HR Head
Jotun Paints
Total years of experience :14 years, 2 Months
• Highly seasoned and accomplished Human Resources Leader, and growth catalyst with over 22 years of experience in re-engineering HR functions & practices, nurturing a positive aura and productivity in the manufacturing sector.
• Expert in industrial relations, recruitment and selection, training and development, PMS, comp & ben, employee engagement and retention, organizational development and change management.
• Adept at leading organisational restructuring, increasing productivity, talent development, integrating HR functions and increase productivity & process efficiencies across multi-national, multi-cultural business units.
• Certified Professional Leadership Coach, Certified Belbin Team Role Consultant and Lead Assessor for Assessment Centre by DDI.
• Possesses excellent understanding of global economic policies, trade & trends, with strong orientation towards Compliances & Risk mitigation.
• A strategic thinker with the ability to influence culture, cultivating a sense of ownership and pride amongst all employees in the Company.
• Able leader, motivator & coach, capable of building large cohesive teams and achieving extraordinary business goals.
Key Achievements
• Spearheaded the Enterprise Talent Acquisitions (ETA), at Assessment Centre, a robust process wherein more than 3000 candidates were interviewed.
• Led the Signing of three very critical, long-term, landmark wage-settlements (over all 5 settlements) for Jotun Paints.
• Won accolades for achieving a smooth HR operation, and “Zero Labour Case” status for the last 11 years in any court, despite multi locational setups.
• Driving the gender-neutrality cause in manufacturing sector, increased the numbers of female employees from 5 % - 12 %.
• Successfully executed the Competency mapping for MEIA region.
• Designed and implemented Graduate Program for Leadership pipeline.
• Enhanced the Employee engagement score at par with high performing companies over the last 3 EESs.
• Leading the strategic HR role for Jotun MEIA region, as a key member of MEIA HR management team, pivotal in group HR policies and initiatives.
• Achieved the stature of HR Reviewer for Jotun group companies, assisting the MD and Regional HR Director.
• Designed Short term and medium-term Bonus System for entire MEIA region
• Achieved 220% growth in the turnover YOY, while maintaining manpower costs.
• Improved Sales toplines by 23% on YOY basis, by organisational restructuring and realignment with the new age market conditions
• Successfully led the creation of two important manufacturing plants, with the complete paraphernalia, including men & material, from scratch
• Reduced attrition from 13% to 3.5% and maintained the employee churn @ 3.5% for the last 6-7 years.
• Increased Production efficiency by 30%, with zero work stoppages.
• Achieved 100% tech adoption by employees & Union, within the least time, by educating on benefits and training on the technology.
• Introduced monetary rewards to employees (up to 05 Mil per employee) resulting in a rapid increase of 20- 25% in Sales, gross margin, and gross profit.
Master in Business Administration