Venkatesan Raman, Regional Manager - HR (South)

Venkatesan Raman

Regional Manager - HR (South)

FLSmidth Private Limited (FLSmidth Group)

Location
India - Chennai
Education
Master's degree, Labour Management (Human Resource Management )
Experience
25 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :25 years, 1 Months

Regional Manager - HR (South) at FLSmidth Private Limited (FLSmidth Group)
  • India - Chennai
  • My current job since November 2010

Human Resource Generalist / Business partner role responsible for 4 factories and more than 30 sites in Mid-Southern parts of India.

Responsible for Sourcing, Compensation and Benefits, Resourcing, Talent Management, Policies, HR - Business Strategy, Employee Involvement and Employee Engagement and Compliances etc.

- Setting up a green field project in a stipulated time and individually handled various govt approvals.
- Completed recruitment of 200+ manpower on time at various levels including the country head.
- Setting up a factory with a safety mind-set culture and help the company to achieve Zero accident record consecutively for four years
- Setting up policies and successfully implemented performance management system to drive company for business excellence
- Introduced Employee engagement and involvement programs for bringing positive cork culture.
- Ensure 100% statutory compliance and maintain good rapport with related stakeholders
- Developed standards for staff accommodation
- CSR representative, QMS and Safety Coordinator
- Develop HR policy and procedures in order to improve efficiency and meet the changing requirements of internal customers.
- Developed strong employee relations practices, monitor progress and ensure timely delivery of end results.
- Run employee periodic payroll and all associated tasks including maintenance of leave records, payment of advances, timesheets etc. in order to ensure smooth and accurate processing of all transactions.
- Maintains employee records and conducts employee lifecycle processes from onboarding, induction to separation while maintaining data transactions in Oracle.

Facilitator - HR / Admin at Rosti Technical Plastics (India) Private Limited (Rosti Group)
  • India
  • January 2009 to November 2010

Responsible for setting up HR dept in line with Global Group requirements and standards.

Taken care of HR business partner role -
- Developed clear Job Descriptions
- Developed need based training program as identified through appraisals.
- Developed company’s grievance and disciplinary procedures for smooth functioning of operations.
- Leading team as a coordinator for Complying with the Quality Management System and safety
- Developed good safety practices by giving focus on behavioral improvement in safety this leads to Zero record
- Timely completion of recruitment and selection of people is done objectively and based on Job Descriptions and required specifications
- Developed PMS to give more objectivity in appraisals for all staff are carried out on a regular basis.
- Ensure timely compliance of Welfare requirements and counseling of employees
- Taking care of exit interviews with all levels of employees on resignation from the company
- Setting up a green field project in a stipulated time and individually handled various govt approvals.
- Timely completion of recruitment and talent management initiatives.
- Introduced skill matrix and training and development programs in line with Group vision.

Manager - HR / Admin at KCC Paints (India) Private Limited (KCC Group)
  • India
  • June 2007 to January 2009

Responsible for HR generalist and business partner role taking care for plant level HR activities in line with group HR strategy and business vision

- Developed human resource polices and procedures;
- Assisted managers and staff in relation to human resource management issues and bring strong performance driven culture
- Completed 100+recruitment and selection of staff including advertising vacant positions, preparing all relevant selection documentation, participating in selection panels and undertaking referee checks and ensuring that employee contracts are accurately prepared;
- Developed clear induction plan and ensured the effective induction of new staff, including completion of appropriate payroll and other documentation;
- Developed effective and confidential record-keeping and data management systems based on 5S are implemented in relation to:
o Personal files
o Occupational health and safety
o Workers Compensation and rehabilitation
o Performance review and development
o Training and development;

- Developed Trainee concept in the production and with effective training plan, developed a strong teams with low cost.

Senior Officer - Personnel & Admin at TVS Sundram Fasteners Limited
  • India - Chennai
  • December 2005 to June 2007

Responsible for Plant Head HR activities and taking care of Generalist and business partnering activities

- Developed Ensure consistent Human Resources administration, including personnel files, contracts, job descriptions, annual leave and sick leave records.
- Ensure a system that all HR matters and files are treated in the strictly confidential at all times.
- Administer equal opportunities monitoring in relation to recruitment and selection policy and procedures.
- Assist Management for Payroll processing.
- Developed Employee engagement initiatives and handled union and motivate employees on higher productivity with performance based culture
- Developed Trainee concept in the production and with effective training plan, developed a strong training teams with low cost.
- Driven the TPM, QMS and EMS certification program successfully.

