Key Skills Profile Summary
A goal-oriented professional with nearly 24 years of experience in Strategic Planning and Organizational Development with industries like Utilities, Mining, Logistics, etc
Hands on experience in competency development, formulation and implementation of HR systems and policies to meet strategic objectives
Proficiency in manpower management & recruitment process involving screening and shortlisting with appropriate compensation; deep understanding of industry related issues, employee satisfaction and staff development
Key player and critical resource who helped in formulating HR policies & employee engagement activities, addressing employee grievances and bringing in innovative HR practices
Strategy architect credited with implementation of innovative path-breaking HR initiatives to streamline processes and capitalize on organizational growth opportunities
Expertise in spearheading talent acquisition & employee relations activities and setting priorities for improving the competence of the workforce
Contributed towards strategic business initiatives, best practices, organizational enhancement, project management, communications and other organizational consulting functions
Career Timeline
Soft Skills
Work Experience
Meenakshi Energy ( IPCL), Location : Hyderabad /Nellore August 16 – Present
Head HR
Growth Path:
Aug ‘ 16 – Present Head HR (Corporate Role)
Key Result Areas:
• Carried out HR due-diligence for completing the takeover of plant for IPCL from GDF Suez; this involved carrying out the verification of statutory status as well as the litigation status of Meenakshi Energy under GDF Suez
• Responsible for strategically integrating the HR policies of the organization through an appropriate merger model.
• Carried out Merger and Acquisition of Meenakshi Energy into IPCL by instituting a thorough merger process
• Instituted Change Management process for the merger of Meenakshi Energy into IPCL
• Working as a strategic business partner to general and upper management; providing guidance on how to best drive employee engagement and productivity while limiting legal risk exposure through strong knowledge of employment law
• Supervising staffing, recruitment, induction program, contract negotiations, discipline, policy & procedures and retirement program for general and union employees
• Understands the culture dynamics of various nationalities and is apt in developing a cohesive team consisting people of various nationalities
Significant Accomplishments:
• Successfully implemented a merger process for integrating Meenakshi Energy into IPCL
• Adopted innovative recruitment practices and recruited around 50 O&M engineers within a month to operate the newly acquired Meenakshi Energy Plant.
• Helped in generating huge savings for the organization by rationalizing outsourced manpower.
• Established grievance redressal mechanisms through Empower Pulse, Meeting with CEO, 24-HR, thereby significantly reducing grievances.
Reliance Power, Location Dec’11 – Jul’ 16
Head OD and Training
Growth Path:
Dec’11 – Dec’14: Head HR (O&M), Training, (Corporate Role)
Dec’14 – Jul ‘ 16 : Head OD and Training
Key Result Areas:
• Supervising HR Generalist function for 7 plants (1400 plant employees) including recruitment, on-boarding, training and development, compliance management, PMS, employee relations, employee wellness program
• Providing effective HR leadership to the business for implementation of HR strategies in-line with business requirements, managing full range of HR services to support the overall business strategy of the company
• Partnering at all organizational levels to define and implement HR strategies aligned with organizational objectives; developing strong, positive relational networks and supporting departments company-wide
• Working as a strategic business partner to general and upper management; providing guidance on how to best drive employee engagement and productivity while limiting legal risk exposure through strong knowledge of employment law
• Monitoring and addressing performance issues and drove engagement between employees, front-line management and HR
• Collaborating with executive leadership and training team to develop and improve new hire on-boarding and training process resulting in improved new hire satisfaction and retention, and significant cost savings to the group
• Liaising with concerned authorities for smooth operations of company’s activities and maintaining peaceful industrial climates by necessary measures/interactions with collectives
• Planning human resource requirements in consultation with heads of different functional & operational areas and conducting selection interviews
• Supervising staffing, recruitment, induction program, contract negotiations, discipline, policy & procedures and retirement program for general and union employees
• Acting as a catalyst for building organizational effectiveness within the business, also effectively resolving business challenges by partnering with staff and management on HR concerns
• Understands the culture dynamics of various nationalities and is apt in developing a cohesive team consisting people of various nationalities
Significant Accomplishments:
