Jul 2024 – Feb 2025 · 7 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

• Heading the HR function for the West and South Region comprising 10 states for Commercial Vehicles Business of Tata Motors
• Partnering with Sales, Service, and Spare parts Function Leaders to design & execute the People Agenda in alignment with Business strategy
• Handling the entire Employee Life Cycle for 500+ On Roll and 100+ Off Roll employees
• Providing Front line support to 60+ Line Managers on HR Areas
• Supporting business through Strategic Workforce Planning & Talent Management
• Designing & Delivering custom L&D programs and Employee Engagement Initiatives
• Coaching & developing employees to grow into Leadership roles
• Managing the performance assessment & review process for the workgroup
• Driving Talent management initiatives to build future Talent
• Driving employee relations by guiding people managers
• Driving Talent Acquisition for the entire region through RPO partner
• Driving Rewards and Recognition programs including incentive scheme for sales

Jan 2022 – Aug 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

• Heading the HR function for the West Region (Maharashtra, Goa, MP, Gujarat and CG) for Commercial Vehicles Business of Tata Motors
• Partnering with Sales, Service, and Spare parts Function Leaders to design & execute the People Agenda in alignment with Business strategy
• Handling entire Employee Life Cycle for 300+ On Roll and 100+ Off Roll employees
• Providing Front line support to 30+ Line Managers on HR Areas
• Supporting business through Strategic Workforce Planning & Talent Management
• Designing & Delivering custom L&D programs and Employee Engagement Initiatives
• Coaching & developing employees to grow into Leadership roles
• Managing the performance assessment & review process for the workgroup
• Driving Talent management initiatives to build future Talent
• Driving employee relations by guiding people managers
• Driving Talent Acquisition for the entire region through RPO partner
• Driving Rewards and Recognition programs including incentive scheme for sales
• Accolades and Achievement:
• 1) Silver Award for outstanding contribution and efforts toward Talent Acquisition - Jan 2023
• 2) Silver Team Award for partnering effectively in implementing a Digital Marketing program - June 2023
• 3) Bronze Award for effectively Handling the Regional HR role and displaying Leadership behavior Owners Mindset - June 2022
• 4) Silver Award by CV Leadership for driving successfully the Culture Connect Workshop- Aug 2022
• 5) Appreciation from CV HR Head for effectively driving Employee engagement
• 6) Appreciation from CV HR Head for effectively driving hiring through social media platforms such as LinkedIn
• 7) Appreciation from Head HR for driving recognition culture through the Recognition Day initiative
• 8) Appreciation from HR Head for spearheading the Business writing program for managers
• 9) Silver Team award for efforts towards the Restructuring process
• 10) Designed and implemented a New hire Nurturing program for managers
• 11) Gold award for efforts towards Diversity Hiring in the Region- March 24

– Present

Feb 2020 – Jun 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

• Lead strategic HR business partner for Pan India Sales and service team at PPG Asian Paints, which is joint venture between PPG industries, A fortune 500 company (191 rank) and world's 2nd largest coating company and Asian Paints, India's no 1 and Asia's 3rd largest Paint company.
• I am also leading the HR for R&D set up based at Mumbai.
• In total I am leading HR for 700 + employees. ( R&D-90, Sales-330, off roll -280)
• I am leading end to end HR for Automotive Coating, Automotive refinish and Industrial coating BUs , which contributes more than 80% of total revenue of company.
• Responsibilities include:
• Talent Management ( Talent review and succession planning, identification and development of Hi Pots)
• Capability building through functional and behavioral learning interventions
• Talent Acquisition- Currently heading this function at pan India level including international hiring
• End to end Talent on boarding and ensuring great joining experience in initial 90 days
• Performance Management including goal setting, goal audit, mid year review and year end appraisal
• Talent development through strategic role change and movements based on Career conversations
• Driving Recognition through formal appreciation platforms and Sales incentive schemes
• Employee engagement through Gallup survey and implementation and ongoing monitoring of action plans
• Productivity enhancement through organisation structural changes
• Collaborating with CHRO and Driving several Strategic HR projects at an organization level

