Sruti Karthik, human resources business partner

Sruti Karthik

human resources business partner

Palladium

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Human Resource Management
Experience
16 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :16 years, 6 Months

human resources business partner at Palladium
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since December 2016

As an internal business partner and advisor, the role is responsible for leading HR and managing the employee life cycle for the GCC

Organisation Development Specialist at Palladium
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • April 2014 to November 2016

the role is responsible for the design, development and implementation of programs and initiatives that align workforce with strategic business objectives.

•Management and continuous improvement of the global graduate development program designed to accelerate development of high potential talent for future leadership pipeline.
•Management of the eighteen-month Leadership Development Program.
•Collaborate with the Learning and Development Specialist to design professional development initiatives.
•Design concept notes for talent development initiatives such as functional competency framework, career development, succession planning, high potentials identification and development programs.

Achievements
•Led the design, development and roll out of Palladium’s global Core Competency Framework as part of the new performance management system.
•Project managed the development of talent pool management strategy and framework.
•Project managed the development and implementation of the evaluation framework for project management recognition scheme.
•Designed and managed the implementation of system for automating headcount reporting.

International Recruitment Specialist at Palladium
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2011 to March 2014

Led the full life cycle recruitment by providing quality end to end consultative solution based service for strategic corporate roles and key positions in aid donor/government funded projects and proposals in governance, health, agriculture, education, environment and economic growth sectors across APAC, EMEA and Americas.

Recruitment Operations Specialist at Microsoft (AMS International)
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • December 2010 to July 2011

AMS International is a UAE based human resource outsourcing service provider to Fortune 500 companies in the Middle East.

•Developed proactive attraction and selection strategies to support Microsoft’s contingent resourcing requirements.
•Developed competency framework and job descriptions to support recruitment for the inside sales positions.
•Advised hiring managers on market compensation trends based on salary and benefits benchmarking.
•Managed procurement with external recruitment partners.
•Managed end to end sourcing, selection, negotiation, contracting and onboarding.
•Analysis and reporting of staffing metrics periodically to key business stakeholders.
•Drive process enhancements in recruitment cycle time, quality hire, pipeline and bill rate management.

Achievements
•Reduced the recruitment cycle time to an average of 27 business days and achieved cost saving of 66% in Q2 of 2011.
•Introduced LinkedIn for sourcing and building talent pipeline resulting in cost reduction up to 13.5%.

Human Resources Specialist at AMS International
  • United Arab Emirates
  • December 2009 to November 2010

Managed the entire gamut of HR activities for the outsourced employees working with the clients Unilever, British American Tobacco, Advanced Micro Devices and Lenovo.

•Managed cost structure quotation and invoicing.
•Participated in salary benchmarking surveys.
•Managed recruitment, selection, onboarding, payroll processing, employee relations, performance management, benefits administration and separation processes.
•Advised clients on policies, procedures and compliance to regional statutory requirements.
•Key member of the project management team responsible for the implementation of HRIS.

Human Resources Manager at ICICI Lombard General Insurance
  • India
  • June 2008 to May 2009

With a team of 3 direct reports (HR Specialist and two interns), managed the entire spectrum of HR activities for the 300 employees across 16 branches.
•Streamlined the processes for recruitment, onboarding and employee separation in the region.
•Partnered with regional business leaders for manpower planning, recruitment and selection, onboarding, performance management, rewards and recognition, employee engagement, retention, training and development, HR analytics and reporting.
•Minimized the dependency on external recruitment partners to less than 10% of the hires.

Management Trainee at Tata Consultancy Services
  • India
  • May 2007 to May 2008

Tata Consultancy Services is the largest provider of information technology and business process outsourcing services globally.

•Managed talent management and HR analytics processes as the functional HR for the 5500 employees working with the global insurance business unit and HR Business Partner for 700 employees working with the AIG project in Chennai.
•Worked with systems developer to develop a HR knowledge management portal to enhance communication and knowledge sharing.
•Introduced an exclusive foot holding exercise for the new joiners to ensure smooth onboarding and transition.

Education

Master's degree, Human Resource Management
  • at Bharathidasan Institute of Managemen
  • January 2007

courses: Certified Human Resource Management Professional (American Certification Institute, 2014)

Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics
  • at Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Anna University
  • May 2001

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Specialties & Skills

Account Management
Recruitment
Business partner
Salesforce.com
HUMAN RESOURCES
INSURANCE
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
PROCESS ENGINEERING
RECRUITING
ADMINISTRACIóN DE BENEFICIOS
BENCHMARKING
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
FUNCTIONAL
PAYROLL PROCESSING