• Maintained the lowest Manpower/MW ratio of 0.16 in the power industry, thus effectively achieving and maintaining lowest manpower cost at 16% of O&M cost by devising cost effective manpower planning and deployment
• Saved around at least 1000 man days of productivity for the organization by reworking and enhancing the effectiveness of the on-boarding process
• Led huge savings for the organization by preventing unionization from strategically outsourcing maintenance functions
• Established grievance redressal mechanisms through Empower Pulse, Meeting with CEO, 24-HR, thereby effectively reducing grievances by 55% (annual grievances used to 1500 –now reduced to 600 to 700)
• Developed a robust employee friendly eco-system using the 7 dimensional model of Empowerment, Enrichment, Enlightenment, Equity, Ethics and Esteem, Employee Bonding, and Employee wellness, thus reducing from 15 % to 9% the lowest in the industry
• Organized simulator based training across the organization to reduce or eliminate process errors, helping Sasan like projects achieve 90% PLF
• Ensured 100% compliance of all statutory requirements (Sasan 1987-Rosa-1760 and so on) by implementing Compliance Management System
• Successfully achieved highest number of mandays-6.01 for 700 employees training interventions at the lowest cost of INR 25 lakhs
• Worked as Management Representative for IMS implementation across plants; implemented IMS at ROSA plant, currently work in progress for Sasan and VIPL plants
• Implemented Employee Wellness program for the organization, and helped create Health index to assess employee health and wellness; managed No Tobacco, No Alcohol and Exercise campaigns across the organization
• Established internally developed Knowledge Management System thus saving INR 30 lakhs for the organization
Nunavut Gov, Iqaluit, Canada Jul’10 – Nov’11
Director (HR)
Significant Accomplishments:
• Assisted in fulfilling the staff nurse recruitment gaps ( gaps were at 30% ) by sourcing staff from Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing, and Philippines Nursing council
• Developed a blue-print for establishing a Staff College for training the government staff; this has been presented to the legislature for approval and implementation
• Established employee ombudsman to facilitate whistle blowers to report any deviations; was a board member of the Employee Ombudsman body
Fortune Financials, Toronto, ON May’09 – Jun’10
Assistant Vice President (HR)
Significant Accomplishments:
• Assisted in consolidating acquired firms (2) by implementing culture adaptation process and helped achieve retention rate of 87%
• Organized sales training application to facilitate sales training for the brokers in the firm
Freight Star Logistics, North York, Ontario, Canada Mar’05 – May’09
Assistant Vice President
Significant Accomplishments:
• Sourced from the new pool of immigrants and fulfilled recruitment gap by 25%; was nominated for the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council award for facilitating the hiring of new immigrants in the organization
• Attained retention rate of 91% by creating an employee friendly ecosystem through 7 dimensional employee eco-system model
• Led the savings of up to USD 25,000.00 per annum by working as the management co-chair for the plant Health and Safety Committee
• Instituted a number of Health and Safety measures with the help of Joint Health and Safety Committee resulting in attaining zero loss time injury consistently for the last 2 years
• Established job evaluation mechanism to rationalize pay of the employees, and thus help reduce pay related grievances by 70%
Armor (Canadian Tire Warehouse), Brampton, Ontario, Canada Feb’04 – Mar’05
HR- Manager (Start-up Operation reporting to Ware House Director)
Significant Accomplishments:
• Hired around 700 employees for the organization within a record period of 2 months as Head – HR
• Coordinated with the statutory authorities and obtained necessary licenses and registrations (WSIB, Labour License and so on) all within a week of operations
• Developed and institutionalized HR Polices for the 700 employees of the organization
National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, Noida Feb’90 – Sep’02
Sr. Officer
Growth Path:
Feb’90 – Apr’92: Management Trainee
Apr’92 – Jan’97: HR Officer
Jan’97 – Sep’02: Sr. Officer
Significant Accomplishments:
• Prepared white paper on Organizational Restructuring and did presentation to Senior Management and established Employee Costing processes for bidding contracts and helped the corporation win 7 bids
• Administered Payroll for around 1200 employees and also implemented wage revision for the executives, supervisors and workmen
• Coordinated in the recruitment activities of Engineering Management Trainees and other operations staff, and thus helped in the recruitment of 1114 engineers
Education
• Masters in Industrial Relations from Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada in 2003 with 82%
• B.E. (Mechanical Engineering) from P S G College of Technology, Coimbatore, Bharatiyar, University in 1988 with 74%
Certifications
• Certified Human Resources Professional (Canada), 2008
• Certified in DISC, 2009
• Certified in MBTI, 2010
• Certified ISO 9001 and OSHAS 18001 Lead Auditor