Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Hybrid

• When I became an HR professional, I truly believed I could change the world. I believed I could make employees happy. In my HR stints at various organizations, I learned it was not that easy. There are multiple dimensions to this problem and the solutions are equally complex.
• Best approach I identified was to ensure the problem never develops and create best people practices right from the start. Hence, I started my own consulting firm to work with young age founders and small companies and help them with their HR strategies to ensure they achieve their business objectives without compromising with culture.
• > Currently working as a fractional CHRO for a fintech company to take care of end-to-end HR
• > Consulted a CEO on compensation for their senior leadership
• > Consulted a CEO on maintaining strong and +ve employee culture and how to maintain the same while scaling up
• > Consulted an HR Head on building innovative HR processes and frameworks to boost employee productivity and engagement
• If you are a pro-employee leader and want to champion their causes while meeting your business objectives, let's connect. DM me or mail me at mayanksharma.hr92@gmail.com

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos · Remote

• Guiding B school students on the realities of life and helping them build a practical mindset. Key work areas include:
• > HR trainings and bootcamp
• > Soft Skill training
• > Resume Review
• > Mock GDs
• > Mock Interviews
• The aim is to help students self reflect and work on their areas of improvement parallely embracing the subjectivity of life.

Aug 2024 – Dec 2024 · 4 mos · Gurugram, Haryana

• I took a career break to pause my life and reflect on how can I live a more fulfilling life rather than getting lost in the rat race of acquiring wealth. I left my high paying job and worked on building multiple income streams. I wrote a fictional novel on corporate culture that is in the process of publishing right now. I also mentored people on career, mental health, job, life etc. I did multiple guest sessions in various colleges. Eventually, I started getting some freelance HR opportunities and decided to start an HR consulting firm.

Apr 2023 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

• Responsible for conceptualizing and implementing talent management agenda at Tata 1mg
• Orchestrated and successfully implemented the quarterly performance review process at Tata 1mg, encompassing a workforce of approximately 3500 employees.
• Conducted comprehensive assessments of the Talent Acquisition (TA) team's competencies and skillfully implemented targeted interventions to enhance their capabilities.
• Spearheaded the campus engagement program for Tata 1mg, establishing a strong presence in tier 1 campuses to attract top-tier talent.
• Facilitated the Tata Global Internship Program, extending opportunities to 4 international students who gained invaluable experience at Tata 1mg.
• Currently leading the effort to revamp the hiring process at Tata 1mg by creating a robust framework for interviews and implementing initiatives to upskill interviewers.

Jul 2022 – Mar 2023 · 8 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

• Responsible for people transformation agenda at Tata 1mg and redefine the HR function
• Spearheaded the establishment of the HR Organizational Structure from the ground up, redefining the HR function.
• Recruited and onboarded 12 highly qualified HR professionals in both senior and mid-management positions, in alignment with the newly designed structure.
• Drove the initiation of 10 pivotal projects to advance the HR transformation agenda.
• Streamlined the employee joining and onboarding process, ensuring a seamless and positive experience.
• Led an organization-wide town hall, addressing critical updates and engaging with over 4000 employees.
• Acted as a key Single Point of Contact (SPOC) with Tata Sons' Group HR, facilitating the execution of various Tata programs at Tata 1mg.
• Developed and implemented Talent Acquisition (TA) policies, including the Internal Job Posting (IJP) policy, referral policy, and social media policy.
• Restructured JD templates to ensure clear, concise and effective JD are in place for 100% vacancies
• Revamped the career page at Tata 1mg, creating an entirely new and compelling platform for potential candidates.
• Innovatively redesigned the recruitment module at Tata 1mg, enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of multiple Darwinbox modules.
• Skillfully managed the TA audit and effectively closed the management action plan to address any gaps.
• Pioneered the creation of various HR dashboards, providing leadership with comprehensive and real-time insights.