Feb 2019 – Feb 2020 · 1 yr · Mumbai Area, India · On-site

• It is a Strategic HR role leading the entire employee life cycle for 450+ on roll associates and 150 third party associates.
• Performance Management
• o Designing Balance score card based goal plan for assigned business unit along with leadership team
• o Effectively cascading the goals through goal setting sessions for first line and second line people managers
• o Executing the mid year check in for business unit by grooming people managers on performance conversation
• Talent Acquisition and Onboarding
• o Driving workforce planning through discussions with Leadership Team
• o Implementing the resourcing plan by collaborating with internal TA Team and Hiring managers
• o Ensuring great new joinee experience through structured induction process
• Employee development
• Capability building in the Business Unit by understanding and identifying the training needs through structured discussion with leadership team
• Employee Engagement & Recognition
• o Cascading Engagement Survey results and implementing action plans
• o Driving several programs such as Appreciation week, Lunch with associates, Site head communications
• Talent Management
• o Partnering with Global Talent management COE to drive interventions such as Organization Talent review (OTR), Team perspective, Our Voice etc to identify and develop the critical talent
• Employee Relations/IR
• Lead the ER processes for the division across selection of counsels (in consultation with the Central ER and Corporate Legal teams), Preparation of representative documents and briefing of counsels
• Developing and guiding people managers to effectively handle ER issues at shop floor
• Proactively identifying and resolving ER issues in a fair and consistent manner that protects the needs of the plant to operate in an effective and efficient manner
• Handling end to end discipline management including helping managers in preparing docs, issuing show cause/warning letters/charge sheet/suspension order and conducting domestic enquiry

Apr 2014 – Dec 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos · On-site

• During this stint , i was placed at Refinery ( plant) location and was responsible to handle end to end campus hiring for refinery. Additionally, i was also taking care of Talent management, Employee engagement and Benefit administration for approx. 1000 White collar and 1700 blue collar employees. It was a team handling role with team of 3 employees reporting to me.
• During this stint, i have handled different projects related to Blue collar engagement. Got exposure to employee relations processes.

Apr 2010 – Mar 2014 · 3 yrs 11 mos · On-site

• Talent Acquisition and Campus Hiring/Employer Branding
• Partner with leadership team for manpower requirement/ Activity based workforce planning across locations and plants
• Partner with Premier B school and Engineering colleges to source GETs and MTs and end to end Camps hiring management
• Young Talent Management
• Designing and executing SBU level induction program
• Partnering with operating locations/field managers for field training of MTs
• Post-induction engagement and interaction with all participants to understand their stint preferences
• Partnering with business HR for final placements of Management Trainees
• Facilitation of corporate culture and value training program for young talent
• Managing first year Performance appraisal process of MTs
• Acting as single touch point to MTs for their complaints/problems during first year of posting
• Employee Engagement
• Creating engagement opportunities for employees
• Designing and Execution of engagement survey for target group
• Deploying key engagement initiatives such as My Voice, Book Review competitions, 3 C forums, Daksh Manch
• Performance Management
• End to end performance management for target group of 500 employees
• Ensuring timely completion of goal setting, mid year and Final appraisal process
• Handling end to end Normalization process including promotion
• Exit Management
• Conducting exit interviews and capturing inputs
• Analyzing the exit interview data and providing retention options
• Attrition analysis on quarterly basis
• Employee development
• Partnering with L&D team for employee development through technical and soft skill training programs
• Talent Management
• Partner with central Talent management team to execute key strategic projects
• Carry out potential assessment and IDP development for junior talent
• End to end execution of Talent Review process linked to Success planning

Sep 2009 – Apr 2010 · 7 mos · India

• Centum Learning aims to be the most admired learning and skill development partner, enabling sustainable transformation. It provides end-to-end training and skill development solutions to improve productivity for businesses on one hand and employability enhancement for youth on the other.
• Training Delivery
• Conducted various Technical training programs on Basic Automobile technology and Car segmentation for the sales executives of MarutiSuzuki Ltd across India.
• New model Launch across India
• Soft skill training programs for system support engineers at Wipro Infotech.
• Consistently achieved Excellent Ratings for all training programs delivered.
• Business Development:
• Handled Business development and initiated talks with Majot OEM from Automobile sector

Oct 2005 – May 2006 · 7 mos · Aurangabad Area, India

• Motor accident claims management (Technical investigation)
• Customer service
• Cashless tie ups