Jan 2017 – Jul 2022 · 5 yrs 6 mos · Pune

Feb 2015 – Jan 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

• Performance Appraisal & Individual Contribution Plans: Formulation & processing of Individual Contribution Plans in line with the company’s target for the forthcoming year, evaluation of performance appraisal against last year’s committed contribution plans, reviews for senior and junior levels with separate benchmarking depending upon their skill set requirements (like Developer, Tester, Functional Consultants etc), final processing of the same with top management, assessing & providing valuable feedbacks.
• Training and Development: Facilitated identifying session for ‘training needs’ amongst various work groups, evaluated & validated training institutes, customization of course structure along with selected training institute. Organizing in house training sessions.
• Handling Employee Grievances: Proactively listening and addressing professional and a few personal grievances in the greater interest of the company’s progress, in certain cases escalating the same to top management.
• Updating Policies & Maintaining Records: Time to time updation in policies relevant to changing company priorities, regular documentation like employee data, attendance, library management etc
• Employee Welfare Activities
• Induction, Joining & Confirmation Formalities: verification of documents and issuing appointment letters, brief presentation on company structure & management. Maintaining employee history /files, arranging basic company facilities for the new joinees, opening bank accounts, background verification records for HR Audit and also briefing new joinees about the company.
• Exit Formalities: Conducting exit interviews, preparing exit analysis and discussion with relevant teams, preparing attrition analysis, at times handling terminations.
• End to end Recruitment process for all levels

Jul 2011 – Jan 2015 · 3 yrs 6 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

• Generalist Role
• 1. Recruitment
• Handling end to end Recruitment process for all levels in technical & functional areas.
• Discussing new requirements & preparing Job Descriptions.
• Conducting HR round of interview, Salary negotiations and follow up with candidates till their joining.
• Background verification of all new joinees.
• 2. Induction &Joining Formalities
• Compilation & Verification of all Documents & issuing appointment letters.
• Presentation of Induction PPT & briefing company’s Vision, Mission, Policies, Rules & Regulations.
• 3. Confirmation and Performance Appraisal
• Designed new appraisal form and process on Weighted Average Method, which is followed in the organization.
• Prepared separate performance review forms for Senior and Junior levels depending upon their skill sets for confirmation and appraisal process.
• Completion of appraisal process on time – Distribution of forms, collecting self and senior’s feedback.
• Taking appraisal feedback from employees and discussing with management.
• 4. Employee Welfare Activities
• Making arrangements for monthly Birthday Celebration
• Arranged an Employee Get to get together for Dandiya 2011 event.
• Made arrangements for and distributed Diwali Gifts to all employees.
• 5. Maintaining Employee Records
• Designed a new format for maintaining employee personal and official records.
• Updating &maintaining employee files.
• Maintaining Attendance Register & updating Leave records.
• Maintaining Companies In house Library and coordinating with British Library.
• Handling and solving Employee Grievances and also discussing the same with management.
• 6. Initiatives Taken
• Designed reporting structure within company.
• Proposed a reward and recognition program.
• Prepared a presentation on Communication and Leadership development for employees.
• 7. Exit Formalities
• Conducting exit interview, preparing exit analysis and discussing with management.
• Preparing monthly Attrition report.
• 8. Visa Processing and Making arrangements for Overseas Travel

Nov 2007 – Jan 2010 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

• a)Recruitment
• Handled end to end recruitment process for senior, middle and junior cadres in Oracle APPS, SAP, JD Edwards, Hyperion and PeopleSoft technical and functional positions.
• Conducting preliminary HR Interviews for all positions.
• Maintaining resume database and recruitment MIS.
• Salary negotiations and finalization.
• b)Joining Formalities / Induction and Employee Relations
• Joining formalities include verification of documents, maintaining employee history /files, arranging basic company facilities for the new joinees, opening bank accounts etc.
• Background verification check of candidates with earlier organizations and maintaining the records for HR Audit.
• Induction Program includes introduction of new joinees to respective teams / management / colleagues.
• Briefing the new joinees about the company, its vision, mission, policies, rules and regulations.
• Prepared and updated company induction PPT.
• Effectively performed the role of an ‘HR mentor’ where in a new joinee is assisted in his/her initial month for adequate mingling within company.
• Handled employee grievances.
• c)Training and Development
• Identified training ‘needs’ amongst various work groups within the company.
• Evaluated & validated training institutes w.r.t the sorted & identified organization training ‘needs’.
• Customization of the course structure along with selected training institute depending upon training ‘needs’.
• Maintaining the training MIS of every employee & updated training database.
• d)Administrative Activities
• Market research for salary benchmarking for all the positions.
• Processed UK visa, and made travel arrangements & accommodation for employees.
• Sending payroll related data for salary processing to the outsourced agency.
• Made arrangements for employee welfare activities like Annual Day, Picnics etc.

May 2006 – Oct 2007 · 1 yr 5 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• Functional HR Consultant - HR Align Software
• Executed the role of an HR Consultant in transforming and blending the best out of existing HR practices of client companies with the latest HR practices, in co-ordination with software backend support team of the company.
• Through implementation/customizing of HRMS software at client companies, myself gained in depth knowledge of basic HR functions such as Organization Structure Building & Workflow Management Processes, Recruitment Processes, Induction processes, Training Methodologies, Performance Management Systems(Balanced Score Card), 360 Degree Assessment.
• Assisted client companies HR personnel in designing proper hierarchical organization structure along with direct & cross functional reporting sequence, developing employee job profiles and also setting up of KRAs.
• Worked along with esteemed clients like Boston Consultancy Group, Lintas, ICICI Prudential, Inland Logistics, Infinity Data Technologies, Uni Abex, Netel India, Merck, Ion Exchange, NPCC Engineering Ltd-Cerribrus Consultancy etc during implementation of HRMS software.
• Participated in screening & interviewing process for new joinees at Neterson Technologies.
• As a part of HR department, participated in conducting Attrition Analysis for one of the group companies.
• Conducted formal training sessions for Functional Heads / HR professionals in client companies on HR practices and its sequential flow in HRMS software.