Girish Kohli

HR Manager

Delhi, India19 yrs 9 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

18 years of HR leadership experience.
Recognized as Jombay 40 under 40.
Expert in Compensation and Performance Management frameworks.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Human Resources expert with extensive experience in organizational development and talent management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Hr StrategyPerformance ManagementHead HrTotal RewardsStakeholder ManagementEmployee RelationsEmployee BenefitsHr Business PartneringLegal Compliance

Other Skills

Business IntelligenceChange ManagementCompensation & BenefitsConfidentialityConsultingESOPHR Business PartnerHR OperationsHR PoliciesIncentive ProgramsInterviewingLabor and Employment LawLeadershipM&A IntegrationManagement

About

A wanderer, a journeyman, seeking to learn and to plough back the learnings for a better world. Recognized as Jombay 40 under 40 and Young HR Leader (People Matters' "Are You in the List"). With more than 18 years of experience across various HR Leadership roles (Head HR, Head Total Rewards & Performance, Head Organization Development) and across Consulting & Corporate roles have helped organizations both Scale Up and Down. Have created frameworks for Compensation Management, Performance Management, Competency, Talent Management helping organizations achieve their strategic priorities, enhance Candidate & Employee Experience, improve the hire to retire cycle, retain critical & leadership talent and Enhance organization productivity and prepare them for the future. With a penchant for both numbers and the abstract, love donning multiple hats and believe that successful organizations are those that work on driving the convergence between individual and organization growth aspirations.

Experience

Bennett coleman and co. ltd. (times group)

4 roles

General Manager - HR

Promoted

Mar 2024 – Present · 2 yrs · Delhi · On-site

Heading Total Rewards (Budgeting, LTI, STI, Compensation and Employee Benefits and Policies) and Performance Management for entire Organization. Work Closely with HR Business Partners and Talent Acquisition COEs as well as Business Stakeholders to drive change.

HR StrategyPerformance ManagementIncentive ProgramsESOPLabor and Employment LawTotal Rewards Strategies+1

Associate GM - HR

Oct 2020 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos

Stakeholder ManagementEmployee BenefitsEmployee RelationsStrategic ThinkingSocial InfluenceProblem Solving+3

Deputy GM - HR

Apr 2018 – Oct 2020 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Stakeholder ManagementEmployee BenefitsEmployee RelationsProblem SolvingLabor and Employment LawHR Policies+1

Assistant GM - HR

Sep 2016 – Apr 2018 · 1 yr 7 mos

Stakeholder ManagementEmployee BenefitsProblem SolvingLabor and Employment LawHR PoliciesUAE HR Practices & Labour Law Compliances

Lead school

Head HR Pearson K12 India & Total Rewards

Jan 2022 – Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Head HR for acquired Pearson K12 India Line of Business; Head Total Rewards for entire Organization ( Budgeting, ESOP, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll & Compliances); Head Performance Management for entire Organization

Legal ComplianceHead HRConfidentialityHR Business PartneringHR Business PartnerStakeholder Management+11

Proptiger.com

Director HR - Organization Development and Rewards

Jun 2015 – Sep 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Stakeholder ManagementEmployee BenefitsSocial InfluenceProblem SolvingLabor and Employment LawHR Policies

Dsm sinochem pharmaceuticals

Head Rewards & OD - AMEA

May 2014 – Jun 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo

Legal ComplianceHR Business PartneringHR Business PartnerStakeholder ManagementPayroll AdministrationEmployee Benefits+4

Mercer

Associate ( i.e. Project Manager)

Apr 2008 – May 2014 · 6 yrs 1 mo · Gurgaon

Part of the Talent - Consulting team of Mercer in India. Assist clients on developing their talent management frameworks and organization development initiatives.
I began my career at Mercer as an Analyst rising to become a Consultant and then an Associate. This includes leading sales opportunities and leading teams to deliver effective solutions to clients.
Some key areas of work and select projects:
Technical Competency Framework Design: Currently developing the technical competency framework for a large Indian conglomerate in the natural resources industry spanning multiple companies across the world.
Organization Design: Designed the International Business organization structure for a large Indian organization.
Change Management: An integral part of all interventions, includes understanding perspectives of different stakeholders, developing and rolling out suitable communication, hand holding, training and transitioning.
PMS Redesign: Redesigned the PMS system in place at India’s largest E&P Company in the Oil and Gas sector. This involved developing dynamic simulations to showcase impact and lead change management exercise to bring understanding and buy in from the employees.
Employee Engagement (EE) Enhancement: Provided insights to clients across sectors on improving employee engagement at their organization through mix of survey and focus group discussion approach.
Rewards Design: Re-designed compensation structure at one of India’s largest automobile companies to help them shift to a more contemporary structure in line with their strategy.
Role Clarification and Position Evaluation: Conducted role clarifications interviews, identified gaps and overlaps in roles and also evaluated positions to identify suitable job bands for the various clients.

Stakeholder ManagementProblem SolvingUAE HR Practices & Labour Law Compliances

Indigo architects

Module Lead

Jul 2004 – May 2006 · 1 yr 10 mos · Pune

As a business solutions developer and module lead had the opportunity of developing products like 1) time and attendance labor systems solution 2) web enabled temp staffing solution 3) business engine for a leading online ticketing sales company.
Was also part of the organization's campus and lateral hiring team.

Stakeholder ManagementProblem SolvingUAE HR Practices & Labour Law Compliances