Sep 2022 – May 2023 · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Driving Growth through Strategic Alignment & Workforce Agility
• Being a Catalyst for Productivity & Cultural Change in relevance to Industry
• Building the Employer Brand through Brand transformation initiatives.

Apr 2020 – Sep 2022 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, India

• Led the HR function and implemented Strategic HR initiatives that drove business value & supported the business in its growth strategy.
• Achievements:
• Built Performance driven culture by implementing the robust Performance Management System (OKR)
• Implemented the new Reward & Recognition program covering all levels & functions.
• Implemented the HiPO program & Succession Planning for critical roles.
• Implemented Employee driven culture initiatives- Brewing Happiness project.
• Winner of the "True North Award - 2022" for leadership values and achieving superlative results.

Oct 2013 – Apr 2020 · 6 yrs 6 mos · Bangalore

• Led, designed and implemented strategic HR initiatives that built a desirable culture and made Landmark Group a "Great Place To Work" where employees can build their careers.
• Driving Business & People Strategy across Business units to accelerate growth
• Achievements:
• Built the Brand by leading the rollout of GPTW (Consecutively in the Top 10 list in India Retail) & AON Hewitt external surveys and various Award bodies (TRRAIN, Images Retail Awards, People First, Business World, Business Today, RAI)
• Owned Roll out of Happiness Campaign movement across India covering 23,000 employees Instrumental in Designing, Driving & Implementing Landmark "Code of Conduct" across countries

Nov 2009 – Oct 2013 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Bangalore

• Handled Mergers & Acquisitions and implemented Start to End HR Processes in the Businesses taken over
• Implementation of HRMS for Complete Lifecycle Management of Employees & Applied HR Analytics for Data-Driven Business HR Decisions
• Achievements:
• Received Special Performance Award for implementing HRMIS- 2010
• Awarded Top Performer of Force 10 initiative & increasing the Revenue of Business Territories- 2011
• Awarded a Car worth Rs 5 lakhs for being the Top performer in 2012
• Received Special Performance Award for being the Top performer in 2013

Oct 2006 – Nov 2009 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore

• Led Complete Employee Lifecycle Management for Reliance Trends Ltd
• Managed HR Operations, Talent Management and Learning & Development
• Drove Manpower Dimensioning and Recruitment for stores across India
• Achievements:
• Awarded ‘Spotlight Award’ for being the Best Workforce Enabler for Hiring Top Notch Talent
• Designed & developed Video-based training modules for the store staff which were rolled out for various formats as a Benchmark.

Feb 2004 – Oct 2006 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Bangalore

• Added Value in Start - End HR Operations across Employee Lifecycle
• Responsible for Automation of Business Processes
• Achievements:
• Recognised with the ‘Role Model’ Award for exemplary performance & excellence in the Key Responsibility Areas handled.
• Instrumental in the SAP Implementation, as part of the Digital Transformation drive at Arvind Brands

Feb 2003 – Feb 2004 · 1 yr · Bangalore

Nov 2001 – Feb 2003 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bangalore

Jun 1999 – Nov 2001 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bangalore