Jul 2020 – Jul 2022 · 2 yrs

• HR:
• Built a community of 100+ mentors from different graduation streams for career guidance
• Researched and developed career guidance assessment tools for both parents & students
• Created a unique ‘RESG’ mentoring framework for career guidance for school students
• Trained 100+ mentors on the mentoring framework and conducted other soft skills training
• Devised and executed an engagement plan for Diffr’s mentor community for better cohesion
• Recruited 20+ interns from top colleges of country like IIMs, XLRI, LSR, SRCC to build DIffr
• Devised constructs of a leader board for internal engagement of Diffr’s interns community
• Organized pan India case study competition attracting 100+ b schools and 900+ students
• Business:
• 17000+ touch points over a span of 18 months through various marketing initiatives
• Successfully received recognition for Diffr under the startup India initiative program
• Educated parents in 10 schools on New Education Policy and career trends during lockdown
• Handled social media and digital marketing across Instagram, FB, Google, LinkedIn
• Designed Career Bootcamp campaign for marketing attracting 300+ registrations
• Customized workshops partnership in Birla White & Maruti Suzuki on career guidance
• Participated as speaker in events in IIM Vizag, IMS Noida, IIIT NR, XLRI & 10+ other colleges
• Conceptualized pilot project for partnering with coaching classes channel for lead generation
• Product:
• Supervised and managed the creation of a tech product and app connecting mentors & students
• Ensured on-boarding and training of 100+ mentors on the platform for beta testing
• Established a panel for product feedback with Harvard Café format for all stakeholders

Oct 2019 – Jul 2020 · 9 mos

• Travelled to Hampi, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Sikkim, Bhutan and Goa between Oct to Dec
• Brainstormed multiple ideas logically and also through lateral thinking during Jan and Feb
• Researched on Indian Startup Ecosystem and trends in the last 10 years
• Read many entrepreneurship and psychology-related books, watched several videos on the same
• Learnt swimming, a little bit of driving, ran 10k, lost 12 kg weight
• Revised website development, learnt designing and creative writing
• Pivoted to a new startup idea due to covid, conceptualized and developed in April and May
• Learnt about the various compliances and laws related to company registration and registered my pvt. ltd.
• Took several steps to stay happy and healthy

Oct 2018 – Sep 2019 · 11 mos · Mysuru, Karnataka, India

• Handled HR, security & CSR portfolio for world larger paint plant at a greenfield project stage directly supervising a team of 6.
• HR:
• Responsible for overall HR activities of a plant with 149 onroll and 400 contractual employees
• Designed and implemented plant specific HR processes and policies like attendance, transport, canteen, residency, on boarding, employee life cycle from scratch
• Handled recruitment of officers and senior officers at the plant maintaining manning of 125
• Conceptualised and implemented goal setting activity and vision using Harvard Café method
• Ran yearly appraisal cycle, monthly payroll and governed non-monetary perks
• Conceptualised and implemented employee engagement and employee wellbeing calendar
• Supervised and executed unique ‘women in night shift’ program for the plant
• Conceptualized and implemented ‘Rewards & Recognition’ scheme for the plant
• Devised and executed grievance redressal mechanism in the plant
• Handled stakeholder management with surrounding villagers and industrial association
• Successfully managed and negotiated a strike organized by local villagers and farmer leaders, received appreciation from both the supply chain and HR hierarchy for handling it well
• Security:
• Conceptualised, designed and implemented security process for a 175 acre plant
• Responsible for day to day security activities including workers’, vehicles’ and visitors’ entry & exit, , CCTV monitoring, boundary wall security, truck driver management
• Co-ordinated with surrounding industries and police stations to establish an intelligence network
• CSR:
• Responsible for spending and governance of 2.90 Crore per annum of CSR fund
• Worked with various NGOs in the field of Health, Education, Employability and Water
• Worked with local government stakeholders for immediate disaster management and relief

Jun 2017 – Oct 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos · Nagothane Manufacturing Division

