Apr 2019 – Mar 2020 · 11 mos

Jul 2017 – Mar 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos

• This role heads HR & IR of GAVL's Animal Feeds Business and involves partnering with the CEO and the Business leadership team to drive the people strategy crucial to achieving desired business outcomes.
• Animal Feeds is the largest business of GAVL and one of the largest organized players in the Compound Feed market in India, with a diverse portfolio of products manufactured across 30 manufacturing plants with an employee strength of ~1500 employees spread across multiple locations.

Apr 2016 – Jun 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Lead Performance & Rewards COE for Godrej Industries Ltd & Associated Companies. The role encompasses the full gamut of the COE including Board Remuneration, Executive Compensation & HR Analytics.
• 1. Review of the Benefits portfolio and thereby enhancement of benefits for employees. Consolidation of the insurances portfolio at a Group level to achieve operational efficiencies, thus reducing the cost by ~50%.
• 2. Lead Manpower optimization exercise for one of the group companies – leading to an effective organization structure, clearer roles and responsibilities and reduced manpower costs.
• 3. Spearheaded and launched the online HR Analytics Dashboard for GILAC – from conceptualization to implementation.
• 4. Responsible for compensation review exercise for all group companies including design of variable pay plans across levels.

Apr 2014 – Mar 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos

May 2010 – Mar 2014 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Responsible for managing the Compensation, Benefits and Insurances portfolio for India location coverage 18,000+ employees, in close coordination with regional (APAC) and global C&B teams.
• Manage pay-related processes like Budgeting, Annual year-end increases, Off-cycle increases, Pay-mix and Incentive redesign, attrition analysis, retention strategies etc.
• Lead the Annual JP Morgan Salary Benchmarking study and other industry surveys
• Deliver a competitive and employee-oriented benefits portfolio, involving periodic review of benefits, design of new programs/policies and support administration and communication.
• Manage and annually renew the employee Insurance (life & non-life) portfolio for India

Dec 2009 – May 2010 · 5 mos

• As part of the Compensation & Benefits Team at Britannia, work profile included the following:
• 1. Support formulation of the overall compensation and benefits strategy at Britannia.
• 2. Managed HR operations - Payroll & MIS including development of IT enabled tools like on-boarding, exit etc.
• 3. Sales Compensation: Compensation Planning for the Field Sales Force.

Jun 2008 – Dec 2009 · 1 yr 6 mos

• HR Generalist role focussed on driving & strengthening HR processes for North India Region (Head Count of 400 staff & 600 workmen (includes 350 contract workmen), 7 sales territories and 19 contract manufacturing locations).
• In addition, also handled Sales HR Manager role that focussed on HR processes customized to the Sales & Marketing Team. Involved with development of standardized job descriptions and an illustrative competency framework for the sales and marketing team of Britannia.

Jun 2005 – Jun 2006 · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India