ( senior level as well), supervising contractor's work, managing staff accommodation, mess, . Part of management council.

Chief Human Resources Officer at P N Writer Pvt Ltd
  • India - Mumbai
  • July 2008 to December 2009

Managing HR and IR of 3000 employees spread all over India and Oman and UAE. Three GMs (of HR) and Regional HR managers reported to me. Understanding the business and contributing to increasing business, reducing attrition, compensation, training and development, succession planning, uniformity in policy implementation, employee engagement.

Corporate Head HR at Gateway Terminals India Pvt Ltd
  • India - Mumbai
  • August 2005 to February 2008

Complete overview of all HR activities of a startup co. Recruitment, HR policy formulation, job descriptions, compensation, performance assessments, training salary benchmarking, etc. Liasing with Govt. authorities and complying with labour laws. Dealing with expats. Job grading, dealing with local political leaders, assist in purchase negotiations

HR Head at Saud Bahwan Group
  • Oman - Muscat
  • June 1987 to October 2004

Heading the HR functions for 5 years, in a org with 5500 staff in multiple locations, including the UAE. Recruited at all levels, across all functions, reduced attrition levels, introduced financial motivators for IT dept staff, managed all facilities, managed the immigration and labour depts to obtain visas, liason with Govt institutions.Arranged for training programs, both internal and external programmes, in consultation with departments, keeping their respective career growths in mind. Conducted training programmes also.
Managed all security and transport and air booking of staff and their families. Good knowledge of travel trade.
Managed the time keeping functions, as well as salary payments.
Reviewed the compensation and benefits annually with a committee.

Asst Personnel Manager at Siemens India Ltd
  • India
  • June 1980 to June 1987

Recruitment of Engineers, appraisals, training and development, union negotiations. Learnt to issue disciplinary letters and conduct domestic enquiries.

Education

Master's degree, Personnel management & Indl Relations
  • at Tata Instt. of Social Sciences, Bombay
  • May 1980

HR concepts, psychology, labor law, case studies, management, org behavior, etc

Specialties & Skills

Programmes
Training
Management
Excellent presenter

Languages

Arabic
Intermediate
English
Expert
French
Beginner
Hindi
Expert
Urdu
Beginner

Memberships

International Industrial Relations Association, Geneva
  • Member
  • July 1982
National Institute of Personnel Management, India
  • Member
  • January 1986

Hobbies

  • Music, travelling and cooking