Shadab Salaria

Head of Talent

Dubai, United Arab Emirates14 yrs 6 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • 13+ years of HR experience in diverse industries.
  • Expert in talent acquisition and performance management.
  • Proven track record in employee engagement and retention strategies.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic HR leader with expertise in talent management across diverse sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Talent AcquisitionPerformance ManagementObjectives And Key Results (okrs)Employee EngagementTalent ManagementHr Business PartneringHr Transformation

Other Skills

Attrition analysisBusiness-to-Business (B2B)Change ManagementCommunication SkillsData AnalysisEmployee Life Cycle ManagementEmployee RelationsExit ProcessGoal SettingHR ConsultingHR PoliciesHROInternal CommunicationsLabour LawsManpower Planning & Adequacy

About

To give a quick glance about the broader core competencies I bring to the table along with superior leadership include - execution, audacious goals and achievement, decision making, collaboration, planning and people management which forms the fundamental bedrock for any HR Function. The biggest contribution has been around understanding the business landscape and understanding current and future trends and aligning talent strategy in line with overall organizational goal and profitability. I have an overall 13+ years of experience in matrixed and multicultural organizations handling complex HR processes spanning across the entire Employee Life Cycle and revamping the overall employee experience. In addition to this, I have been instrumental in strategising and automating Talent Acquisition - Lateral and Leadership, Funnel Management and hence reducing the time of hire and cost of hiring through internal skills mapping and compensation structuring. While HR People Partnering takes precedence across all my stints where I have been integral in shaping up 0-to-1 journey for the function and contributing significantly towards aspects like Employee Handling, Talent Management and Employee Engagement, Talent Development, Performance Management, OKR implementation, succession planning, attrition and retention strategies, Org Development, Employee NPS, Culture, Employee separation and other projects creating an immense Org wide impact. Have led various Change Management initiatives including OKR and automation which been instrumental in shaping the culture and core value proposition of Unicorn Orgs like Cars24 and Pristyn Care + detailed exposure in structured set-ups like Accenture, MRC. Industries worked - Consulting, FMCG, Retail, Auto-tech and Engineering, Health-Tech, Internet / E-Commerce. Would request you to go through my Linkedin profile for any further information.

Experience

Marina retail corporation

Head - Talent Acquisition & Performance Management

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 2 mos · United Arab Emirates · On-site

  • Forecasted and analyzed current and future staffing needs against business strategy and developed
  • implementation of appropriate hiring plans.
  • Orchestrated the recruitment and onboarding of over 100+ luxury retail professionals per month across
  • the Middle East, reducing time-to-hire by 30% and achieving 80% retention rate of Hi Pots through
  • retention framework.
  • Developed and executed performance management framework that increased employee productivity by
  • 20% by aligning functional KPIs across retail and corporate functions.
  • Internal skill mapping across the critical roles to reduce the cost and time of hire.
  • Role Enhancement for Hi-Pots through succession planning to reduce additional TA cost and enabling
  • internal promotions through targeted assessments.
  • 20% reduction in offer to join drop ratio through pre on-boarding engagement initiatives.
  • Revamped the induction process by introducing interactive modules and leader-led sessions, resulting in
  • enhanced new joiner engagement and faster cultural integration.
Talent AcquisitionTalent ManagementPerformance ManagementObjectives and Key Results (OKRs)Goal Setting