• Human Resource Business Partner:
• Responsible for managing life cycle of 400+ employees in polymer plants
• Partner with line managers and Talent Acquisition team to recruit lateral hires for Operations and Maintenance Engineer roles
• Ensuring Process Governance for the Human Resources Function through standardization and adherence to corporate guidelines
• Employee Engagement
• Conceptualized and implemented Site Action Plan based on the results of R-Voice survey
• Facilitated 80+ managers to complete their Managers Action Plan to increase engagement
• Responsible for conducting multiple programs focused solely on increasing GET engagement
• Talent Management
• Managing Annual Talent Review that involves succession planning for leadership roles, ensuring talent pipeline & readiness for critical roles through assessing the current state of existing talent using various integrated models for 70+ employees and formulating individual action plans
• Responsible for participation of NMD employees in various internal and external trainings
• Coordinating the Graduate Engineer Trainee Programme for 70+ GETs which includes requisition, on boarding, mentoring & validation
• PMS
• Facilitated feedback sessions for managers and assisted in goal setting process for 1st timers
• Handled calibration of performance ratings for all the departments of site
• Communication
• Responsible for publishing in-house magazine ‘Darpan’ and sending data for central newsletters
• Responsible for conducting workshops on policy awareness & corporate initiatives, engaging employees through monthly plant wise meetings to discuss grievances and other issues
• Other
• Conceptualized and leading the project to reduce contract manpower
• Completed a project on improving HR Communication platforms as part of SHRM Certification
• Facilitating the coaching programme SAPPHIRE for middle level managers which provides career development opportunities to the coaches

Apr 2016 – Jun 2016 · 2 mos · Bhopal Area, India

• Driving Productivity by Aligning SLA Employment Model & Dimensioning of Roles
• Aim: To identify the total no. of SLAs (employees that are hired through 3rd party vendors) across all functions and develop a life cycle for them from entry to exit. Devise governance mechanism to foster identification and mitigate security concerns, develop a lean organization with maximum governance and identify redundant roles that can be clubbed together
• Studied the present system and various roles for the SLAs, identified various functions which employs SLAs along with various agencies which supplies SLAs
• Collected, Compared, identified and removed discrepancies in the SLA information obtained from 2 sources
• Defined the new life cycle for SLAs including major processes like manpower planning, resourcing, joining, cell phone, local travel, leave, salary processing, performance appraisal, HSW, exit and vendor management
• Created Job Descriptions for 31 roles across the function and identified redundancy in JDs
• Conducted agency survey, performed Agency audit and cost benefit analysis for reduction in agency and identified tentative saving of Rs. 8,17,800 per annum in MPCG circle by agency reduction
• Proposed seating arrangement management for employee identification and entry through access cards which was implemented
• Proposed reduction of agency from 8 to 4, agency SPOCs visit in the office for better communication and interaction, uniformity in reimbursement and benefit for all associates
• Location Fitment Project:
• Aim: Develop a tool that will take variables like education, native place, spouse's native place, previous work experiences etc. into account and figures out the best location for an employee
• Summary of work done:
• Contacted 11 ASMs and 36RMs to obtain necessary information
• Designed a working model of location fitment tool in excel for MPCG region that assigns location to an employee as per the variables

Jun 2014 – Jun 2015 · 1 yr · Pune Area, India

• Worked in 3 different applications namely AMOC tools, JADE and Operation Tools simultaneously for AT&T
• Worked on various technologies like Perl, shell scripting, UNIX, ColdFusion, JavaScript, PHP etc.
• Supported day to day production issues and tasks
• Developed and enhanced numerous existing tools and performed development for other requirements.
• Supported on weekends (on call)
• Supported numerous releases, patches, upgrades, maintenance work etc.
• Worked hand in hand with site counterparts being the sole resource from off shore (for JADE and Operation tools), interacted with them accordingly and adjusted with their time zone
• Demonstrated working of a tool to other account and acted as focal point for its customisation