Kalyani Deshmukh

Operations Associate

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India7 yrs 3 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Managed rewards for 19,000 employees with $55M payouts.
  • Generated $2.7M in annual savings through budget management.
  • Led health initiatives impacting over 5000 employees.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Human Resources professional specializing in Compensation and Benefits within the E-commerce sector.

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Skills

Core Skills

Compensation & BenefitsProject ManagementEmployee WellnessCompensationStrategic CommunicationsPerformance ManagementHuman Resources (hr)Digital Hr TransformationOperational ExcellenceAnalytical Skills

Other Skills

Annual BudgetingBenchmarkingCommunicationCompensation BenchmarkingCompensation StrategiesConsultative ApproachCritical ThinkingCultural AwarenessCustomer SatisfactionDiverse GroupsEmployee Benefits DesignEmployee RecognitionEmployee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)External ClientsFinancial Modeling

About

As a Lead Rewards Partner at Flipkart, India's largest e-commerce platform, Kalyani manages the rewards administration for 3500 employees, ensuring that they are compensated fairly and competitively. She also oversees the annual bonuses and pay reviews for 19,000 employees, delivering error-free and timely payouts worth $55M. Kalyani has a strong background in data analysis, problem solving, and project management, which she leverages to design and implement innovative rewards solutions. She created a tailored comp correction model for 2000 engineers, using market benchmarks and internal equity analysis, and performed market benchmarking for 50+ job families, to develop positioning and compensation ranges. She also generated $2.7M in annual savings by managing the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) budget for 2700+ employees, and orchestrated “The Healthy Flipkart Project” by including voluntary health camps across 48 locations. Kalyani holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management from XLRI Jamshedpur, where she graduated with a CQPI of 6.26/8 and was on the Dean's Merit List. She also received the Institute's Gold Medal for her Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Government College of Engineering, Amravati, where she had a CGPA of 9.23. Kalyani is passionate about learning new skills and contributing to social causes, as demonstrated by her internships, certifications, and volunteering activities. She is also a trained Bharat Natyam dancer and has won several international and national competitions.

Experience

Unilever

Rewards Manager

May 2025Present · 10 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Flipkart

6 roles

Manager Rewards

Oct 2024Apr 2025 · 6 mos

Lead Rewards Partner

Jun 2023Sep 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Managed end-to-end rewards administration for 3500 employees including pay reviews, benefits, and insurance
  • Designed, planned, & implemented error-free annual bonuses & pay reviews worth $55M for 19,000 employees
  • Generated $2.7M in annual savings by managing the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) budget for 2700+ employees
  • Crafted a tailored comp correction model for 2000 engineers using market benchmarks & internal equity analysis
  • Performed market benchmarking for 50+ job families and help develop positioning and compensation ranges
  • Led end-to-end execution of 1200+ employee-hours of Rewards Education Sessions for 500+ employees
  • Orchestrated “The Healthy Flipkart Project” by including voluntary health camps across 48 locations, generating hyper-personalized health blueprints, and creating tailored wellness journeys for more than 5000 employees
  • Developed holistic wellness experiences for Big Billion Days, featuring 100+ sessions in guided breathing, mindfulness, fitness challenges, art therapy. Achieved 12,000+ impressions and engagements across six days
Employee WellnessCommunicationCompensation StrategiesVariable Pay DesignCompensation & BenefitsProgram Design+28

Lead Human Resources Business Partner

Promoted

Jan 2023Apr 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Merged charters & elevated roles by implementing span optimization and layer reduction from 11 to 8 org wide
  • Realized savings of ₹ 6 Cr/month by centralizing a pool of select fungible skillsets and selective process revamp
  • Realigned functional training team to drive right ownership, enable lean HR structure and savings of ₹ 10 Cr
  • Executed Assessment Centre for 22 employees and created learning journeys to cover gap in competencies
  • Managed 300+ employees across hire-to-retire cycle including PD, Annual Operation Planning & compensation
  • Analysed 10000+ rows of data to derive sharp insights on movement in attrition, hiring, and employee pulse
  • Initiated proactive talent mobility for 20+ employees to facilitate career growth vis-à-vis org talent needs
BenchmarkingPossess strong analyticalCompensationStrategic Communications

