Suchita Dantre

Associate Partner

Gurgaon, Haryana, India22 yrs 8 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

20 years of experience in HR and talent management.
Successfully implemented digital learning programs.
Led culture transformation initiatives across multiple geographies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader with expertise in talent management and organizational development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent ManagementDiversity And InclusionChange ManagementCulture TransformationLearning & DevelopmentProject ManagementTalent AcquisitionDigital LearningHr Business PartneringRewards & RecognitionHr OperationsPayroll ManagementEmployee EngagementAttrition Management

Other Skills

Attrition AnalysisCompensation BenchmarkingCompensation ProgramsDigital Future InitiativesDigital Learning ProgramsDiversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)Employee Referral ProgramsEmployee RelationsHR AnalyticsHR PoliciesHRISHuman ResourcesMISManagementOrganizational Development

About

My professional journey of 20 years is a Story of Passion and here are some excerpts of my work and achievements - • Strategic Change Agent, HR Advisor & Business Partner, introduced digital learning programs & implemented HR Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for the first time in HT Media. • Deployed culture transformation strategies, spearheaded efforts to create a multi-cultural, inclusive environment across geographies, centralized critical HR policies, talent management processes & launched internal assessment centres. . Oversaw market analysis, planning & successful adoption of HR Tech Platform to digitise & centralise HR processes, policy synchronization & simplification of HR processes driving change & innovation. • Scaling up podcast & international radio business to 8 countries, 11 stations; onboarding 45 creators across cultures & ‘leading-by-example’ as a domain-specific podcaster enabling HT Media achieve Global Digital Entertainment Business status.

Experience

Midland credit management, an encore capital group company

Sr Director

Oct 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Driving growth, employee satisfaction and engagement and increasing operational efficiencies and productivity to be the Employer of Choice in the Talent Market Place
Develop and implement Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives within an organization, to advance diversity and inclusion as core values and critical components of the organization's culture.
Managing employee discrimination and harassment complaints and addressing issues of diversity that underrepresented groups may face in the organization.
Create value for the business by enhancing employee performance, shaping internal and external perceptions of the company, and identifying innovative management practices. Challenging organization to better uphold the Values and continually make Company Culture improvements
Plans, designs and execute the Compensation programs that are in line with the company’s Pay for Performance philosophy. Provides guidelines and procedures recommending pay revisions and plans that are cost effective and consistent with compensation trends and corporate objectives.
Manage and supervise the talent acquisition needs and fulfilment of the organization to meet the needs of the site. Manage and supervise the talent management function to support employee engagement, productivity, and employee retention.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)Employee EngagementTalent ManagementCompensation ProgramsDiversity and Inclusion

Ht media ltd

5 roles

HR Head – Fever FM Network & Radio One (Vice President)

Promoted

Jan 2021 – Oct 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos

Spearheading HR & Administration teams, overseeing HR functions across brands including – Fever 104 FM, Radio Nasha, Punjabi Fever, Radio One, FAB Market (US & Canada), FAB Play & HT Smartcast (India's largest podcasting platform).
Strategizing & executing Change Management & Culture Change interventions across the organization/businesses.
Launching culture transformation initiatives including future focused ‘Culture Code’ building innovation, entrepreneurial mindset, agility & resilience.
Enabling organization to move towards a digital future through change management initiatives including organizational restructuring & adapting flat organizational structure.
Supporting global digital business expansion while maintaining internal budgets through rightsizing, mobilizing internal talent, hiring & mentoring digital talent.
Involved in strategic business impact areas including optimizing operating costs by 17% by reinstating salary structures, curating pay for performance culture during the global pandemic.
Generating talent management approaches including succession planning & talent retention by aligning employees’ passion to career progression plans & trainings.

Change ManagementCulture TransformationDigital Future InitiativesTalent Management

Head HR - Centre of Excellence (COE) – HT Media Group (GM - AVP)

Promoted

Oct 2018 – Jan 2021 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Responsible for leading Learning & Development teams & initiatives, conducted organizational-level training need assessments to design programs to drive group CEO’s & Function Heads’ objectives of embracing digitally focused business goals.
Drove ‘execution excellence’ & ‘project management’ programs as a Strategic Business Partner & launched cross functional teams including initiating Print Sales team trainings to learn Digital Sales.
Led implementation of Learning Experience Platform (LXP) achieving 60% adoption rate driving organization to a digital future, also saving training costs.
Led compensation benchmarking survey with Aon Hewitt for 3 businesses, initiated job role mapping, career levelling & grading.
Restructured decade old terms of increments, introduced short/long-term incentive plans as per competitive analysis & cost-effective budget allocation plan.
Launched assessment centres for succession planning, identified critical talent, created senior leadership assessment framework (9 Box Grid), individual development plans; contributing to retention rate of 85%.
Spearheaded other talent management processes - campus outreach program, candidate assessments & organization/country wide Corporate Rewards Program.

Learning & DevelopmentProject ManagementCompensation BenchmarkingTalent Management

Head - Talent Acquisition & Learning - HT Media Group (DGM-GM)

Sep 2015 – Sep 2018 · 3 yrs

Spearheaded Talent Acquisition vertical by laying out standard operating procedures for results-driven outcomes by managing talent retention.
Introduced Digital Learning & Training programs by building a strong talent pipeline created a digital newsroom & an in-house assessment centre for promotions.
Streamlined centralized recruitment processes & policies through internal job posting, staff attraction strategy & employee referral programs.
Optimized & centralized head-hunter management & commercial negotiations for strategic planning of human capital & operating budget.

Talent AcquisitionDigital Learning ProgramsRecruitment ProcessesDigital Learning

Business Partner - Print Business (AGM-DGM)

Promoted

Mar 2011 – Aug 2015 · 4 yrs 5 mos

Functioned as HR Business Partner & strategic Business Advisor for largest Business of HT Media, overseeing Sales, Finance, Technology & Editorial functions.
Strategized innovative Rewards & Recognition Program to enhance talent retention & established in-house assessment centers, administered for promotions.
Institutionalized ‘Dil Sey’ drop boxes to cater to employees’ anonymous feedback, complaints & suggestions.
Ensured statutory compliance, spearheaded HRIS & HRMS analytics & implemented comprehensive compensation & benefits plans.

HR Business PartneringRewards & Recognition ProgramsStatutory ComplianceRewards & Recognition

Head HR Operations - Print & Digital Business (Senior Manager-AGM)

Sep 2007 – Feb 2011 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Spearheaded end-to-end HR duties as HR Head, streamlined review processes for salary reimbursement & payroll, ensuring adherence to statutory compliance across functions based on SAP module.
Saved INR 25 lakhs by revamping HT Payroll Systems & offering payroll services to all HT allied businesses.
Introduced new variables in CTC structures like Enterprise Goal Award (EGA) & Variable Performance Bonus (VPB) & deployed HR analytics that resulted in first successful HR Annual Operating Plan (AOP).
Processed goal setting & policy formulation procedures, outlined its awareness through induction trainings & various communication channels.

HR OperationsPayroll ManagementHR Analytics

Tcs e-serve international ltd.

HR Relationship Manager

Dec 2003 – Sep 2007 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Executed monthly, quarterly & annual national R&R programs consisting of 21 rewards for 1500 employees spread across 6 locations.
Conceptualized & executed employee engagement initiatives to enhance employee satisfaction rate.
Successfully facilitated attrition analysis & indent tracking in the business.
Launched employee referral programs, curated national monthly manpower reports.

Employee EngagementAttrition AnalysisEmployee Referral ProgramsAttrition Management