Pristyn care

Assistant General Manager - People and Culture

Sep 2021Apr 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

  • Spearheaded the implementation and deployment of company-wide OKRs, aligning departmental
  • objectives with strategic goals, resulting in increase in overall organizational focus and accountability.
  • Designed, implemented and elevated Employee NPS scores by 15 points within 12 months through
  • targeted engagement interventions, continuous communication, cross functional collaboration projects
  • through data driven insights to enable cultural transformation.
  • Job grading for Manager and above along with Job Evaluation ensuring competitive & equitable pay.
  • Periodic employee life cycle and pulse surveys (30/60/90 days >90 days) for action planning.
  • Orchestrated comprehensive feedback from over 1800+ employees bi-annually, utilizing insights to refine
  • retention strategies and achieving a 20% reduction in turnover rate and enabling 40% retention of high
  • pots through comprehensive retention framework.
  • Automated performance management and feedback mechanism through HRMS promoting a culture of
  • transparency and implemented bell curve to ensure cost optimization in alignment with budgets.
  • Automated Change Management through Leena.ai with an 18% improvement within 8-months through
  • targeted initiatives like codifying culture sessions, open house, AHM, AOP, CDP, workshops, off-sites.
  • Implementation of monthly grading system, succession planning through assessment centers & CFM
  • (Continuous Feedback Mechanism) across all functions to promote a performance centric culture.

Moehair inc.

Sr Manager - Human Capital Management

Nov 2018Aug 2021 · 2 yrs 9 mos · India

  • dentifying functional KPIs in alignment with business priorities and leadership and cascading the same
  • downstream.
  • Attrition management and control through in-built retention strategies in line with the framework.
  • Talent management - Formulating and executing process and policy recommendations, succession
  • planning, creation & implementation of development plans and moving talent around the organization.
  • Revamped R&R, performance management, career progression plan across all the functions.
  • Designed a comprehensive talent acquisition strategy that focused on sourcing top-tier candidates and
  • enhancing candidate experience and cultural fitment through behavioural assessments.

Cars24

Head - HR Business Partner

May 2017Oct 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Established the HRBP function from ground up, aligning it with organizational goals and business
  • strategy, while designing the HRBP operating model, defining functional roles, responsibilities and KPIs.
  • Drove culture and change management interventions using data driven feedback loops gathered through
  • the Office vibe periodic surveys.
  • Spearheaded execution of D&I initiatives resulting in 25% increase in diversity through targeted hiring
  • interventions, D&I dashboards, unconscious bias trainings with leadership to improve cultural mix.
  • Partnered with business leaders to identify critical talent, culture and capability needs & ensuring buy-in
  • from leadership and line managers to retain and develop the critical talent.
  • Conducted stakeholder workshops to align HRBP objectives with business outcomes.
  • Implemented Annual Performance Management across a group of 800+ employees and formulation of
  • Bell Curve across all performance levels and strict adherence for functional cost optimization.
  • Institutionalized structured communication frameworks across levels, enhancing policy adoption,
  • leadership alignment and transparency across all levels.

Marina home interiors

Assistant Manager HCM - Marina Retail Corporation

Feb 2015May 2017 · 2 yrs 3 mos · India

  • Spearheaded end-to-end lateral and leadership hiring strategy, aligning with current and future
  • workforce planning needs for retail and corporate functions.
  • Drove end to end performance management across all the functions in line with functional KPIs and
  • enable constructive feedback mechanism for transparency and career development.
  • Managed end-to-end employee relations, employee grievances, including investigation, documentation,
  • and resolution while ensuring compliance with company policies and labor laws.
  • Designed and executed OD interventions through awareness sessions for employees and managers on
  • grievance handling and conflict resolution, POSH, and ethical workplace practices.

Accenture

HR Business Partner & Talent Acquisition Specialist

Oct 2009Feb 2014 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Bangalore

  • Forecasting and analysing current and future staffing needs and plan talent strategy in line with business
  • priorities and leadership.
  • Implementation of OPEX model for people partner function to enable transparency and meritocracy.
  • HR Transformation, systems and rewards - Re-imagined and digitized the HR function, R&R Framework,
  • Employee Engagement, ESM and Annual Performance Management.
  • Defined the KPI's for assessment center to enable internal laddering through career progression
  • framework enabling stretched assignments and designated metrics followed by periodic reviews.
  • Designed and implemented engagement interventions that strengthened leadership connect and
  • improved employee satisfaction scores by 18% quarter-on-quarter

Education

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Master of Business Administration - MBA

PES UNIVERSITY, BANGLORE

Bachelor of Engineering - BE

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