Sr. Human Resource Business Partner

Jul 2022Jan 2023 · 6 mos

  • Managed 300+ employees across hire-to-retire cycle including PD, Annual Operation Planning & compensation
  • Analysed 10000+ rows of data to derive sharp insights on movement in attrition, hiring, and employee pulse
  • Initiated proactive talent mobility for 20+ employees to facilitate career growth vis-à-vis org talent needs
Compensation & BenefitsPerformance ManagementHuman Resources Information Systems (HRIS)Analytical SkillsOnboardingTraining & Development+11

Human Resources Business Partner

Promoted

Jan 2022Jun 2022 · 5 mos

Compensation & BenefitsPerformance ManagementHuman Resources Information Systems (HRIS)Analytical SkillsOnboardingTraining & Development+10

Total Rewards

Jun 2021Dec 2021 · 6 mos

  • Spearheaded Flipkart’s Back to Office project for 12000+ employees & developed Flipkart’s Hybrid Work Policy
  • Collaborated with 30+ leaders to change-manage technological, infrastructural and cultural upgrades
  • Acted as Central PMO to administer 85k+ vaccine doses across 30 locations with a turnaround time of 5 days
  • Liaised with 50+ vendors, zonal, national leads to ensure smooth execution & enabled cost saving ₹ 32 lakhs
Compensation & BenefitsAnalytical SkillsBenchmarkingPossess strong analyticalInterpersonal SkillsHuman resource business partner+3

Accenture in india

Management Consulting Analyst Intern

Apr 2020Jun 2020 · 2 mos

  • Digital HR Transformation
  • Consulted an $11.4 billion worth Global Chemicals firm for a cloud-driven digital HR Transformation Project
  • Supported 5+ client workshops with 50+ interaction hrs. & devised a blueprint of BP/COE HR Operating Model
  • Leveraged 40+ sources & conceptualized Level 5 Global Process Maps using MS Visio for Hire-to-Retire lifecycle
  • Crafted 10 personas with qualitative detail on employees’ attributes and recommended 80+ leading practices
  • Knowledge Management Asset
  • Spearheaded 3-day hackathon for 25-membered team & developed communication strategy, flyers, creatives
  • Decreased turn-around time for deliverables by creating a ready reckoner of approx. 600 HR leading practices
  • Benchmarked more than 320 companies across industries including retail, technology, infrastructure, and BFSI
Compensation & BenefitsAnalytical SkillsBenchmarkingPossess strong analyticalInterpersonal SkillsHuman resource business partner+3

Hella

3 roles

Senior Engineer

Dec 2018May 2019 · 5 mos

  • Streamlined the strategy of automation process which was applauded by the Global Test Director
  • Selected for 2 international workshops held at Lippstadt, Germany on automotive lighting electronics
  • Led a 6-member team in an automotive lighting electronics project consisting 40 members in 4 offices
  • Tracked progress in 4 key projects by generating metrics for KPIs such as requirement & test coverage
  • Consistently appraised as ‘Exceeds Expectations’ by the Senior Management across all review cycles
Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS)Analytical SkillsBenchmarkingPossess strong analyticalInterpersonal SkillsHuman resource business partner+5

Engineer

Promoted

Jul 2017Dec 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Effected savings of over ₹1.2 Mn in 6 projects by optimizing processes of test case design and review
  • Coached and up-skilled 10 colleagues at Hella, Shanghai in System Integration Testing (SIT) for 30 days
  • Designed, reviewed, executed & automated more than 3000 test cases in 4 cross-functional projects
  • Managed a 35-membered team to pioneer the regularization of ‘Lessons Learned’ across key projects
  • Orchestrated an Employer Branding Activity & interacted with more than 500 students at COE, Pune
  • Completed ISTQB certification with the highest score of 38/40 in Software Testing among test takers
Analytical SkillsPossess strong analyticalInterpersonal SkillsOperational ExcellenceDiverse Groups

Graduate Engineering Trainee

Jun 2016Jun 2017 · 1 yr

  • Rewarded with Pat on the Back award within 6 months of joining for being quick & proficient learner
Analytical SkillsPossess strong analyticalInterpersonal SkillsOperational Excellence

Education

XLRI Jamshedpur

PGDHRM

Jan 2019Jan 2021

Government College of Engineering, Amravati.

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

Jan 2012Jan 2016

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