Neha Khicha

Associate Partner

Dubai, United Arab Emirates18 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

17+ years of experience across diverse industries.
Expert in aligning people, purpose, and performance.
Passionate about mentorship and leadership development.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader with expertise in talent management across FMCG, aerospace, and technology sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent ManagementEmployee RelationsLeadership DevelopmentChange ManagementTrainingRecruiting

Other Skills

Building RelationshipsBusiness PlanningBusiness ReadinessCampus RecruitmentCountry Development StrategyCurriculum DevelopmentDevelopmentEmployee EngagementEnglishEvent PlanningExperiential LearningFacilitationGo-Live SupportHRISHiring

About

I help organizations grow by aligning people, purpose, and performance. 17+ years across FMCG, aerospace, manufacturing, and technology, I’ve partnered with global organizations to shape talent strategies, navigate cross-regional transformation, and deliver measurable impact on both business performance and employee experience. Currently as Director – HR Business Partner at The Hershey Company, I oversee HR strategy across UK, Europe, Middle East, India and Asia Pacific, working with senior leaders to drive transformation of business, change management, succession strategies, strengthen talent pipelines, and balance growth with organizational effectiveness. I am passionate about mentorship, leadership development, and sharing insights through keynotes, university talks, and leadership forums.

Experience

The hershey company

2 roles

Director, Strategic Business & Talent Partner - India, APAC, EMEA, WTR

Promoted

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Sr. Manager, Strategic Business & Talent Partner- Europe, MEA, APAC and WTR

May 2022 – Oct 2024 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Mcn middle east communications network

Regional HR Business Partner, People & Talent

Mar 2021 – May 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Regional HR Business Partner – People & Talent to support and drive HR initiatives for Weber Shandwick, Jack Morton and MCN Corporate from a strategic and operational perspective, as well as contributing to wider MCN strategic HR objectives.
Talent Management
Performance Coaching
Workforce Planning, Recruiting
Employee Relations
Team/People Management

Talent ManagementPerformance CoachingWorkforce PlanningRecruitingEmployee RelationsTeam/People Management

Boeing

4 roles

Leadership NeXt - HiPo Leadership Development Candidate

Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr

Leardership, Learning and Organizational Capability - Client Services (Middle East, Africa & Turkey)

Jun 2019 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos

Talent Management, Org Capability, Leadership Development, Country Development Strategy, Employee Engagement.

Talent ManagementOrg CapabilityLeadership DevelopmentCountry Development StrategyEmployee Engagement

Change Management Lead (Winnipeg, Canada)

Promoted

Feb 2018 – May 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos

Change Management (OCM) Lead: Designed & deployed an end-to-end Change Management (OCM) strategy for a HR Transformation implementation, including strategies for Training, communication,, Leadership Engagement, Business Readiness, Go-Live Support and Sustainment.

Change ManagementTrainingLeadership EngagementBusiness ReadinessGo-Live Support

Employee Development Specialist (Winnipeg, Canada)

Aug 2012 – Feb 2018 · 5 yrs 6 mos

Training & Development: Design, develop and facilitate various learning programs across all levels in the organization using experiential learning.
Supported union and non-union labour.

TrainingDevelopmentFacilitationExperiential Learning

Virtusa

Campus Hiring Lead - India

Aug 2010 – Dec 2011 · 1 yr 4 mos · Chennai

Campus Recruitment:
> Hired over 1000+ engineers.
> Research on current economy and forecasting the future hiring needs.
> End-to-end strategy formation and execution of Campus hiring.
> Build strong relationship with Universities, Signed MoUs, Campus Connect initiatives.
Employee Engagement - Creating an environment of fun & learning : Independently planned, budgeted, organized and executed employee engagement interventions across various business units.

Campus RecruitmentEmployee EngagementRecruiting

Sify technologies limited.

Human Resources Business Partner

Jan 2008 – Jan 2010 · 2 yrs · Chennai

Training & Development:
> Co-facilitating delivery of Training programmes across the company.
> Branding the Training function and programs through continuous communication initiatives.
> Accountable for roll out of training programs based on the developmental needs identified and business requirements.
Recruitment: Through Job Portals, Internal references, Social Media Networking and Consultants
Business Partner: To support E-learning Business Unit.

TrainingDevelopmentRecruitment