Section Manager - HR & Admin at C P Group
  • India
  • March 2001 to December 2005

Responsible of Plant HR activities and corporate and Employee relations role

- Managing independently HR function for the purpose of ensuring all appropriate deadlines are met effectively and efficiently
- Strengthening Employee Relations sub function to ensure increased employee retention rate
- Developed appropriate policies and procedures and ensure it has been practiced.
- Developed the system to evaluate the effectiveness of training sessions and programs for the purpose of determining whether changes need to be made to ensure appropriate skills development
- Effectively Monitored a variety of processes (e.g. application, eligibility, certifications, etc.) for the purpose of ensuring efficient processing of applicants and employees in addressing position requirements and adhering to legal and/or administrative requirements.
- Ensure of personnel record keeping procedures (e.g. maintaining personnel files (applications, reference checks, transcripts) Highly Qualified status, recruiting, hiring, placing and paying personnel etc) for the purpose of ensuring compliance with established guidelines
- Actively Participate in meetings that involve a range of issues (e.g. personnel actions, regulatory requirements, actions involving outside agencies, inter-department needs, etc.) for the purpose of developing recommendations and/or supporting other staff
- Through transparent HR Practices, I have developed high degree of trust and confidence in management amongst employees and workmen as a result of which no labour or staff union formed, though the unit is situated in the vicinity of highly unionized environment
- Handled separation of ‘contract employees’ in a smooth manner after construction phase, though there was a demand for regularization with political interference.
- Handled successfully highly charged IR situations (sudden stoppage of work, tense situations in the event of accidents, dangerous occurrences and gheraos etc., )
- Signed several Wage Settlement 12(3) and 18(1) and Closure agreements with Trade Union amicably.
- Completely handled the closure of our factory by effecting tripartite settlement in a smooth manner before JCL and ACL (Govt Authorities) for workmen in permanent cadre and contract.

Executive Personnel at EMPEE Group
  • India
  • April 1999 to February 2001

Responsible for plant HR activities and managing of Factory HR dept

Onboarding / Separations
- Setting up an dept and manage things with a neat SOP for all activities of HR
- Managing Flexi contract system and ensure compliance of laws
- Handling of all HR functions, Recruitment, HR planning and Budget, Compensation and Benefits, Payroll maintenance, Welfare, Training and development, Performance Reviews, Employee Relations, Contract Labour Management and Statutory Compliance etc.
- Liaise with travel department to book travel for new employees and maintain regular communication with new hires, including sending Welcome Email and Handbook and answering questions, conduct new hire inductions.Onboarding / Separations.

Education

Master's degree, Labour Management (Human Resource Management )
  • at University of Madras
  • January 1999
Bachelor's degree, Labour Management (Human Resource Management)
  • at University of Madras
  • January 1997

Bayt Tests

Human Resource Test
Score 62%

Specialties & Skills

HR Business Partnering
HR Solutions
HR Strategy
HUMAN RESOURCES
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
HR Strategies
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS
RECRUITING
LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT

Languages

English
Expert

Memberships

National Federation of Neuro Linguistic Programming
  • Member
  • January 2013
Confederation of Indian Industry
  • HR Panel Member
  • January 2013

Training and Certifications

Integrated Management System (Training)
Training Institute:
FLSmidth
Duration:
16 hours
EHS Legal (Training)
Training Institute:
Lloyds Register
Duration:
16 hours
Mercer IPE (Training)
Training Institute:
Mercer
Duration:
16 hours
EHS Leagl (Training)
Training Institute:
Lloyds Register
Duration:
16 hours
Situational Leadership (Training)
Training Institute:
Center for Leadership Studies
Duration:
16 hours
ISO - 9001:2008 (Training)
Training Institute:
SGS
Duration:
16 hours
ISO / TS 16949;2009 (Training)
Training Institute:
Maxwell Centre
Duration:
16 hours
TA 101 Certificate (Training)
Training Institute:
ITAA
Duration:
16 hours
Occupational Personality Questionnaire - OPQ32r (Training)
Training Institute:
CEB SHL
Duration:
16 hours

Hobbies

  • NSS activities in Rural Villages
    Participated in Aids Awareness Camp, Literate Survey and blood donation camp..
  • Attending Training Programs
    So far actively involved and participated training like NLP - Basic, NLP- Master, Mindfulness Meditation, CTA - OD, NLP Club and Living Abundance workshop by TA Study Circle ETC.,
  • Organising Blood Donation Camp
    Successfully organized blood donation camp at Rural Areas,
  • CII - EEF
    Conducted training programs to Engineering colleges and Educational Institutions covering 3000 students on Life Skill Programs.