Dr. Ans Raja Joseph

Head of Talent

Hyderabad, Telangana, India26 yrs 11 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 20 years of HR leadership experience across diverse industries.
Expert in change management and HR transformation initiatives.
Strong track record in employee engagement and talent management.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned HR leader with expertise in Pharmaceuticals, Banking, and Agriculture sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Hr Business PartneringChange And Transformation ManagementTalent ManagementPerformance Management

Other Skills

AccountingBusiness NetworkingCertified Public AccountingChange ManagementCoachingCompensationCompensation & BenefitCompensation & BenefitsCompetitive IntelligenceConflict ResolutionCustomer-Focused ServiceDiversityEEO InvestigationsEmotional IntelligenceEmployee Benefits

About

A Global HR Professional with a successful track record of over 20 years in leading HR function in diverse industries viz. Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Banking, Financial Services, IT & ITeS, Pharmaceuticals and R&D across different geographies in APAC, Middle East, Europe and Africa. I am a performance-focused versatile leader with a compelling vision, passion to deliver and focus on organization growth. I have carried many 'Transformation Projects' and successfully led teams to achieve results, deliver business performance and I strongly believe in what cannot be measured cannot be achieved thus making HR function as a strategic business partner influencing business results. My strengths are in: Global and multicultural operations; Change and Transformation management; Strengths based approach; Organisation, leadership and talent development; Compensation management; Mergers, Acquisition and Divestment

Experience

Sandoz

Head Employee Relations, APAC, Middle East and Africa

Apr 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 11 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

I lead employee relations in Sandoz for Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APAC and MEA). I am responsible through promotion, transparency and effective handling of Labor Relations, Employee Relations & Speak Up matters – proactively preventing, effectively addressing, remediating risks and providing sustainable solutions as we continue to build world's leading and most valued generics company, Sandoz.
Prior to this role, I led People and Organization function (HR Function) for Novartis Corporate Centre, Hyderabad as Head People and Organization (Head HR).
My purpose was to build talent and capabilities of more than 9000+ associates, as we reimagine medicines for our patients globally. With diverse functions, data and digital capabilities, start-up venture, we truly support our global business.
I was a member of the Site Board and partnered with Operations and Tech Ops (ex-NBS/CTS and NTO), Global Drug Delivery (GDD), Novartis Biomedical Research (NIBR) and Sandoz. Me and my colleagues in the leadership team continued to focus on 'designing for the future' and 'inspiring our employees'.

Employee RelationsLabor RelationsRisk ManagementSustainable SolutionsHR Business PartneringChange and Transformation Management

Syngenta

Head - Human Resources (HR) Global Delivery Centre & APAC HRBP for IT/Finance/Corp Functions

Feb 2011 – Mar 2021 · 10 yrs 1 mo · Pune Area, India

I led people partnership for the Global Delivery Centre (GDC) and also for all APAC Corporate Functions. I was responsible to create and embed people strategies that lead to business success.
Prior to this role I held different roles of:
APAC Head HR - Seeds ai
Head HR Business Partner for Commercial, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and R&D
Head HR Business Partner for Commercial, Research and Technology and Syngenta Foundation.
Country Head HR, Bangladesh
Head Compensation and Benefits, South Asia
Me and my team lead the Change Management, HR Transformation, Employee Engagement, Talent Management and Rewards agenda (complete employee life cycle). I was also a key member managing people integration during the acquisition of deVgen plc by Syngenta and led the organization design, policy harmonization and communication. Also had the rich experience of setting the people processes and policies during set-up of Syngenta Shared Services.

People StrategiesChange ManagementHR TransformationEmployee EngagementTalent ManagementHR Business Partnering

Hsbc

Performance and Rewards Lead - South Asia, Egypt and Central Europe

Jun 2007 – Feb 2011 · 3 yrs 8 mos · India

I was a key member of the Corporate HR team as Performance and Rewards Lead for South Asia, Eastern Europe and Egypt. I also led the work streams for employee retention, market pricing and variable pay practices for India, Sri Lanka, China, Malaysia, Philippines, Egypt, Poland and Czech.
Prior to this role, I was Assistant Vice President for East Asia.The role demands both strategic and tactical interventions to ensure continued ability for employee attraction, engagement and retention.

Performance ManagementEmployee RetentionMarket PricingVariable Pay Practices

Standard chartered scope international

Manager - Human Resources (HR)

May 2004 – Jun 2007 · 3 yrs 1 mo · India

Led Performance, Rewards and Talent alongwith HR Projects. Contributed in launching 'peoplesoft' HRMS across the centre and in setting up the HR contact centre. Been a key team member in creating and launching people interventions to support business growth.

Performance ManagementTalent DevelopmentHR ProjectsHRMS ImplementationTalent Management

Multiple organizations

Human Resources

Apr 1999 – May 2004 · 5 yrs 1 mo · India

Been a part of HR team for a leading Merchant Banker and an FMCD company. Also worked as a Professor at the American College and Loyola College. As part of early career did stints in Finance and Sales also to gain good exposure to various facets of business.